Because it is a temporary decision, the schedule of the Dragon Super League has some conflicts with the Copa America, and the Dragon Football Association did not force the decision this time and temporarily adjusted the schedule, but after negotiating with various clubs, through other means, to compensate those teams that have players called up by the national team.

For example, the temporary increase in the number of foreign players on the field, the temporary reduction of the restrictions of the U23 policy, and the possibility of postponing matches for matches in which both sides of the war are affected by the national team call-up with the consent of both sides of the match, etc.

All in all, the mood of the teams in the Dragon Super League is relatively stable, and they are all supportive, at least on the surface, of the Dragon Nation team's temporary decision to participate in this Copa America.

When Shen Feng returned to the Dragon Kingdom from Italy, it was already June 4th, and there were only seven or eight days left before the opening of the America's Cup.

After joining the Dragon Team, he did not make many stops in China, and immediately flew to Brazil to adapt to the local competition environment in advance.

Brazil held the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, and has rich experience in hosting large-scale events.

Because there are only ten countries in South America, in recent editions of the Copa America, teams from other continents have been invited to get the number of participants needed for a tournament.

In this year's Copa America in Brazil, in addition to the ten teams from South America, the South American Football Confederation also invited Qatar and the Dragon Team to participate, bringing together a total of 12 teams.

The twelve teams, divided into three groups, will play a single round-robin group stage, with the top two teams from each group and the two best group finishers third-place to advance to the quarterfinals.

After the quarterfinals, the single-game elimination system that is customary in the cup system is also adopted, with eight into four, four into two, and then the final final!

In other words, if a team wants to win the Copa America, it needs to play a total of six games, which is one less game than the Asian Cup after the expansion and the World Cup before the expansion.

In the early group draw ceremony, the Japanese team, which was temporarily replaced by the Dragons, was placed in Group A with the host Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia.

The four teams in Group B are Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Qatar.

The four teams in Group C are Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.

This year's Copa America will be played in eight stadiums in eight Brazilian cities, and the Dragons' three group games will be played in three different cities.

The first match against Venezuela was scheduled at the National Stadium in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.

After arriving in Brazil, the Dragons went directly to their training base in Brasilia to prepare for the match against Venezuela.

Although Brazil came with the attitude of playing soy sauce, the Dragons do not plan to play the next three group games casually.

Moreover, the three opponents of the Dragon Nation team in the group stage, in addition to the Brazilian team, needless to say, facing the Venezuelan team and the Bolivian team, the Dragon Nation team is not without the possibility of victory.

As the only team among the ten countries in South America that has never reached the World Cup finals, the Venezuelan team is not very strong, with the highest FIFA ranking of only 29th, and only ranked 47th in the latest international rankings, behind the Dragons.

Bolivia are even weaker, with the latest FIFA ranking at 61st, the lowest ranked team in South America.

Although the FIFA ranking is only a reference for the overall strength of each team, it is not accurate, but with the current strength of the Dragon Country team, facing them, the victory or defeat should be between five and five.

According to the Copa America qualification rules, not only the top two teams from the three groups will advance to the quarterfinals, but the two best group runners-up will also advance to the quarterfinals.

Therefore, the Dragons only need to win one of the three group games to potentially finish third in the group and have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.

It's not a great opportunity, but it's worth it.

Of course, the Dragon Nation team participated in this America's Cup, and there was no pressure on performance, mainly for training.

In order to achieve the purpose of training, head coach Lippi abandoned a number of veterans and recruited a number of newcomers in the 23-member squad of the Dragon Team for this year's Copa America - like Hu Jingheng, who has already provoked the pillar of the Jianye team in this season's Dragon Super League, was selected for the first time in the 23-member squad of the Dragon Team and got the opportunity to participate in this Copa America with the team.

Players who are over 30 years old and play in the Dragon Super League, Lippi only brought Feng Xiaoting and Fan Xiaodong this time, and other former main players of the Dragon Country team, such as Zeng Cheng, Gao Lin, Xiao Zhi, Yu Dabao, Yu Hanchao, Wang Dalei, Hao Junmin, etc., were all excluded from the 23-member squad this time.

Instead, there are many players in the 95 and 97 age groups, and the Jianye team not only has Hu Jingheng selected this time, but also Du Changjie, Liu Heng, and Long Cheng have also been selected at the same time, becoming major international players.

Although the main lineup of this Dragon Country team is still dominated by 89 and 91 years old, the young forces represented by Shen Feng and Hu Jingheng are also rising strongly, showing a trend of grabbing power from their predecessors.

The renewal process of the Dragon Country team has been accelerated in this Copa America.

At 7 p.m. local time on June 12 in Brazil and 5 a.m. on June 13, the opening ceremony of the Copa America in Brazil, as well as the opening match, were played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Hosts Brazil, in front of more than 76,000 fans at the Maracanã Stadium, beat Bolivia 3-0 to get the Copa America off to a flying start.

Because of the participation of the Dragon Country team, the Dragon Country National TV Sports Channel sent a forward reporting team of up to 30 people to cover all 26 matches of this America's Cup in an all-round way.

This is the first time that the Dragons have covered the Copa America on such a large scale, which has greatly enhanced the influence of the Copa America in the Dragons – which is one of the reasons why the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has been committed to inviting the Dragons to participate in the Copa America.

As an emerging football market with the greatest potential, not only FIFA and UEFA are aiming at the Dragon Country, but also the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) wants to take a share of it.

Not to mention anything else, the increase in the influence of the Copa America in the Dragon Country will definitely make more South American players familiar to Dragon Country fans and favored by the Dragon Super League team.

Previously, the introduction of foreign aid in the Dragon Super League was only concentrated in Brazil, and players from Argentina, Uruguay and other countries whose football development level is not inferior to Brazil were rarely paid attention to.

Through this Copa America, if the number of players from other South American countries can be increased to play in the Dragon Super League, it will also play a certain role in boosting the development of South American football.