In September, the national brand is fully attacked! The national football team prepares for "high intensity", and the women's Asian Games aims to win the championship

Reporter Chen Yong reports After the 24th round of the Chinese Super League, although there are still four FA Cup 1/4 finals on the 30th and 31st, the atmosphere of the September international break has been overwhelmed: the national football team, the national Olympic team, the U18 training team and the U15 training team will be in full swing, while the men's Asian Games team and the Chinese women's football team will participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games.

 National football team Heat strength: against Malaysia and Syria

According to the plan, the national football team will regroup on September 3 to prepare for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers Asian Zone Round of 36 in November.

The national football team will take on the professional football stadium in Chengdu's Phoenix Mountain Sports Park on this international break to face visiting Malaysia and Syria, which were also finalized by the national football team's three opponents in the Round of 36, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore.

After experiencing the "easy warm-up" of the international break in June, the current pace of preparation of the national football team has also begun to "increase intensity": Syria and Malaysia are significantly better than their opponents Palestine and Myanmar in June; In October, the national football team will continue to "increase intensity", and the current basically determined opponents are Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

 Guoao Olympics Participated in the U23 Asian Cup qualification round and faced challenges

On August 19, the Chinese Olympic team officially assembled to participate in the Qatar 2024 U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers and Paris Olympic Games Men's Asian Qualification Tournament (Group G), which will be played from September 6 to 12 at the Barracuda Bay Professional Football Stadium in Dalian, the specific schedule is: September 6, China VS the United Arab Emirates; September 9, China VS India; September 12, China VS Maldives. The qualification situation of this qualification is the first place in 11 groups and the second place in the 4 best groups, which is actually a big challenge for the Olympic team, especially the match with the United Arab Emirates, which can be described as "the first battle is the decisive battle".

 Asian Games Team It is difficult to compete in the Hangzhou Asian Games and reach the final four

The Chinese men's Asian Games football team will play in Hangzhou Asian Games, from September 19 to October 7, and the Asian Games team will play in the group stage schedule: September 19, China VS India; September 21, China VS Myanmar; September 24, China VS Bangladesh. The match time is 19:30.

A total of 23 teams participated in the men's football competition at the Asian Games, with the top two from 6 groups and the four best third-place players qualifying for the round of 16.

For the Asian Games team, it is not difficult to qualify from the group, if the first place in the group advances, the opponent in the 1/8 final will not be too strong, but in the 1/4 final, the Asian Games team may meet South Korea, which will be a very difficult match.

 The U18 training team is participating in the China-Japan-Korea Games football match

The 2005 U18 training team was formed on July 24, the purpose of the formation is to participate in the 31st China-Japan-Korea Youth Games football competition held at the end of August, originally scheduled to be led by the former U17 national team coaching staff, due to Yang Chen was unable to lead the team, the current team by the national team assistant coach Shao Jiayi as the head of the Chinese coaching staff, assisted by Chen Tao.

On the 24th, the U18 training team played a match against a local team in Wakayama Prefecture, but due to a thunderstorm, the match was suspended near halftime, and the score was 1-1. On the 26th, the U18 training team lost 1-3 to Kokoku High School in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

The U18 training team is also the prototype of the future national youth team (2005 age group).

 U15 training team Participate in the U15 East Asian Cup and form a national junior team in the future

The 2023 Chinese Football Association 2008 Age Elite Player Training Camp was officially opened on August 20 at Nanhu City Football Square in Tangshan, with a total of 46 young players from nearly 20 units participating in training competitions and national junior team player selection, and it is planned to select 20 players from Qingdao to participate in the East Asian Football Confederation U15 Championship after 10 days of training assessment. The coaching staff of the East Asian Football Confederation Championship is the coaching team of the Evergrande Football Team that reached the final of the U15 China Youth Football League, and the head coach is Masaaki Nakamura from Japan, who has rich youth coaching experience at home and abroad.

The East Asian Football Confederation U15 Championship (U15 East Asian Cup) will be held from September 1 to 8, with the Chinese team in Group A with South Korea, Macau, Mongolia and the Northern Mariana Islands, and Japan, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Guam in Group B. After the U15 East Asian Cup, the U15 training team will be upgraded to the 2008 national junior team, aiming for the 2025 U17 Asian Cup and U17 World Cup.

 The Chinese women's football team participated in the Asian Games non-stop, aiming to win the championship

After the Women's World Cup, the girls returned to their clubs to play in the league, but the Chinese women's football team will soon assemble for the Hangzhou Asian Games. The Asian Games schedule of the Chinese women's football team is: September 22, China VS Mongolia; On September 28, China vs Uzbekistan, followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

A total of 17 teams participated in the women's football competition, 5 group first and 3 best group second qualified, for the Chinese women's football team, qualification is not a problem, the most important thing is the knockout stage of the competition, after the women's World Cup group stage failed to qualify, the Asian Games championship for the Chinese women's football team is very critical and important.

This year, the Chinese women's football team will also play in the Olympic qualifiers from October 23 to November 1, with South Korea, Thailand and North Korea in the group stage, with the three first in the group and one with the best group qualification to qualify.