On January 11, Beijing time, The vietnamese media Thanhnien revealed that the national football delegation has submitted entry visa applications to the relevant Departments of Vietnam for as many as 100 people, including Chen Shuyuan. This also means that Chen Shuyuan is basically sure that he will personally lead the team to Vietnam to compete in the top 12 during the Spring Festival.
In the previous round of 12 matches, the number of national football delegations to Dubai was as high as more than 90. The new coach of the Chinese men's football team Li Xiaopeng has announced a 52-man national football team's latest training list, these 52 people should not all go out with the team, Li Xiaopeng will be in the internal teaching game according to the status of players and tactical needs, eliminating some international footballers.
The Chinese men's soccer team will face the Vietnamese men's soccer team in the 8th round of the round of 12, while the match will be held at 8 p.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year on February 1. It is reported that the Chinese men's football team will challenge the Japanese team away in the round of 12 on January 27, after the end of this match, the team plans to take a special plane from Tokyo Narita Airport on January 28 (ANA Airlines NH879, B789 flights), leave Japan for Vietnam, the whole team is expected to arrive at Hanoi Noi Bai Airport at 23:00 local time on the 28th of Vietnam, preparing for the away match with Vietnam on February 1.
After the away match against Vietnam, the Chinese men's football team will leave Vietnam in groups that night. The first group will arrive in Shanghai on Flights MU7156 and A321 of China Eastern Airlines in the early morning of February 3, and the rest will leave Vietnam on commercial flights, including national footballers who need to return to Europe after playing the World Preliminary Tournament and the Brazilian League.
In the first 6 rounds of the round of 12, the Chinese men's football team ranked second from the bottom with 5 points in 6 wins, 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, while the Vietnamese men's football team has not yet won 1 victory. Since both teams were largely absent from the World Cup, the match also became a "battle of honor" between the two sides. In the first leg of the meeting, the Chinese men's football team defeated the Vietnamese men's football team 3-2 with Wu Lei's stoppage time.