According to the arrangement of U23 national football team , a warm-up match with the local club will be held on March 20 local time in Abu Dhabi . After arriving in the UAE, after two training classes, U23 national football team also went to Abu Dhabi today. In addition, the match between the top 12 national football team and Saudi was determined to kick off at 23:00 on March 24, Beijing time. This kickoff time is also determined by domestic broadcasters. In the view of domestic broadcasters, this point can obtain high ratings in China.
U23 The national football team only played a warm-up match with the national football team during the training camp in Haikou. In contrast, the Chinese national football team played three warm-up matches during the same period, and the Dubai Cup was the first time that the U23 national football team played in an international competition in the past two years. Therefore, the team still needs to work together the team through actual combat at the start of the game on the 23rd.
Therefore, before leaving for the UAE, Chinese Football Association contacted the local clubs to hope to have a warm-up match. Therefore, after arriving in the UAE, the U23 national football team held two training classes and rushed to Abu Dhabi to have a warm-up match with the local team.
U23 national football coach Jankovic emphasized that the next warm-up match, including the subsequent Dubai Cup, is a very critical competition for the team, and it must reflect the team's combat effectiveness and spirit.
. In the second training class after arrival, with the comeback of Gao Zhunyi , all 24 international players were in place. The kickoff time of the Chinese national football team and Saudi Arabia was finally determined to be 23:00 on the 24th Beijing time.
Originally, AFC announced that the game would be kicked at 0 o'clock, but since the Chinese national football team is the home team, domestic broadcasters believe that 23 o'clock can get a higher broadcast rate in China, and finally decided to advance the kick-off time by one hour.