After nearly 20 days of training in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese men's football team flew to Doha, Qatar on the evening of the 7th local time to prepare for the first round of the Asian Cup group to start on the evening of the 13th. With the arrival of the national football team at the venue, the whole team entered the "Asian Cup time". It is reported that the coaching staff and management team have finalized five captains based on comprehensive factors such as the players' ability, experience, and cohesion, all of whom are from Shanghai teams. Among them, the first captain is still the nearly 35-year-old veteran Wu Xi, and the remaining four captains are Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, Jiang Guangtai, and Yan Junling of the harbor team.
On December 18 last year, the national football team flew from Shanghai to Abu Dhabi for training, which was the first among the participating teams to start preparing for the Asian Cup. During the nearly 20-day training camp, the national football team played a total of 4 warm-up matches and achieved a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. Among them, they lost to Oman and Hong Kong, China with a score of 0-2. The two wins were a 5-1 win over a local Second Division club and a 6-2 win over Gulf Heroes FC, who are mid-table in the UAE First Division. On the whole, the performance of the national football team in the warm-up match was not ideal.
On the evening of arriving in Doha, coach Jankovic led the team to Qatar University for training, considering the travel and the focus was on physical recovery. Yesterday morning, we had a relatively simple training session with the ball, and today we will resume "two exercises a day". With just four days to go until the opening match of the Asian Cup group stage against Tajikistan, Jankovic needs to start today and arrange the team's training content according to the rhythm of the game, so that the players can adjust to the game as soon as possible.
Qatar University has a number of real grass pitches that can accommodate multiple teams to train at the same time, and the quality of the pitch turf and the lighting effect at night are good. The site is surrounded by tall and dense trees and is well enclosed. At the same time, during the training of each team, the tournament organizers also adopted closed measures as usual to prevent tactical leakage and interruption, which is conducive to the national football team's targeted tactical drills. It is worth mentioning that during the 2022 Qatar World Cup, giants such as the Netherlands and Argentina chose this place as their base camp for preparation.
It is reported that the coaching staff and management team have finalized five captains based on comprehensive factors such as the players' ability, experience, and cohesion. Among them, the first captain is still the veteran Wu Xi, who is nearly 35 years old, and the remaining four captains are Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, Jiang Guangtai, and Yan Junling.
In an interview, Jankovic said: "We divided the whole training camp into two parts. Part of it is the preparation period, and part part of it is the competition period. In the preparation period, every player is very focused and tries to prepare. After three weeks of intensive training, we gave the players a day off to relax and change their minds. Now we have turned a new page and officially entered the competition mode. The national team is in Group A with hosts Qatar in the Asian Cup, and Jankovic said: "It's a big challenge and I'm very excited. Qatar are the defending champions and are a strong team. We will do our best to play well and live up to the expectations of the country. ”
It is worth mentioning that after arriving in Doha, in addition to normal preparations and adjustments, the national football team will also collectively ** CCTV anti-corruption special blockbuster "Continue to make efforts to advance in depth" at 8 o'clock tonight, Beijing time, in this four-episode anti-corruption feature film, the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan, the former Secretary of the Party Committee of the Football Association Du Zhaocai, and the former head coach of the national football team Li Tie will "appear" one by one.
Collective anti-corruption documentary, on the one hand, is to carry out warning education, the national player is the best among Chinese football players, such warning education is very valuable and significant;On the other hand, the Chinese Football Association and the national team also hope that at the current stage of the industry, all international players can effectively realize their responsibilities and burdens. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Guan Yin).