Losing home advantage overnight, adjusting to a new match schedule and facing the hassle of international travel under the cloud of COVID-19, Team China's already challenging World Cup qualifying bid has suddenly become even tougher. Li Tie's squad, however, remains as determined as ever to beat the odds.
Then the team will travel directly to Sharjah, where it will face the Philippines, the Maldives and Syria from June 7-15.China has vowed to win all three coming matches with the aim to enter the final round of World Cup Asian qualifiers.
Chinese men's football team has left for the United Arab Emirates from Shanghai on Thursday for the upcoming three FIFA World Cup qualifiers which have been moved from China to the UAE.
China savors fan-tastic start as Suzhou pumps up volume By SHI FUTIAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-06-01 09:42 Share CLOSE Fans roar on Team China during the World Cup Asian zone Group A qualifier against Guam in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on Sunday. China thrashed Guam 7-0 to keep its Cup qualification hopes alive. REUTERS
The home team laid on a goal fest and the fans delivered the deafening cheers as Suzhou played host to spine-tingling scenes rarely witnessed in world soccer since the pandemic began.
Roared on by 30,000 passionate supporters inside Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Team China got the final phase of its World Cup Group A qualification campaign off to a flying start, with the return of spectators en masse serving as a timely reminder of China s successful fight against the coronavirus.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Xinhua) The remaining matches of the Group A of World Cup Asian qualifiers will be staged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Asian