At 18:40 Beijing time on the 14th, the reporter and the Chinese men's football team arrived in Bacolod, Philippines on the same plane. At 20:00 on October 15, the national football team will play the third game of the world's top 40 with the Philippines away.
The Chinese national team arrived at the Bacolod hotel in the Philippines.
The food on the charter plane was quite good
As the Memorial Stadium in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is preparing for the Southeast Asian Games, the venue of the Sino Philippine war is set in Bacolod on Negros island. The straight-line distance from Guangzhou to Bacolod is about 1730 kilometers. As there is no direct flight to Bacolod on the civil aviation line, the Football Association charter a plane for the national football team to fly directly to Bacolod from Guangzhou.
The chartered plane is Airbus A319. According to the stewardess of China Southern Airlines, the full load is 120. The football association also sold the surplus seats to the media and cooperative companies. Basically, two people can sit in a row of seats on the plane.
Before the plane took off, there was an episode. Somehow, the first sentence of the stewardess on the radio before taking off was: 'dear Evergrande VIP, welcome to this flight & hellip& hellip;' It surprised the crew on board.
What's impressive about this flight is that each seat is equipped with pillows, slippers, towels and eye masks. It is worth mentioning that there are also organic meals. The staple foods are Hainan chicken rice, sausage eggs, dragon fish rice, fried noodles with shredded beef, and the side dishes are fruits, vegetable salads, nuts, etc. It can be seen that China Southern Airlines has spent a lot of time to ensure that the team can arrive at its destination comfortably.
Naturalized players Li Ke and akerson.
The local Chinese restaurant provides meals for the national football team
Bacolod is the fifth largest city in the Philippines. The flight took 2 hours and 40 minutes. When getting off the plane, the reporter saw that the airport was relatively dilapidated, the waiting hall was still cooled with old ceiling fans, and the airport did not open international routes. Therefore, the customs temporarily opened two windows with a table, and it took nearly an hour for everyone to complete customs clearance.
At the airport exit, the reporter saw a group of welcome groups composed of local overseas Chinese. When the reporter asked one of the overseas Chinese about the price from the airport to the reporter's hotel reservation, the overseas Chinese looked very enthusiastic. One of the overseas Chinese surnamed Chen directly carried the reporter's suitcase and said aggressively: 'follow me!'
Mr. Chen also told reporters: "our overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce had purchased 180 tickets and the national football team also gave us 100 complimentary tickets. Now we have mobilized foreign students and local Chinese to cheer for the national football team on the 15th, and strive to turn this away game into the home of the national football team."
About half an hour's drive from the airport to the urban area, it looks very desolate all the way. Tropical crops such as sugarcane and papaya are planted on both sides of the road. After entering the urban area, the streets are full of houses with 2 or 3 floors. Mr. Chen pointed to a house with about 10 floors and told reporters that this is the highest building in the local area.
The whole city of Bacolod has only about 500000 people, and the reason why Bacolod has no high-rise buildings is because the local land price is very cheap.
The logistics of the national football team was fully guaranteed. Lippi's coach team and players ranked first. After customs clearance, they didn't wait for their luggage and went directly to the hotel to rest. The logistics personnel waited for their luggage before they rushed to the hotel.
The Fisher hotel where the national football team stayed is one of the best hotels in Bacolod, but there is a casino next to the hotel, and the surrounding environment is not too quiet. Considering the catering safety, three meals a day during the national football team's stay in the Philippines will be provided by a local Chinese restaurant in the form of takeout.
The players were warmly welcomed by local fans.
The national football team has fully prevented dengue fever
According to the Philippine Ministry of health, a statistics on September 14 showed that more than 300000 people in the Philippines have been diagnosed with dengue fever since 2019. By October, the epidemic continued.
On October 8, Philippine media reported that President duterte hurried to the hospital to visit his daughter infected with dengue fever as soon as he returned to the Philippines after his visit to Russia. The president's daughters can be infected, which shows that the epidemic is indeed serious.
The national football team knew about this situation before the training, so they specially consulted the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. The answer was that the epidemic situation was not large-scale and under control. Mr. Chen and other Chinese overseas Chinese also told reporters that Bacolod is not yet popular with dengue fever.
Jasmine scented green tea has been bought in Beijing before training. It includes electric mosquito repellent incense, mosquito repellent spray, mosquito repellent water, etc. after arriving in Bacolod, the team will prepare for indoor and outdoor preparations in an all-out way just in case.
As we all know, the open turf of training ground and stadium is the easiest to hide mosquitoes. The whole team will spray sufficient anti mosquito drugs on their bodies before training.
It is reported that the playing field between the national football team and the Philippines is relatively dilapidated. To enter this stadium, you must first pass through a tropical rain forest. Pitch turf is a common large leaf grass in Southeast Asian countries. It is also pitted and prone to injury.
The time zone in the Philippines is the same as that in China, but it got dark early. It was nearly 20 o'clock when the national football team arrived at the hotel, so they didn't go to the Stadium last night. The national football team will carry out field adaptability training today. After the training, the list of 23 players will be determined. At that time, two players will not be able to enter the bench.
This time, a total of 25 players of the national football team went out with the team. Li Lei, the left guard troubled by the injury of his left leg, has been actively training and recovering under the guidance of the national team doctor and physical fitness coach. However, according to the identification of the medical team, under the current circumstances, allowing him to play in high-intensity competitions will bring the risk of injury recurrence and aggravation. In order to protect the players, the team finally decided that Li Lei would not go to the Philippines with the team.
After winning, the qualifying situation will be more optimistic
The night before departure, the national football team conducted its last training in China at Yuexiushan stadium. For the Philippine team, the next opponent of the national football team, central defender Zhu chenjie said that at present, the whole team knows more about this opponent.
'from the last game, the opponent's forwards are still more characteristic, but we will be fully prepared and the next training will be more targeted. No matter what opponents we meet, we will try our best to win every game! "
Coach Lippi also said earlier: 'the goal of each game is to get three points and achieve the goal of entering the next stage.'
When the national football team arrived in Bacolod, the temperature was 30 ℃, about the same as that in Guangzhou. The Chinese and Philippine teams have played many times in recent years, mostly won by the national football team. The last time the two teams met in the competition was in the Asian Cup group match at the beginning of the year. At that time, the national football team beat the opponent 3-0.
At present, the national football team leads with 6 points and 12 goal difference in group A. if we can get all 3 points away from home, the qualifying situation of the group will be more optimistic.