As we all know, in the past two years, the national football team has experienced a serious talent gap, and the concentration point of the lack of personnel is on the central axis. From centre forward to back and finally centre-back, we don't have a player who can take it at asian level. The main reason is not that we do not have such talents, but that our league is too dependent on foreign aid, and the entire central axis is controlled by big-name foreign aid. Moreover, each team is a foreign aid as the core, and the local players play auxiliary, and gradually become health football, and the level of the players is difficult to improve.
And at first our understaffed positions were mainly concentrated on the central axis, but then it began to spread to the wing, especially the two side-back positions. The reason is simple, that is, after the beginning of the Golden Age, our foreign aid in the middle road is too strong, so it is less important to let the wing road become less important. The national football team was initially short of people at the left-back position, and after Li Xuepeng's serious injury and Jiang Zhipeng's competitive state declined, it was difficult to have an outstanding candidate for this position. Although Li Lei is still the main left defender of the national football team, he is also injured at present, and he is not as sharp as Li Xuepeng in attack.
Just when everyone is still worried about the candidates for the left-back position, the right-back position of the national football team is also lacking. Previously, the main force of the national team was two, one was Zhang Linpeng, due to the lack of people in the center-back position, he was often put in the center-back position in the national team to partner Jiang Guangtai. The other is Wang Gang of Beijing Guoan, who was unable to play for the national team for a long time due to his fracture in a league match. Coupled with the fact that Tang Miao, who had flashed before, also had injuries, this position was also short of people.
However, this season, with the tide of foreign aid leaving the team, local players began to gradually rise to the top, and as the game unfolded, our local players gradually rose. So many of our fans suddenly realized that we are not without good players, and our seedlings basically can't play in the league. And when they played, we found that our players could do well. For example, Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu in the center forward position, Yan Dinghao and Xu Xin in the midfield back, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie in the center back position, etc., that is to say, our talent breaks are all made by ourselves.
And with young players emerging in so many positions, there will naturally be people on the right-back position. A typical example of this is Deng Hanwen, a 27-year-old right-back who currently plays for eight-time champion Guangzhou. Everyone knows that Deng Hanwen may still be 4 years ago, in 2017, Deng Hanwen, who is still in beijing and playing in the Chinese League One, was suddenly discovered by the national football coach Lippi, directly brought him to the national team, and quickly became the main right-back of the national team. And in the 2018 season, with his performance in the national team, Deng Hanwen also joined the Chinese Super League giant Guangzhou team as desired, and soon he also became the main right guard of the Guangzhou team. It can be said that Deng Hanwen at that time was like a day in the sky, and everyone thought that Deng Hanwen was a superstar in the future. But later, Deng Hanwen's state suddenly plummeted, and after many mistakes in the U23 national team, he began to lose his spirits, so he began to disappear into the national team lineup, and even Evergrande could not see him in the game.
And Deng Hanwen's poor state has continued for 2 seasons, and in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, Deng Hanwen has been on the edge. Especially in the 2020 season, Deng Hanwen only made 4 appearances and 1 start in the league, without any data. It can be said that after a long time, even everyone is about to forget him. Some people even felt that Deng Hanwen was just ruined.
But this season Deng Hanwen broke out again. Because of the intensive schedule and the departure of foreign aid and naturalized players, Deng Hanwen got more opportunities to play. In the game, Deng Hanwen gradually found his own state and self-confidence, he was on the right side, he could suddenly pass and shoot, and became a major weapon for the Guangzhou team on the flank. Especially in the second stage of the match against Beijing Guoan, he also threw a high-level world wave after cutting inside, and finally helped the team to kill the opponent.
After the end of the season, Deng Hanwen's statistics are 19 starts in 19 games, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists, which is the player with the most goals in this position in the Chinese Super League. And it is precisely such an impressive number that allows Deng Hanwen to enter the national team again after 3 years, and Deng Hanwen's name is prominently listed in the new big list released by the national football team. Moreover, in terms of the current selection of left-backs in the national football team, Deng Hanwen has great advantages, young, fast, skilled and in good condition. It can be said that competing with the main right-back of the national football team, his advantage is very large. Are you optimistic about Deng Hanwen's performance in the national team? Who do you think Deng Hanwen's main competitors are? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!