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After receiving the nucleic acid test on February 23 and passing the test collectively, the China Men's Football Team was officially released from isolation in the resident hotel in Shanghai on February 24, and all the staff were dissolved on the same day.

However, due to the epidemic situation in Suzhou, the hotels received by the delegation after entry and the different epidemic prevention policies adopted by different provinces and cities in China recently, some national football players were forced to give up their plans to go home for vacation, or stay in Shanghai or fly directly from Shanghai to Haikou, a new training ground. Because some international players have to further implement epidemic prevention regulations such as home isolation after returning home, they may not be able to report to Haikou on March 3 as required by the notice, so the departure date of China's western expedition may be a few days later than the original March 10.

According to the epidemic prevention regulations, China Men's Football Team and its party were collectively transported to the resident hotel in Minhang District of Shanghai at noon on February 23rd after being closed and isolated for "14 7". This hotel is also the hotel that undertook the reception task of the national football team many times last year.

It is understood that after the team arrived at the hotel around noon 12 on the 23rd, all the staff immediately accepted the on-site nucleic acid test. In the end, all members of the delegation tested negative for nucleic acid, which means that they can officially lift the isolation on the 24th.

As the new national football training will kick off on March 3rd, it will only take one week from the end of the current closed isolation (training) to the beginning of the next training. At this moment, all the players are homesick and eager to return. However, affected by the epidemic situation, different provinces and cities in China have recently updated epidemic prevention regulations one after another, and adopted epidemic prevention control measures of different degrees for people from cities in epidemic areas.

In this case, head coach Li, some international players and team staff finally gave up the plan to go home to reduce the health risks of travel and avoid affecting the work of the next training session. China Football Association also reserved hotel rooms in Pudong New Area of Shanghai for international players and their staff who can't leave Shanghai in recent days. "Epidemic prevention policies vary from place to place. Some places require that the cumulative isolation time of returning immigrants should reach 28 days. Some players' children are still young, and some players' lovers are pregnant. It's really hard for them not to go back at this time, "said a team member.

It is understood that the international players currently staying in Shanghai are mainly from Shandong Taishan Club, and how to arrange their trips next needs further communication with the club.

Although most of the international players left Shanghai on the 24th and returned to their hometown or club, some players still need to implement epidemic prevention regulations such as "home isolation" after arriving at their destination. It is doubtful whether they can arrive in Haikou on March 3 as scheduled to participate in the next training session.

Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that the China Football Association originally planned to arrange for the national football team to fly directly from Haikou to the United Arab Emirates on March 10 (the destination is Dubai or Sharjah to be determined). However, considering that some staff arrived at the team late, which affected the team's preparations at the local stage, the association is likely to postpone the delegation's journey to the west for about five days. As the U23 national football team in the age of 1999 will fly to the United Arab Emirates with the national football team to participate in the Dubai Cup International Youth Football Invitational Tournament held from March 20 to 28, the association needs to take into account the match schedules of the two teams when determining the specific itinerary.

According to the training notice issued by China Football Association, five naturalized (naturalized) players and Li Lei, who plays in Ruichao, must meet the team at the venue on March 18 at the latest. This means that the latest time for the national football team to go west will not exceed 17 days. It is worth noting that Cao Meng, where Li Lei plays, will play a Swiss Premier League match with Basel at home on March 20th. Therefore, the national team coaching staff must also consider whether to allow him to participate in this competition before going to West Asia. After all, the travel conditions from Zurich to Dubai, United Arab Emirates are quite convenient.

In the eighth round of the 1 2 championship held on February 12, the national football team beat Vietnam away for the first time in history, setting a new shame record, and missed the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final ahead of schedule. This result also made this team criticized by public opinion, but judging from the recent preparations, the team training is still relatively normal. Judging from the fact that some coaches, players and staff gave up their vacations and went straight to new training venues, they did not give up playing the last two rounds of the 12 match.

Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Wei