Beijing time on May 4 news, according to domestic media reports, the Chinese Football Association has considered the end of May to mid-June international matchday cycle to the first stage of the Chinese Super League. That is to say, in the new round of international friendly matches, the national football team may be absent again. It should be noted that the last time the national football team played a friendly match and communicated with the outside world was on August 30, 2019, when it defeated Myanmar 4-1, and since then, except for the official matches of the World Preliminary Tournament and the East Asian Cup, the national football team has never organized or been invited to participate in any international tournament of a friendly nature.
On August 30, 2019, the national football team defeated Myanmar 4-1, which was the last friendly match that the national football team has played so far. After that, the national football team ushered in the World Preliminary Round, the top 40, the round of 12, and at the end of 2019, it also played the East Asian Cup. Since then, there have been no more international friendlies. Want to train? The national football team has chosen to play with the Chinese Super League team, and refuses to watch and broadcast live from the outside world, so the fans hardly know the preparation of the national football team, and when the big game is revealed, the problem of serious positioning errors is exposed, and the 12-strong match collapse bids farewell to the World Cup.
The round of 12 is over and a new round of friendly matches arrives. However, unfortunately, according to the latest news, from May 30 to June 14, the international match day, the national football team chose to give up, will not invite opponents, will not be invited to participate. Moreover, the FA will consider giving way to the Chinese Super League. Because, now the start of the Chinese Super League has been seriously lagging behind, and if you don't grasp the kick, this year will be halfway through.
Our neighbours, Japan and South Korea, have officially declared their opponents, and after entering the World Cup, South Korea will play four international warm-up matches at its home stadium in June this year, including against the powerful Brazil, Chile and Paraguay. As for the Japanese team, it will also compete with Brazil, Paraguay and other teams. In addition, Japan will continue to host the Kirin Cup Four-Nation Invitational Tournament against Chile, Tunisia and Ghana.
It is worth mentioning that China has also had a competition like the Kirin Cup, that is, the China Cup, which was once very popular, but since 2020, the China Cup has been cancelled, and it has not been held in 2021 and 2022.