The national football team went out
Wu Lei confluence
The new Chinese men's national football team led by Li Xiaopeng has set off yesterday (23rd) afternoon, and flew to Tokyo Narita Airport at nearly 16:25 local time in Japan, after nearly three and a half hours of busy and waiting for a series of procedures such as entry and nucleic acid testing, the national football team finally arrived at the hotel at about 20:00 local time. Wu Lei, Jiang Guangtai and the first assistant coach Pei Pu, who rushed from Europe and from the United Arab Emirates to Tokyo, also arrived before and after the arrival of the national team and joined the national football team.
The trip to Tokyo should be said to be relatively smooth, after the end of training on the afternoon of January 22 and the finalization of the list of 27 players and 6 assistant coaches in the evening, the whole team officially announced the list of departures. The entire delegation was 60 people, in addition to 6 overseas personnel, 54 people in China set off from Shanghai Pudong Airport yesterday (23rd) and flew to Tokyo by charter flight, and the whole journey was less than 2 and a half hours. If it were not for the incident of three naturalized players stranded at Amsterdam Airport in the Netherlands before the departure yesterday (23rd), the entire national football team should be said to be quite calm.
However, the three Brazilian naturalized players were so tossed and turned, and the news was posted through social media, so that the Chinese Football Association delegation has been busy dealing with the matter for the morning. The relevant staff of the Football Association who stayed in Beijing almost did not sleep all night, helping to contact remotely and deal with the matter. Finally, the delegation released the news through the xinhua news agency, which more or less calmed down the relevant situation. Subsequently, the delegation was finally able to embark on the journey of the Crusade.
After the team arrived at the airport, it did not go directly from the airport to the hotel and then received a separate nucleic acid test at the hotel as in the previous expedition to West Asia, but directly received the nucleic acid test at the airport, and only after waiting for the results to come out, could they leave the airport and go to the hotel. Fortunately, the Japanese side was more efficient, and the whole team did not wait too long, and after an hour, all the members waited for the bus to go to the hotel. The team staff, as usual, was responsible for transporting luggage and finally arriving at the hotel.
Since the stay in Tokyo was not long and the number of people in the whole delegation was not large, the national football team was still looking for a brand hotel during the Tokyo period, but this hotel is an hour's drive from Narita Airport. The reason for choosing this hotel is mainly because the station is relatively close to the training ground, it takes only about 20 minutes to drive, and it is also closer to the Saitama 2002 World Cup Stadium, the playing field.
Similar to the situation when participating in away matches during doha and Saudi Jeddah, the national football team did not charter the entire hotel, but specifically asked the hotel to vacate several floors, only arrange for the personnel of the Chinese delegation to stay, the hotel will also provide special elevators, etc., and arrange special restaurants and conference rooms. In addition, the hotel can be open to the public as normal. This is different from a small business hotel in Sharjah, UAE, where there were more people and the size of the hotel was not large. Because the hotel during the Tokyo period is a big brand hotel, the national team cannot specifically package it all. Of course, during the entire stay period, the national football team still implements "bubble closed management", and it is still impossible to go out at other times except for the floor where the hotel stays, the training ground and the competition field.
Outside the arrival of the hotel, the hotel prepared in advance according to the menu and recipe provided by the Chinese delegation. Because all the nucleic acid test results are negative, the international footballers do not need to isolate themselves in the room after arriving at the hotel, but can go directly to the restaurant to eat. It is understood that the international footballers reflect that the whole meal is still more in line with the taste, and the preparation is quite good. This also means that everyone no longer has to worry about dietary problems. Judging from the overall reception, although the Japanese side has limited the number of Chinese delegations, the scale and method of reception are still carried out according to the standard of the time of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Before the arrival of the national football team, the assistant coach Pep who flew directly from Spain to Tokyo had already arrived in advance, and went to the hotel alone in advance, waiting for the arrival of the national football team at the hotel. Wu Lei, on the other hand, was diverted to Dubai, and together with Jiang Guangtai, who was on vacation there, flew from Dubai to Tokyo, landing almost half an hour later than the charter flight of the national football team, which was also a rendezvous with the team. In this way, of the 27 players in the national football team, only three Brazilian naturalized players are left, and the remaining 24 players have all arrived. The coaching staff has also arrived and met that night to study related matters.
Because of the airline, the national football team has revised the flight to Tokyo, Japan on the afternoon of January 23, local time in the Netherlands, and it is planned to arrive at Narita Airport at 9:45 a.m. local time in Japan on January 24. In this way, tomorrow afternoon, the national football team will carry out the first training class after arrival in Tokyo, and this training class will also be the first training course of the national football team since the training began on the 12th, and the team will also be officially transferred to the preparation for the Japan-China war.