The national football team in the Asian Cup prepared for the war in a low-key manner and set a small goal of "qualifying for the group".

To prepare for the next Asian Cup on June 65438+1October 2 next year, the China men's soccer team will gather in Shanghai on June 17, and then go to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for nearly three weeks of training the next day, during which there will be no less than four warm-up matches. Although so far, the China Football Association has not made clear to the whole team the specific impact targets of this Asian Cup.

However, combined with the current team strength, past record and the strength comparison of participating teams, "qualifying in the group and striving to tie the record of the last Asian Cup, that is, being among the top 8" is undoubtedly the competition goal that meets the psychological expectations of all parties. Like the last Asian Cup, China didn't book a return ticket after the game.

AFC Asian Cup Football Event:

1956-2004, every Asian Cup was held in the same year as the European Football Championship (predecessor: European Nations Cup) and the Olympic Games, so the attraction of the Asian Cup was also limited by two large-scale sports events held in the same year. In order to better publicize the Asian Cup and further enhance the influence of the event, AFC decided to hold the Asian Cup in odd-numbered years with relatively few sports events.

The Asian Cup, originally scheduled for 2008, will be held one year in advance to 2007, and will continue to be held every four years. Except for the14th Asian Cup in 2007, which was hosted by many countries for the first time since its establishment, all previous competitions were hosted by a single country (region). The 2007 Asian Cup was jointly held by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. 17 The Asian Cup began to cancel the third-place competition, and the third-place competition became history. Qatar became the host of the Asian Cup in 2023.