According to the plan, China's men's football team will gather in Shanghai no later than August 15 to start the preparation for the third stage of the Qatar World Cup Asian qualifying tournament in September, i.e., the top 12 matches. Wu Lei, the centerpiece of the national team's forward line, is also scheduled to leave Shanghai on July 14 and return to Spain, where he will immediately engage in preparations for the new La Liga season with Espanyol. He will be based on the national football team's overseas preparations for the 12th round of the tournament and the effectiveness of the home organization to determine the specific schedule for the return of the team.
On July 13, Wu Lei arrived at the Genbao soccer base on Chongming Island in Shanghai along with Chen Xuyuan, the president of the Chinese Football Association, and Gao Hongbo, the association's vice president in charge of youth work. On the occasion of visiting his mentor Xu Genbao, Wu Lei, as a representative of the outstanding players trained by the base, taught techniques and shared inspirational stories for the young players.
The event was also Wu Lei's last public appearance during his short vacation. According to the plan, he will leave Shanghai on July 14 and then return to Barcelona, Spain, to participate in the Spanish soccer club's preparation for the La Liga.
Before departing, Chen Xuyuan, Xu Genbao and the national football team manager Li Tie repeatedly urged Wu Lei to pay attention to protecting his body so that he can return to the national team in the best condition and help the team to win in the 12th round of the tournament.
The schedule shows that the first phase of the Super League will end on August 12th. According to the plan of the national football team, the team will assemble on August 15 at the earliest. This means that the international players may only have about three days of rest and adjustment time between the league and the start of the national football preparations.
The main purpose of the national football team to extend the last training cycle before the 12 strong match is to take the opportunity to organize 1 to 2 valuable international warm-up matches before the start of the competition. To this end, the team does not rule out the possibility of organizing a new training session successively at home and abroad in order to implement the warm-up opponents.
According to the feedback from various channels, Shanghai will become the "preferred candidate" for the national football team's home field for the 12-team tournament. However, because the team's first round of the 12 strong match away from home and the second round of the home tournament between only 5 days, so the specific preparation program how to organize, but also according to the actual situation. Wu Lei is likely to join the team at the overseas training site of the national football team.
