On April 5, after the World Cup draw results were released, in addition to knowing the half of the zone, the group stage opponents, and the schedule, it is also very important to start preparing for the group stage, even if the French team and England team are the same, the group stage can not be careless, after all, every World Cup has a top team that has no chance of knockout, such as Germany in 2018, Spain in 2014, etc. Including Portugal, although there are players such as C Ronaldo and B Fee, they are still not underestimated by Ghana, South Korea and Uruguay.
According to Reports in the Portuguese media, after learning that the group stage opponents include South Korea, the Portuguese team has considered a warm-up match, in which they want to play a match with the Chinese team, after all, the Chinese team and the South Korean team have similar styles, and they are both East Asian teams, which can make Portugal better adapt to the style of play with the South Korean team.
It is worth mentioning that Portugal basically every time in the World Cup group stage drawn asian teams, especially East Asian teams, will choose to play against the Chinese team, in 2002 Portugal and South Korea team in the same group, in 2010 with the North Korean team, Portugal and the national football team played a friendly match, but also to examine these two opponents. The results of the two warm-up matches were Portugal's 2-0 victory over China, and in the main stage of the World Cup, Portugal lost to the host South Korea in 2000, and the group stage was directly out. In 2010, it was a big victory over North Korea.
This time it is in the same group as the South Korean team, and now the South Korean team has top players like Son Heung-min, and their strength will naturally be paid close attention to by the Portuguese team, so it is understandable to find the Chinese team to warm up. Of course, although the Chinese team and the Korean team are both East Asian teams, their styles are still obviously different.
If Portugal can play against the national football team, we are very likely to see C Ronaldo and Wu Lei playing, to know that Wu Lei went to play in La Liga, C Ronaldo has left Real Madrid. And Wu Lei's idol has always been C Luo, he has also taken photos with C Luo in the event, exchanged jerseys, Wu Lei also admires C Luo, if you can play with C Luo on the field, then for Wu Lei and many national football players, it is a good opportunity.
So it is certain that the warm-up match of the national football team before the World Cup must be "very full", of course, the premise is that it can go abroad or invite other teams to come in. The same group as the Japanese team is the German team and the Spanish team, but it is still very difficult for the national football team to warm up these two top teams.