At noon on the 17th, the Chinese men's national selection team arrived in Nagoya, after a short rest, at 5:30 in the evening at the training ground to carry out the first outdoor training after arrival. Head coach Jankovic did not schedule much time, but emphasized the importance of being prepared for the showdown with South Korea, saying in a loud voice: "The plan to break South Korea is ready, and I hope everyone will remember and execute it with all their might."
The team's first training session in Japan was held at 5:30 p.m. on the 17th at the "Gotsuka Sports Plaza", which is only 4 kilometers away from Toyota Stadium, the venue for the East Asian Cup. Although the surrounding area was empty, the grass was in good condition.
Given the intense training that the players had gone through the morning before the trip to the East, Jankovic scheduled only a 45-minute training session for the afternoon of the 17th. Fortunately, all players were injury-free and participated in the joint practice.
After a short warm-up, Yankovic arranged the players to practice passing and receiving the ball, followed by attacking and defending drills, and asked the players without the ball to aggressively press the ball, with the three goalkeepers also participating. 15-minute pressing drills, Yankovic declared the end of the training, which was designed to help the players recover and adjust.
It is worth mentioning that the weather in Aichi is unpredictable. When the team arrived in Nagoya, the weather was still hot and muggy, but it suddenly rained during training. But towards the end of the training, the weather suddenly cleared up again.
After the training, Yankovic told the players: "After returning to the hotel today, the first thing to do after dinner is to have a full rest. Tomorrow, we will have a targeted technical and tactical training for the first match against South Korea. Korea is a compact team and we have been training against them since the first day of training. I hope you understand that these days' training is all about fighting against the opponents. As the head coach, I don't want to conduct training without target. Therefore, you should keep in mind every element and requirement that I train."
Yankovic reminded his players, "Korea is used to playing a 442 formation with three compact lines and a strong midfield. How will we show our aggressiveness and aggressiveness against such an opponent? How to break through against the opponent's characteristics? These questions will be practiced in tomorrow's training. Regardless of the opponent, we have our own way of playing. What we need is to focus on ourselves, not the opponent. We need to show all that we are prepared for."
At noon on the 18th, the organizing committee of the East Asian Cup will hold a pre-match press conference, and then the Chinese men's soccer team will continue to go to the training ground that night to start training.
