U23 intensive training
Recruit reports
When the Chinese men's national football team began training in Shanghai, another national team, the Chinese 99 age group U23 national football team, was officially concentrated in Haikou today (13th) and began to prepare for the men's football match of the Hangzhou Asian Games in September this year. In the 25-person training list previously announced by the Chinese Football Association, except for Zhou Junchen,24 other players who took leave for reasons have all arrived at the hotel before the prescribed check-in deadline.
The Hangzhou Asian Games Men's Football Tournament can be said to be the most important event in Chinese football after the men's national team continues to compete in the round of 12. As a representative team participating in this event, the U23 national football team of course also faces the task indicators and requirements of the event, after all, this is a game at the doorstep, and the Chinese men's football team has failed to enter the quarterfinals of the Asian Games men's football competition for many consecutive years since 2006, including the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Therefore, the current U23 national football team is actually facing a lot of pressure. Moreover, due to the impact of the epidemic, the team has not participated in an international warm-up match for two years.
It is precisely because of this that the U23 national football team immediately launched the first training of the year after all the domestic league matches were completed. Since a number of players have been selected for the national team, this time it has also been fine-tuned in terms of personnel, especially the recruitment of 2 new faces. One of them is Liu Zhurun, a "skip student" from Shanghai Harbor, who is a player in the 2001 age group and a member of the former U19 and U20 national youth teams led by Cheng Yaodong. After being promoted to the First Team of Harbor this year, he has already made his debut in the Chinese Super League and scored his first goal in the top flight. Because of his outstanding performance, he was caught by U23 national football coach Jankovic and was selected to enter the team.
The other is Central Defender Chen Xiao from the Qingdao Youth Island team in the Second Division. Although Chen Xiao has been selected, because he has not been selected again for more than a year, he can also be regarded as a "new face". Therefore, after the whole team was concentrated on the evening of the 13th, Jankovic welcomed the two new players when he called the players to speak.
It is reported that among the 25 players recruited this time, only Zhou Junchen from Qingdao team took leave because of temporary family affairs and failed to report to the team at the specified time, but will report to the team on the 14th. In this way, all 25 people will be fully prepared for the battle.
It should be pointed out that the center-back Niu Ziyi, who played for Henan Songshan Longmen, needed to recover for 4 months because he was injured in the league. At present, he has just recovered from his injuries. However, considering the importance of his position in the team, it was decided to call him into the team and train with the U23 national football team. However, the team did not arrange for him to participate in too intense sports, but hoped to help him recover better in the team. Moreover, the team doctor of the U23 national football team will also keep in touch with the team doctor of Henan Songshan Longmen Club to ensure that Niu Ziyi can fully recover in order to prepare for the new season, and also better represent the U23 national football team in the future.
According to the arrangement, the U23 national football team will start training from the 14th, and the previous stage will arrange two trainings a day. Tomorrow morning, the team will arrange physical training first, and in the afternoon, they will go to the stadium for preliminary physical preparation.
