After the basic construction of the coaching team is completed, li Xiaopeng, the new coach of the national football team, has recently shifted the focus of his work to the selection of the new training international football team. According to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, with the change of management model, the selection method of international football players will also be adjusted to a certain extent. If nothing else, about 40 players will participate in the new training camp that will take place in Shanghai on January 10. During the training camp, all participating players will be divided into several groups and through two internal teaching matches, the competition will produce a lineup for visiting Japan and Vietnam (rounds 7 and 8 of the Round of 12). New players who are active in the Chinese Super League, including Gao Tianyi and Yan Dinghao, will participate in this training session, and as one of the benchmarks for Chinese players to stay abroad, former international Sun Jihai will also join the national football coaching team.
After the Chinese Football Association officially announced the change of coach of the national football team on December 8 last year, Li Xiaopeng began to implement the selection of the coaching team. During this period, he made special trips to the Guangzhou and Suzhou divisions of the Chinese Super League to communicate with his favorite candidates or the club teams (units) he worked for. After many consultations, Li Xiaopeng circled a huge list of assistant teacher candidates, and recently submitted the list to the National Football Preparation Leadership Working Group for approval.
It is understood that a number of former internationals from different periods have entered the list, including Zheng Zhi, Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junzhe, Li Jinyu, Li Leilei, Sun Xiang and so on. However, according to the latest situation grasped by the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, Sun Xiang, who is currently the vice president of the Shanghai Harbor Club, is likely to be unable to get out of his job and cannot go to the national team to "help". However, the list also includes another full-back-back-turned-"blockbuster" former international, Sun Jihai. It can be said that the new national football coaching team headed by Li Xiaopeng is "star-studded".
After the members of the management team, Chinese and foreign coaches and the medical logistics support team have been finalized, Li Xiaopeng has circled the list of candidates for the new national football training in recent days. It is understood that according to the results of the communication between the "leading group" and Li Xiaopeng, about 40 players will participate in the "Li Xiaopeng Phase I" national football training that began in Shanghai on January 10.
For such a large lineup of participants, informed sources analyzed that such an arrangement actually sends a signal, that is, with the changes in the management mode of national football, the mechanism of international football selection and personnel competition is also facing adjustment. The new national football team has recruited so many international footballers to participate in the training, which is undoubtedly to effectively achieve the survival of the fittest. That is to say, through this period of training, the comprehensive ability of candidate international football players should be strictly evaluated, and the best candidates should be admitted to form a lineup for the national football team to go to Japan and Vietnam in the top 12 matches.
According to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, after the national football team was concentrated in Shanghai on January 10, it will carry out nearly 2 weeks of preparations, and then depart for Japan on the 23rd. During the training camp, the team plans to arrange 2 internal warm-up matches. Which players will Li Xiaopeng's coaching team recruit to participate in the training? Judging from the situation reflected in various channels, the vast majority of candidates are from the previous list of about 90 people in the national football qatar world preliminary tournament candidates. However, considering that the national football team will face the heavy responsibility of the 2023 Asian Cup in the future cycle, Li Xiaopeng must consider the short-term goal of the team to impact the Qatar World Cup in terms of employment, and also carry out "blood update" for the more long-term goal of team building. Some newcomers who have performed well in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, such as Gao Tianyi of Beijing Guoan team and Yan Dinghao of Guangzhou team, will enter the training lineup of this period of national football.
Not surprisingly, the two internal teaching matches of the national football team will be arranged in the second half of the training camp in Shanghai, and the rhythm of the competition is more consistent with the cycle arrangement of the two rounds of away matches in the round of 12. Before the national football team visits, the coaching team will determine the final candidates according to the specific conditions of training, teaching competitions and personnel injuries, and the number is likely to be controlled between 25 and 30 people.