At 19:00 Beijing time on March 1, the AFC officially confirmed that the last home match of the national football team against Saudi Arabia was still played at the Sharjah Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. The final round of Syria's home game against Iraq in Group A will be played at Rashid Stadium in Dubai.
In the first 4 home games of the round of 12, the national football team flew charter flights to the Uae Sharjah Stadium to play, with a record of 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. At that time, after the 1-1 draw with Australia, the then national football coach Li Tie also complained that the national football team did not have home advantage, resulting in the team not getting enough points.
After losing to Vietnam on the first day of the Chinese New Year, the national football team has officially missed the World Cup. The last two battles against Saudi Arabia and Oman were veritable battles of honour. In the last two matches of the national football team, there is only one home stadium left, that is, the game against Saudi Arabia in the penultimate round. In the first leg of the competition, the national football team faced Saudi Arabia, who was the first in the group, in fact, it was only a 2-3 defeat, when Li Tie replaced the two naturalized forwards of Luo Guofu and Alain, the national football team once saw the hope of taking points in Saudi Arabia. Now, the national football team still gave up the last home of the round of 12, that is to say, the 5 home games of the round of 12 were played at the Sharjah Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. Of course, due to the problem of epidemic prevention, it is understandable that the national football team gave up 5 home games. Especially when it's out, the last home is not so important anymore.
Previously, the national football team has confirmed that it will train again on March 3, and the number of players participating in the training this time is as high as 39. The match between the national football team and Saudi Arabia was played on March 24, which means that the national football team trained 21 days in advance, which is also a bit too early. Because the internationals just ended quarantine last Thursday, they had to go into closed training less than a week.