On January 15, the Chinese men's football team continued to train in Shanghai, Taishan and the international team of Haigang participated in the joint training, only two of the 45 players were absent, Yin Hongbo, Zhang Xizhe, Li Shuai and Li Ang did not participate in the joint training, the 39 players of the national football team were divided into two teams for training, and the national football team will carry out a warm-up match on the 16th. In terms of the coaching staff, Sun Jihai made his debut, and he also had exchanges and communication with Li Xiaopeng on the sidelines.

The national football team recruited 52 players for this Shanghai training camp, 5 naturalized players were all absent, plus Wu Lei and Li Lei played in Europe, 45 players can participate in Shanghai training. In the training on the 15th, Guo Tianyu was absent due to family leave, and Yang Liyu of the Guangzhou team was absent from training because of gastrointestinal discomfort and did not come to the training ground. 43 players of the national football team went to the training ground to train, and 4 did not participate in the joint training due to injury.
Zhang Xizhe, Li Shuai, Li Ang and Yin Hongbo were injured, and they were just rehabilitating at the gym on the sidelines. The remaining 39 players participated in the joint training, and some coaching staff and staff also participated in the training. According to the arrangement, the national football team is divided into two teams, training separately, and then a warm-up match will be played in the team on the 16th. Most of the internationals of The Taishan and Harbor will not participate in this warm-up match, and Li Xiaopeng still looks more at other players.
In terms of the coaching team, Sun Jihai arrived in Shanghai, and he also appeared on the national football training ground for the first time, and exchanged and communicated with Li Xiaopeng. In this way, the coaching team of the national football team has also been in place, this time a number of former internationals served as Li Xiaopeng's assistant coach, the players in an interview is also very respectful of these predecessors, bluntly said to see them play football grow up, their arrival can also give more advice to the players.
There is still a week left for the training of the national football team in Shanghai, in addition to the warm-up match on the 16th, there will also be a warm-up match on the 20th, when the team's lineup will be more uniform, and Li Xiaopeng will also determine the list of participants to Japan after the game. It is reported that the national football team is divided into two teams, the 14th training, Li Jinyu and Chen Yang each led a team, Li Jinyu led the team to the Mesozoic and old players, Chen Yang led the team has more young people. On the 15th of the training, the Taishan team and the harbor international team were divided into two teams, training and warm-up matches.
Overall, the list of national football teams going to Japan will still be dominated by experienced players in the round of 12, and the coaching staff will also add some young players. January 27 against Japan and February 1 against Vietnam, both games are also more important, Li Xiaopeng still has to strive for the best result. If the national football team completely fails to qualify for the World Cup after two matches, the remaining two round of 12 matches should be dominated by young players.