On January 14, the Chinese men's football team held the third day of training in Shanghai, and the international players of Taishan and Harbor officially met with the team, and they will participate in the team's joint training from the 15th. Liu Yang of the Taishan team arrived early, he participated in the training on the 14th, and the news showed that Guo Tianyu did not arrive in Shanghai on the 14th because of family leave. According to the arrangement, the national football team trained in Shanghai until the 23rd, and then took a charter flight to Japan.
The national football team started from the 12th, Li Xiaopeng recruited 52 players, Wu Lei and Li Lei played in Europe, could not participate in the Shanghai training, Jiang Guangtai, Luo Guofu, Alain, Axon and Fernando are not in the country, they will not participate in the Shanghai training, only Jiang Guangtai confirmed that he will participate in the next two round of 12 matches, the other four are unknown, due to the state and other factors, they may not be able to return to the team in time.
With 45 players taking part in training camps in Shanghai, Li Xiaopeng plans to divide the players into two teams and then play two warm-up matches to determine the list of players to go to Japan. If all goes well, only 22 of the 45ers travel to Japan, meaning more than half of the players won't make it to the next round of 12. In the training on the 14th, 31 people from the national football team participated, Zhu Chenjie had returned to the team, and Liu Yang, the international footballer of the Taishan team, arrived ahead of schedule to participate in the afternoon training.
Originally, the international footballer requested by the Football Association to participate in the final of the FA Cup arrived before 18:00 on the 14th, but Liu Yang arrived early, participated in the team's training, and had a simple communication with coach Li Xiaopeng. Wei Zhen of the harbor has already arrived, and he is suspended from missing the FA Cup final, so he reports to the national football team in advance. Of the remaining 14 players, 13 arrived in Shanghai on the 14th, and news from the Beijing Youth Daily showed that Guo Tianyu had not arrived because of family leave.
On the 16th, Li Xiaopeng will arrange for players who did not participate in the final of the FA Cup to warm up, this game is also carried out in accordance with the procedures of the regular warm-up match, the national football team is divided into two teams, but also to imitate the Japanese team's way of playing, in advance to prepare for the round of 12. Most of the Tarzan and Harbor players should not be in this warm-up game, after all, they need time to recover. On the 20th, the national football team will play the second warm-up match, at which time Li Xiaopeng can arrange all players to play, and after this game, the list of matches for Japan will also be determined.
For The 10 internationals of the Taishan team, the first step is to compete for the top 12 entries, and the competition within the team will be very fierce, after all, more than half of the players will not be able to compete in the next two World Preliminary Round of 12 matches. How Li Xiaopeng chooses the players to participate in the top 12 is also a point of view for the next national football team.