Jiang Guangtai, | of the Round of 12, went to the United Arab Emirates to reunite with his family In the absence of the Shanghai training camp, he will go straight to Japan away

As of noon on January 12, only 27 of the 52 people selected for the new Chinese men's football training squad had arrived. Among the 5 naturalized (naturalized) players who were recruited, Luo Guofu, Axon, Alain and Fernando were 4 people who were in Brazil and would not have the opportunity to participate in the Shanghai training camp, while the only naturalized player jiang Guangtai, who participated in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, has now traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to prepare to reunite with his relatives who have been separated for a long time. Although it has been confirmed that he will not be able to participate in the Shanghai training camp, he will still go straight to Japan to meet the team later this month and participate in the rest of the round of 12.

According to the training notice publicly released by the Chinese Football Association, a total of 52 players were selected for the first training lineup of the Chinese men's football team in 2022. However, due to various factors, as of noon on January 12, that is, 2 hours before the first joint training of the whole team in Shanghai. Only 27 players arrived.

Due to their participation in the final of the FA Cup held in Chengdu last weekend, of the 16 international footballers from Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Haigang, except for the harbor defender Wei Zhen, who was suspended from the game, the remaining 15 would rush to Shanghai to meet the national football team on the 14th according to the notification requirements.

Defender Li Shuai of the Dalian Renren of the Chinese Super League and Liu Ruovan, a striker of the Chengdu Rongcheng team of the Chinese First Division, will also be postponed to Shanghai for a few days for participating in the second leg of the promotion and relegation play-off of the Chinese Super League on the afternoon of the 12th. Zhu Chenjie from Shanghai Shenhua Club is injured and will also be suspended for a few days.

Of the five naturalized (naturalized) players who were recruited, 4 have previously returned to Brazil for a vacation and have been confirmed to be unable to participate in the Shanghai training camp. The Chinese coaching staff originally hoped that Jiang Guangtai, the only naturalized player to participate in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, would be able to participate in this training. However, it is understood that Jiang Guangtai will not participate in training during his time in Shanghai. This is because before that, he had been training and playing in a closed environment with the national team and the club team for a long time, and he missed his family very much.

From the perspective of humane management, the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese team coach and management team agreed that after finishing the league mission, he would go to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to reunite with his relatives there. After Jiang Guangtai arrived in the local area, he would also maintain a high degree of self-discipline and training, and fly directly from Dubai to Japan around January 27, and then meet with the national football team.

As for whether the four naturalized players in Brazil can go directly to Japan, the situation is not optimistic at present. It is understood that in the huge staff lineup of the Chinese team, Zhang Tengfei, a Portuguese translator who has been preparing for the team for a long time and participating in the World Preliminary Round, has not been selected for the lineup of the national football training team in this period, which may also send some kind of signal to the field.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Zhao

Editor/Yingchuan Zhang