The 2024 Asian Cup has now officially entered the countdown, and there is still about half a month to go, and the Chinese men's football team will embark on a journey to challenge the Asian powerhouse again. In order to do a good job in this competition, the Chinese men's football team flew to West Asia early in the morning and started preparations in advance. In addition to the training camp, there is also an important purpose of this overseas training, which is to make appointments with some teams that are also preparing for the Asian Cup, so that the players can enter the state of the game in advance!
Not long ago, the Oman Football Association officially announced that the Oman men's football team will play a warm-up match with the Chinese men's football team at 23:15 pm Beijing time on December 29. This game is also the first tough battle encountered by the national football team during this training camp. Prior to this, the Chinese team had already played a match with a local club in the United Arab Emirates, and in that warm-up match with a huge disparity in strength, the Chinese men's football team defeated the opponent 5-1 without blood, and did not play any role in training at all.
Oman, on the other hand, is ranked 74th in the FIFA rankings and 10th in Asia. On the other hand, we are ranked 79th in FIFA, which is right behind Oman in Asia. Therefore, the matchup with the Oman team is the real test that the national football team encounters before the start of the Asian Cup. Looking back at the head-to-head record of the two teams, although the Chinese team has a slight advantage in terms of overall record, but in the last two meetings between the two teams, the Chinese men's football team has only achieved a record of 1 draw and 1 loss, so don't look at the Oman team in Asia, but the national football team wants to beat them, I'm afraid it is not so easy.
After Li Ke withdrew from the national team ahead of schedule, in the squad for the Asian Cup, only Jiang Guangtai was the only naturalized player we introduced with a lot of money. Therefore, in this Asian Cup, the national football team still needs those local veterans to take the lead, in the back line, the 34-year-old Zhang Linpeng is still the main force that can not be beaten, and the midfielder is the captain Wu Xi who plays the role of the old and the new. The performance of these three veterans also directly determines how far the Chinese men's football team can go in this Asian Cup.
According to the revelations of domestic reporters, although the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Oman team belongs to the international A-level competition, because the Asian Cup is about to start, the tactical play of both teams needs a certain degree of secrecy, so this warm-up match will be carried out under closed conditions, and the game will not be broadcast
Bless the Chinese men's football team, even if they can't achieve good results in the Asian Cup, at least they must be glorious despite defeat, so that everyone can see the hope of Chinese football!