Chinese prepared to play all FIFA World Cup qualifiers abroad

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese men's soccer national team has braced themselves to play all their home Asia World Cup qualifiers on neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head coach Li Tie, who has extended his contract with the Chinese Football Association to 2026, said Sunday, four days before his team heads for Doha, Qatar, to play a World Cup qualifier against Australia, that he had prepared