According to the original plan, the national football team left the station hotel in Shanghai at about 10 o'clock last night, and then took a charter flight of China Eastern Airlines that took off at about 1 a.m. today to fly to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and finally returned to Sharjah by car to prepare for the upcoming home match against Oman and Australia on November 11 and 16 respectively. Before the national football team left for Sharjah, head coach Li Tie gave xinhua news agency interviews on many national football and his own topics, and he said that he treated every national team game as the last game of his life and accepted all criticisms.
The national football team went out again According to the Chinese football team Weibo
No home player is psychologically frustrated
Return to China to adjust and relieve depression
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the national football team participated in the two stages of the top 40 and the top 12 this year, facing the embarrassment of not being able to land smoothly at home in China. In the Round of 40 stage, after the national football team played a big victory over Guam in Suzhou, the other three games were put in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. In the Round of 12, the first and second rounds of the tournament moved west to Doha, and the third and fourth rounds were again moved to Sharjah. This time, the national football team will go to Sharjah for the third time.
This means that the national football team will become the only team in the 6 teams in Group B of the Round of 12 that does not have a real "home" in 2021. According to the AFC's established top 12 schedule, the national football team has used 4 "home" qualifications in the first 6 rounds of 2021, and the last "home field" will be against Saudi Arabia in the 9th round next March. According to the current epidemic prevention situation, it is not excluded that the national football team does not have a real "home" in the round of 12.
In the first 4 rounds of the round of 12 matches, the national football team accumulated 3 points from 1 win and 3 losses, ranking fifth in the group, and the qualifying situation was not optimistic. Originally, after the team finished nearly two months of training and competition in West Asia, it has returned to China, hoping to usher in a real home stadium in Suzhou. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the matches between the national football team and Oman and Australia are still unable to be played at home in China. In this regard, Li Tie said: "When I first got the news, the gap between the players was relatively large, and the ideas and adjustment ability of each player were different, and we could only give the players some help according to the previous cognition." ”
Therefore, it is also inevitable that the national football team chooses to return to China for recuperation after the fourth round of matches, which to a certain extent alleviates the anxiety and depression of the international footballers, "The players have been closed since March this year. On these two days, we lifted the quarantine and the players were able to meet their families. You can clearly feel that the players are happy and don't have to do extra work. I hope the players can go to Sharjah with a good mood and fight. ”
Be honest in the face of doubts
Dip the pillow every day to fall asleep
For the outside world's doubts about Li Tie's use of naturalized players too little time, Li Tie said that he would face it calmly. Li Tie said: "I believe that no one knows the situation of this team better than me, and no one wants to win the game more than I do. No matter which player, as long as he meets the requirements of the game and can help the team, I will not hesitate to send him to the game. As a head coach, it's inevitable to be questioned. In the past, when I was a player, there were times when I didn't understand the coach's decision. Many friends in the industry, including Fan Zhiyi, Zhu Guanghu, and some media are communicating with me, and they think that the team has something to improve and will tell me. I am very willing to discuss these issues with professionals and our coaching team is very open. ”
Li Tie gave fans an autograph according to ic photo
For the difficulties of the team at this stage, Li Tie said that he had long been mentally prepared. "From the moment I took over the team, I was always prepared to face difficulties. From being a player to being a coach, I have experienced hundreds of national team matches, I have experienced the peak and lowest point of Chinese football, and I know too well the ups and downs of national team matches. In 1997, Dalian Jinzhou (fans shouted 'change Li Tie'), and in 2001 in Xi'an, I experienced the same thing again, and these experiences are my most valuable assets. I can now fall asleep with a pillow every day, and I can face any situation with a relatively peaceful attitude. ”
"Four games down, there were a lot of critical voices, there were also supportive voices, and I could accept it. In Shanghai these days, I have met many people who know or don't know, and they are telling me to cheer up and try to play every game. This is all I can really feel, they all sincerely hope that Chinese football is good. Li Tie said, "Our team will definitely get better and better, and I have such confidence." ”
In this regard, some netizens expressed their approval of Li Tie's statement, "I see that Li Tie's attitude is still quite good, although there is no cheer from the audience to go to West Asia, but also can not hear the interference of the voice of 'Li Tie after class', should be able to concentrate on directing the game, and it may not be a good thing." Good luck to Li Tie and the men's football team! Some netizens also expressed puzzlement, "The national football team emphasizes difficulties every time..."
Red Star News reporter Hu Minjuan
Edited by Ou Peng
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