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xinhua news agency, adelaide, australia, october 6 (reporters wang zijiang and zhang jianhua) the chinese national men’s football team arrived in the southern australian city of adelaide on the 6th to prepare for the 2026 world cup asian qualifiers against australia on the 10th. the third round of group c of the round of 18.

at around 4 pm on the 6th, 23 players of the chinese team, led by head coach ivankovic, walked directly from the tarmac into the airport terminal building. they were greeted by staff of the chinese consulate general in adelaide and dozens of people. welcome from chinese fans. all members of the chinese team passed through the airport hall, picked up their luggage, and took the bus to their hotel.

the chinese team gathered in shanghai for training on october 3. it departed from shanghai pudong airport on the evening of the 5th and arrived in adelaide via sydney. the journey lasted nearly 16 hours. chinese football association chairman song kai and vice chairman xu jiren also arrived on the same plane. . xu jiren told reporters that this journey is relatively long, and the chinese football association has also taken some measures to try to reduce the players' journey fatigue. he also said that after the whole team took a short rest, the first training session would be held that day. before the game day, they must train hard every day.

xu jiren revealed that although three players, wu lei, alan and yang zexiang, were absent due to injuries, the overall condition of the team was relatively good. "although our opponents are stronger than us, we are here to fight hard and strive for the best results."

the match on the 10th is crucial for both china and australia. in the first two rounds of the top 18, the chinese team lost to japan and saudi arabia 0:7 and 1:2 respectively; the australian team's record was also not ideal, losing to bahrain 0:1 at home in the first round and in the second round. was tied 0:0 by the indonesian team. the chinese and australian teams are currently ranked sixth and fifth in group c respectively.