On January 14, Beijing time, from the well-known domestic media "Oriental Sports Daily" news, the Chinese men's football team will take 25 players to Japan. Including 22 local training players as well as Wu Lei, Li Lei and Jiang Guangtai. As for the four naturalized players in Brazil, they will all miss the two round of 12 matches in Japan and Vietnam.
"Oriental Sports Daily" revealed that although Axon, Alan, Luo Guofu and Fernando have all been selected for the national football team 52-man primary list, and the national team has been in contact with them, the four people currently have little hope of flying directly to Japan to meet the team. First of all, after the termination of the contract with Evergrande, these 4 players are training in free bodies, the quality of training and physical condition cannot be guaranteed, and they still have health risks, and if they are given a place, there is also a risk of wasting places.
Earlier, Li Xiaopeng said in an interview that whether these four naturalized players return is not something he can decide, and the national team is ready for all of them to be absent.
Jiang Guangtai, who still has a contract with Evergrande, will become the only naturalized player to go to Japan. At present, Jiang Guangtai is reuniting with his family in Dubai, and he is also absent from the national team's training in Shanghai, but Jiang Guangtai will fly directly to Japan on the 23rd to meet the team. But considering that Jiang Guangtai is still playing in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, the form can be guaranteed, and he is also an indispensable main force for the position of center back of the national team.
It is reported that the 25 members of the national football team who went to Japan this time will still be dominated by old teammates. Li Xiaopeng plans to focus on stability, using old players to transition to the next 2 games, and then replacing the old and new.