After about 6 and a half hours of flight, the Hainan Airlines flight carrying the Chinese men's football team and the Chinese U23 men's football delegation arrived safely in Haikou at 10:45 p.m. Beijing time on April 3, and at this point, the entire journey of the Chinese team qatar world preliminary tournament was officially over. As the Chinese Football Association has confirmed that the 1999 age group national football team will participate in the East Asian Cup football tournament in late July this year and the men's football match of the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, the Chinese team has no major event tasks this year. The focus of the Chinese Football Association's work on the preparation and support of the national men's football team this year has also shifted to the U23 national football team.
Affected by the epidemic, the national football team and the U23 national football team had to continue to stay in Sharjah, UAE for several days after ending the Qatar World Preliminary Round of 12 and Dubai Cup matches on March 29, local time. The entry location of the team delegation back to China has also been adjusted from the previously original shanghai city to Haikou city. It was not until the early morning of April 3, local time, that the two teams left Sharjah by car for Dubai International Airport, ready to depart for home.
It is understood that the Hainan Airlines flight taken by the national football team and the U23 national football delegation was delayed for more than 3 hours for some reason, that is, at 12:08 noon local time on the 3rd. After a flight of about 6 and a half hours, the flight arrived in Haikou at 10:45 p.m. Beijing time on the 3rd.
After entering the country, the two national teams did not enter the Mission Hills Hotel in Haikou City, which received them before the Western Expedition, but went to another hotel that met the needs of the delegation's collective closure and isolation. This is because the Mission Hills Hotel, or the apartment next to the local football training base, respectively undertakes the reception tasks of the 2003 age group U19 national youth men's football team and some teams in the women's Super League.
According to the plan, after the national football team and the U23 national football team rest for a period of time, they will be put into preparation for the new cycle within this week. It is worth noting that with the return of the delegation to China, the journey of the Chinese men's football team Qatar World Preliminary Tournament has also officially come to an end. The main purpose of the team's training arrangement during the closure and quarantine period in Haikou is to help the international players maintain their competitive form and thus cooperate with them to compete in the professional league in the next new season. Since this year coincides with the World Cup year, and the Chinese Football Association has confirmed the arrangement of the U23 national football team to participate in the East Asian Cup and the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team has no major preparation for the competition this year. The preparation focus of the men's national team will mainly focus on the U23 national football team.
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that after playing the top 12 matches with the national football team, Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun, two U23 age-appropriate players, will join the U23 national football preparation camp. Serbian coach Jankovic will combine the Dubai Cup, previous training sessions and the following professional leagues to add a small number of "newcomers" to the team, including individual overage players, to integrate the Hangzhou Asian Games lineup.
During the communication with media representatives on the evening of April 3, Guo Bingyan, head of the competition work of the preparatory group of the China Football Federation, when talking about the arrangement of the Chinese Super League in the new season, confirmed that the needs of the national team and the U23 national football team for normal preparation and participation will be fully taken into account in the design of the specific schedule. The Chinese Football Association has also confirmed the appointment of the U23 national football team to participate in the upcoming 2022 East Asian Cup football tournament held in late July (expected to be july 19-27), which is commonly known as the "East Asian Final Four".
It is understood that this arrangement of the Chinese Football Cooperation is mainly based on two considerations: on the one hand, after the end of the Qatar World Preliminary Tournament journey, the national football team has no major responsibility this year; on the other hand, the Hangzhou Asian Games men's football competition is the focus of the association's preparation work for this year's national team, and the U23 national football team needs high-quality matches to "warm up" for the Asian Games. Judging from the actual situation of the Dubai Cup, the gains made by the U23 national football team through actual combat are obvious.
It is worth noting that the Japan Football Association has confirmed the arrangement of the 2001 age group U21 youth team, that is, the paris Olympic games age-appropriate team to participate in the new East Asian Cup. The South Korean team may appoint a national team mainly from its own league players to participate, so it seems that it is normal for the Chinese Football Association to appoint the U23 national football team to participate.
It is understood that in accordance with the "principle of rotation," this year's East Asian Cup should have been held on the mainland. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Chinese Football Association has clearly proposed to the East Asian Football Federation that it cannot host this tournament. In this case, the competition will most likely be held in a different place. As for whether the event will eventually be hosted by Japan or South Korea, the parties are still in communication.
According to the arrangement, the national football team and the U23 national football team will lift the 14+7-day closed quarantine on the 24th of this month, and then the players will return to their respective clubs. Judging from the current communication situation between the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation, the new season of the Chinese Super League will not start until about the 29th of this month at the earliest. If this is the case, most international footballers may be "protected" by the club and suspend their participation in the Chinese Super League. However, since they had maintained a relatively systematic training in Haikou before this, they still had the conditions of "plug and play".
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao