In the shadow of the epidemic.
national soccer team
The upcoming Qatar World Cup Asian qualifying round of twelve tournament trip, but because of special circumstances have to be home in a foreign country. The first two games, the team will move to the Qatari capital Doha.
According to the news, our soccer team has taken off from Shanghai on a special Qatar Airways flight in the early hours of August 26, Beijing time and flew directly to Doha to prepare for the upcoming two key matches.
National football team preparing for training, photo from Visual China
Although the epidemic has limited the scope of the research of the National Football Association, can not go to Doha in advance to investigate the accommodation, training and competition venues, but through advanced communication technology, the security team has a more comprehensive understanding of the local conditions. After arriving in Doha, the national football team will strictly abide by the "bubble" closed-loop epidemic prevention measures, and in the AFC and the Qatar Football Association to provide a hotel to choose as a resident.
The climate of West Asia is not unfamiliar to the national soccer team, which previously played its home ground in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, during the Top 40 stage. The weather forecast shows that on the day of the match with Australia on September 2, the daytime temperature in Doha will be as high as 33 ℃ to 42 ℃, and a high-temperature battle is about to be staged. The match is scheduled for 4 p.m. locally, the hottest time of the day.
In order to cope with the high temperature, the National Football Association (NFA) will actively communicate with the Qatar Football Association (QFA), and finally came the good news: the QFA agreed to play the match at the Khalifa World Stadium, which has air-conditioning equipment.
In this way, the national football team will have the opportunity to show its strength in a comfortable environment of more than 20 degrees Celsius. Organizers have revealed that the Khalifa World Stadium utilizes advanced cooling technology that allows for rapid temperature reduction. A total of 3,000 cool air vents in the stadium blow the cooled night air in quickly, which, together with the advantages of the canopy design, has a significant effect on temperature control.
However, the temperature inside the stadium could still be unbearable if the air conditioning is not switched on. But the cost of using air-conditioned stadiums is extremely high, and it is doubtful that the Qatar Football Association will agree to the teams training in air-conditioned stadiums on a daily basis.
AFC and the Qatar Football Association for the national football team to arrange the daily outdoor field training time for the local 4:00 p.m., if you can not train in the air-conditioned stadium, the international players will be a severe test. The national football team does not rule out consulting with the local side, the training time will be adjusted to the evening.
