The reporter reported coldly Considering the overtired state of the national players, the national football team currently has no plans for winter training, and there is still no clear plan for warm-up matches. However, the national football team's opponents in the same group, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia, have arranged warm-up matches this winter in order to scout the newcomers. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will compete in the 26th Gulf Cup in Kuwait (21 December to 3 January) and will be in the same group. Indonesia will participate in the 15th Southeast Asia Cup (8 December to 5 January). As both cups are played on non-international breaks, the vast majority of the overseas players in the three teams are not able to participate, and the competition is basically only about examining local internationals and newcomers.

Gulf Cup: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain meet in the same group

The Gulf Cup is a traditional competition between Arab countries in West Asia, second only to the World Cup and the Asian Cup in importance. The participating national leagues will also be suspended during the Gulf Cup and will not resume until early January next year. The Saudi league will enter the winter break after December 7, with the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on January 6 and the league resuming on January 9. The new coach of the Saudi team, Hainakh, said that he would recruit the main team as much as possible in order to hone the tactics and improve the condition of the players. The French coach has been travelling through the Saudi league recently, focusing on watching the big four and observing the performance of the internationals. However, because it is not an international break, it is difficult for the main full-back Abdulhamid who plays for Roma in Serie A, and the midfielders Ghamdi and Sahafi who are Antwerp Roar in Serie A to return to China.

Saudi Arabia are in Group B with last-18 rivals Bahrain and will face each other directly on December 22. However, the Bahrain league does not end until December 15, which means that the Bahraini team's training period for the Gulf Cup is limited to a maximum of one week. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and fellow teams Yemen and Iraq will stay at the Jumeirah Hotel in Kuwait City, where the Saudi team trains at the Arab club's Salem Stadium. Saudi Arabia coach Al-Hainach told the Middle East Daily that the Gulf Cup is an important stop for the Saudi Arabian team to prepare for the remaining matches of the round of 18, and the Saudi team will strive to be in the best possible condition, and make the most of this tournament to run in the team and improve self-confidence. Hainach watched Riyadh Victory's match against Damac, specifically naming Riyadh Victory midfielder Garnum and Damac goalkeeper Buhari, who he thought both played very well.

Bahrain's Croatian coach Taladzic is currently on vacation. On November 26, he made a special trip to British mixed martial arts superstar Mukaev's training ground in Bahrain and posed for a photo with his favorite mixed martial arts pro to encourage him to achieve great results in the BRAVE CF 91 Championship, which begins on December 13. Taradzic also told the Bahraini media that the Bahrain team will make the Gulf Cup the most important warm-up match before the round of 18 next year, and strive to achieve something. However, compared to the Saudi team, there are not many newcomers to the Bahrain team to investigate. Nigerian naturalised midfielder Athed (Kuching, Malaysia) and winger Mahon (Kuwait City, Kuwait), who play in the overseas league, are sure to be in the Gulf Cup, the latter of whom he is familiar with in Kuwait. However, 16-year-old Wadai, who plays for La Liga's Villarreal echelon, and high-school striker Hellal, who plays in the Czech league, will have a hard time making the trip.

Southeast Asia Cup: Shen Tai Long seeks in-depth running-in

Indonesian coach Shin Tai Long has confirmed that he will form a team based on the Indonesian U22 team to participate in the Southeast Asia Cup. Only defenders Arhan, Manqualan, Habner, midfielder Jenner, winger Ferdinand, strikers Stryk and Karaka have been selected in the round of 18 squad for the 33-man training camp. At the start of the training camp in Bali on November 28, only 23 players from the Indonesian team reported for duty, and among the seven overseas players, only Ronaldo Quart, a young striker of Liberian descent who plays for the Thai Super League, was present. Shen Tailong confirmed that naturalized central defender Habner and defender Yanner have been confirmed to be retained by the club, and naturalized center Stryker, who plays for Brisbane Roar in the Australian Super League, is also difficult to participate. It is worth mentioning that the Indonesian league will not be suspended during the Southeast Asia Cup.

On December 5, the Indonesian team will depart from Bali and travel to Yangon to face Myanmar to officially start the journey of the Southeast Asian Cup. At that time, Shin Tai Long will reduce the team roster to 23 players. Due to the absence of three naturalized players of the national team, Shen Tailong can only inspect four local internationals. The general manager of the Indonesian national team, Sumaj, said that the Indonesian Football Association understands that the vast majority of foreign players are unable to participate. Ferdinand, who scored twice against Saudi Arabia in November, plays for Oxford United in the Championship and is confirmed to be a key candidate for Shen, along with defenders Arhan (Suwon FC, South Korea K1 League), Mangquharan (Thai Port, Thai Super League) and striker Quart (Mongthong United, Thai Super League).

The Indonesian team participating in the Southeast Asia Cup is called the "Green Leaf Team" by the local media, and Shen Tailong has already said that his goal is to reach the final, but considering that the main competitors Vietnam and Thailand will participate in the Cup with the main lineup, this "Green Leaf Team" is likely to only investigate newcomers and reserve rotation and substitute players for the real Indonesian national team. At the same time, Shen Tailong was also revealed by the Indonesian media to be learning Indonesian in a surprise attack, so that he could better communicate with the players in the Indonesian national team in the future. Shen Tailong said that he hopes to make good use of the Southeast Asian Cup to make his run-in with the Indonesian team to a higher level.