Reporter Chen Yong reported that with the release of the draw results for the top 18, the preparation plan of the national team has also been continuously refined and improved. The reporter learned that because there was a long league break in July, the Chinese Football Association plans to adjust the Super League schedule and increase the training time of the national team.
The adjustment of the Super League schedule originated from a small break in mid-to-late July. In the original plan, after the 19th round of matches was played on July 13, the 20th round of matches will be played on July 26, of which the FA Cup will be played from July 15 to 17, and the national team will be arranged to fly and train from July 18 to 24 in preparation for the East Asian Cup.
However, due to the postponement of the East Asian Cup for a year, the national team's original flight training camp can arrange a round of Chinese Super League matches, in this case, after comprehensive consideration and consultation with the club, the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team are ready to advance the 24th round of the Chinese Super League, originally scheduled for August 24 to 25, to July 19 to 21.
The 23rd round of the Chinese Super League will be played from August 16 to 17, and the FA Cup quarter-finals will be played from August 20-22.
At that time, the international players who do not participate in the FA Cup will report in advance on August 18, while the international players who participate in the FA Cup will report to the national team the day after the match.
The adjustment of the schedule of the Chinese Super League this time is obviously different from the nature of the previous Chinese Super League to make way for the national team. Previously, it was to sacrifice the interests of the league, but this time it was just to cancel the national team's flight training camp in July and arrange it for the Chinese Super League game. In fact, if you count the FA Cup matches, the national team's training time is actually not much: the original flight training camp in July is about a week, and if you count from August 23, the day after the end of the FA Cup, the national team actually only adds 3 days, of course, the international players who do not participate in the FA Cup quarter-finals training time is relatively longer.
At present, the impact of the adjustment of the Chinese Super League schedule is not very large, after all, the current preparation time is relatively abundant, and the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation can flexibly arrange the game time according to the actual situation of the club.
The cancellation of the flight training camp by the national team and the increase in the preparation time before the round of 18 in September have two main impacts.
First, the training camp of the national team is slightly longer. From August 18th to September 11th, the time span is 25 days, and if you count from August 23, the time span is also about 20 days.
Second, the league is in front, and the density of matches has also increased: from July 12 to August 22, in about 40 days, 6 rounds of Chinese Super League matches and two rounds of FA Cup matches will be played, in addition, Shandong Taishan, a major international player, will also play in the AFC Champions League Elite play-offs, and 9 games will be played in 40 days. As a result, the international players are likely to get tired in the process.
The Chinese Football Association has also noticed this problem, they did not take a holiday plan, but are ready to arrange more relaxation links for the international players during the training period, including the early stage of the training camp may allow family members to visit the national team camp, so arranged, on the one hand, it can give the international players a more relaxed environment, on the other hand, you can also monitor the physical condition of the international players at any time, once the subsequent high-intensity training or technical and tactical training, the national team is more confident.
In fact, the adjustment of the state of the national team is the adjustment of the mentality of the international players, as long as the mentality is adjusted in place, the state is actually not much of a problem.
In September, the dates of the national team's round of 18 matches are: away to Japan on September 5 and home to Saudi Arabia on September 10. The training camp of the national team can be roughly divided into three stages: August 18 to 25 is the registration and recovery stage; August 26 to September 1 is the stage of high-intensity training and technical and tactical training; September 2nd to 4th is the adjustment and departure phase. Compared with the previous August 26 when all members could be assembled, the preparation of the national team is finally sufficient.
The reporter learned that the relevant training arrangements of the Chinese Football Association are very important because the established direction of the national team is to be younger. Young players have more desire to play for the country, so the training period is slightly extended, which is not too much of a problem for young players. As for the team's veteran players, the national team will naturally give full consideration to it, and it is planned to allow family members to visit the camp during the training camp is one of the humane arrangements.
During the round of 36, there were 7 players in the national team after the age of 99, namely Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Wang Zhenao, Xu Haoyang, Xie Wenneng, Fang Hao and Bai Helamu, in addition to Fang Hao, the remaining 6 people got the opportunity to start, Fang Hao also got the opportunity to be a substitute, in the key battle between China and South Korea, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haoyang, Xie Wenneng and Bai Helamu and other 5 people started together.
In the round of 18, rejuvenation is still the direction. There is a high probability that the above players will be selected for the national team. In addition to the above players, Wu Shaocong, Dai Weijun, Wang Haijian and Tao Qianglong are also good young forces. In addition, Hu Hetao has recently had relatively stable opportunities to play and has also performed well. Among the younger players, Wang Yudong may have the opportunity to be promoted by leapfrogging.
At present, the players aged 99 and after are expected to account for nearly half of the new national team, as for the 30+ veteran players, as well as the 95 and 97 age group of Mesozoic players, they may be carefully selected, Wang Dalei, Yan Junling, Jiang Guangtai, Liu Yang, Gao Zhunyi, Li Yuanyi, Wang Shangyuan, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Fernando, Alain, and Yang Zexiang, who performed well in the previous national team, is relatively stable.
Of course, after two training camps and four official matches, Ivankovic has a better understanding of the players' ability and desire to play, and the list will naturally be reflected accordingly.
After the draw for the round of 18 was released, all walks of life were generally pessimistic about the national team's efforts to finish in the top four in the group stage. Objectively speaking, the round of 18 is almost equivalent to the World Cup of the national team, if you play normally, it is also a normal result to play the fifth place in the group, as for the bottom of the group stage, it is not easy to accept, and it is a surprise to play fourth to advance to the next stage.
Considering the current actual situation, including but not limited to forced youth, the overall strength of the national team is actually showing a downward trend, and only hard work can make up for the lack of strength to the greatest extent.
In addition to hard work, if you want to hit the upper limit of the performance as much as possible, you need the entire team of the national team to have a positive and relatively relaxed mentality, in other words, in the context of youth, so that the young lads can be completely released, is the real youth.