After another 10 days, the Asian Round of 12 resumed, ushering in the 7th and 8th rounds respectively, and the national football team played away from home, against Japan and Vietnam. The results of these 2 games directly determine the fate of the national football team to impact the World Cup, and cannot afford to lose a game, and now the new coach Li Xiaopeng is fully leading the team to prepare.
The national football team opened a new training camp in Shanghai Century Park on January 12, and Li Xiaopeng recruited 52 players to create a new record for the national football team. At present, 45 players are participating in the training camp, and Li Xiaopeng will select international players who will accompany the team to Japan and Vietnam with the help of more than a dozen assistant coaches.
According to the Beijing Youth Daily, in addition to Jiang Guangtai, 4 Brazilian naturalized internationals such as Axon, Luo Guofu, Fernando and Alain are unlikely to participate in the away match against Japan and Vietnam in the round of 12, which means that the national football team should not waste places and do not wait for these naturalized players without blood.
The national football team will travel to Japan on January 23 to prepare for the round of 12 away matches against Japan on January 27, followed by Vietnam on February 1, and the specific kick-off time of these two round of 12 matches has been determined.
The kick-off time of the national football team away against Japan is 18:00 Beijing time on January 27 (25th of January) and 19:00 local time. In this round, Australia's home kick-off time against Vietnam was 17:00 on the same day, and Saudi Arabia's home kick-off time was 1:15 a.m. on January 28.
After playing the 7th round, the national football team will soon usher in the 8th round of the group stage, away to Vietnam, the kick-off time is 20:00 on February 1 (the first day of the Lunar New Year), 19:00 local time. In addition, in the other two matches of the same group, Japan's home game against Saudi Arabia was at 18:15 on the same day, and Oman's home game against Australia was at 0:00 on January 28.
The 2 round of 12 matches of the national football team are in prime time at night, so domestic fans do not need to stay up late, and CCTV5 channel will broadcast live. In order to play well, the president of the Football Association, Chen Shuyuan, will go to Japan and Vietnam with the team, has applied for a good visa, and continues to issue heavy prizes to encourage the international footballers to strive for victory.
The national football team's single win prize in the round of 12 stage is 6 million yuan, after only beating Vietnam in the previous 6 games to get 1 win bonus, followed by 4 round of 12 matches. If the national football team defeats the Japanese team and the Vietnamese team, it can get a winning bonus of 12 million yuan, and each main player can also receive more than 100,000 yuan in prize money.