After a one-day break, the Chinese men's soccer team went to the Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium at the base of the Sharjah Club for its first training session on the evening of March 17, local time. As the Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned earlier, Jiang Guangtai, a naturalized player who arrived in Dubai on March 4 in advance, also appeared in the team's joint training lineup. The only international who missed training was injured defender Gao Zhuanwing.
The Chinese team arrived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the evening of March 17, local time, and then drove to the resident hotel in Sharjah. Although the team arrived at the station hotel late at night due to the multi-hour delay in the flight, the players were able to return to their rooms as soon as possible to rest, making it easier to adjust the time difference.
In order to ensure the health and safety of the entire national football team and the personnel of the U23 national football delegation, the Chinese Football Association requires all members to strictly implement closed-loop epidemic prevention regulations during the UAE. Although the two teams are stationed in the same hotel, they are arranged on different floors of the hotel. The first training sessions of the two teams after arriving in Sharjah were also scheduled for the afternoon and evening of the 18th local time.
The national football team departs from the hotel at 6:30 pm local time and then starts training at 7 pm. The training venue is the Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium, which is the home stadium used by the team to participate in the home matches of the previous Round of 12, which is the main venue for Sharjah Club U21 to participate in the national league.
Since the whole team has just arrived in Sharjah less than 1 day, the first exercise is mainly based on physical recovery. It is worth noting that naturalized player Jiang Guangtai has rushed from Dubai to the Sharjah team to meet at noon local time on the 18th. It is understood that Jiang Guangtai arrived in Dubai early on March 4, and then he underwent various physical tests as required and passed smoothly. 48 hours before the rendezvous with the national team, he also underwent two consecutive nucleic acid tests and went to the national team station after passing the test.
Unlike the 4 naturalized players in Brazil, Jiang Guangtai has an age advantage, and he is also a player who is valued by the national team. And Jiang Guangtai himself is also full of desire to represent the national football team. It is understood that at the training site, he took the initiative to greet his teammates and coaches many times. During the training, he also communicated with Dai Weijun from time to time.
The training of the national football team on the ground is still only open to the media for the first 15 minutes at a time. After some pulling activities on the yoga mat, the team members quickly turned to the technical and tactical content of the exercise.
In this training, including Jiang Guangtai, who returned to the team, a total of 23 players attended the scene. The only missing training was the defender Gao Zhuan wing. He stayed in the hotel to continue to adjust his physical condition.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao