At 9:04 p.m. local time on March 17 (1:04 a.m. Beijing time on the 18th), a Hainan Airlines flight carrying more than 100 members of the Chinese men's football team and the Chinese U23 men's football delegation arrived safely at Dubai International Airport. Although the arrival time was about 4 hours later than the established time, because of the "light car", the delegation quickly checked through the immigration formalities and quickly arrived at the four-Point Sheraton Sharjah hotel station. According to the plan, the Chinese team will conduct its first outdoor training after arriving in the local area on the afternoon of the 18th local time.
The flight taken by the Chinese team and the U23 national football team was originally scheduled to depart at 2:20 p.m. Beijing time on the 17th, but unfortunately, the flight did not take off until 5:38 p.m. Beijing time for some reason. After more than 7 hours of flight, the plane arrived in Dubai at 9:04 p.m. local time on the 17th, that is, at 1:04 a.m. Beijing time on the 18th.
Although the arrival time was more than 4 hours later than the established time, because the Chinese team had already traveled to the UAE to participate in the World Preliminary Tournament many times before this, coupled with the adjustment of the UAE's epidemic prevention policy, the entry procedures for the team's personnel were faster, so the whole team quickly boarded the bus to the station hotel. In order to ensure the health and safety of personnel, the entire delegation will still implement strict closed-loop management regulations during the UAE. It is reported that the local police car is also specially dispatched to open the lane for the vehicles of the national football delegation.
Most of the members of the two national teams were stationed in the hotel before 11 p.m. local time on the 17th, and because of the large amount of luggage they carried, the staff of the two teams had to carry and sort out all kinds of luggage at the airport and the hotel. The hotel where the national football team and the U23 national football team entered Sharjah this time is actually the resident hotel that the national football team rented many times during the competition last year. Therefore, before the team set off, the hotel had all the reception preparations ready. The personnel undertaking the service work of the two teams of hotels have undergone unified epidemic prevention testing on the 16th local time. In order to ensure the health and safety of the personnel of the two national teams, the drivers of the team buses are also stationed in this hotel as required, and they are not allowed to leave the epidemic prevention closed loop at will.
It is reported that before the two teams arrived at the hotel, the hotel restaurant had prepared dinner. Players can eat directly upon arrival. Those who do not want to eat can go directly back to the room to rest, which is also convenient for them to adjust the jet lag.
As of the morning of March 18, Beijing time, FIFA and the AFC have not finally confirmed the specific kick-off time of the 9th round of the round of the Round of 12 matches between the national football team vs saudi arabia. Prior to this, the AFC had set the kick-off time of the game at 7 p.m. local time on March 24, that is, 11 p.m. Beijing time on march 24, according to the proposal of the broadcast partner. However, the team had previously worried about the high outdoor temperature in the local area, so it considered scheduling the game to be kicked off at 8 p.m. Judging from the situation reflected by the front personnel, although the local daytime temperature is high, the evening temperature is relatively low, which is suitable for football matches, so the national football team does not have to worry too much about the problem of tee time.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao