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The Chinese national soccer team arrived in Rome January 6. And
there they will have a friendly match with Lazio, last champion
team of Italian Series A, in the Olympic Stadium on January 9.
Milutinovic, head coach of the Chinese team, hoped that the Chinese
players would get more experiences from the match. We've already
made our strength felt since we are invited to attend the closing
ceremony of their centenary celebration. However, the match will
still be a hard job for us because even the Lazio substitutes are
very strong too, he said.
After the friendly match, the Chinese team will go to Iran and
the US for more contests. According to Milutinovic, the players
are not only expected to gain more experiences, but also to get
themselves adapted to whichever circumstances that might occur by
playing more games abroad.
As learned from Yang Chen, who arrived there earlier, although
it is a friendly match, it will still be a brilliant one as Lazio
is a famous and strong team in the world.
(People's Daily 01/08/01)
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