The national football team entered the sixth day of training in Shanghai Century Park, fully preparing for the life-and-death match of the 12-round match against the Japanese men's football team on January 27. Today, the national football team took the official makeup photo, and the 41-year-old Zheng Zhi became the only person to participate in the shooting of the two kinds of makeup photos of the coach and the players, and the media saw that it was possible to wear the national football uniform again to participate in the game. Once Zheng Zhi participates in the round of 12, he will set a historical record for the oldest player to play in the World Preliminary Tournament of the National Football Team.
In this training session of the national football organization, Zheng Zhi is more special, because he is the only member of the coaching team who has not yet retired, not only the executive manager of the Guangzhou team, but also the captain of the team, and the coach and player is also the only person in the Chinese Super League last season.
Li Xiaopeng did not list Zheng Zhi in the list of players in the first period of his recruitment of players, which does not mean that Zheng Zhi did not qualify for the national football round of 12 in advance. The official list of the national football 23-man match has not yet been determined, generally announced on the day of the match, and now the national football team is only during the training period, and Zheng Zhi has the opportunity to accompany the team to Japan and Vietnam.
Today, the national football organization players and coaching staff to participate in the official makeup photo shooting, Zheng Zhi not only wore a black coat, took a set of clothes coaching team makeup photos, but also wore a red coat of player jerseys to participate in the shooting, the rest of the coaches and players did not participate in the shooting of 2 kinds of makeup photos, so this signal is seen as Zheng Zhi may return to the national football team to participate in the top 12 matches.
Zheng Zhi's age is determined to be older, and his competitive status and professionalism still maintain the top level of the local area, which is reflected in his participation in the Chinese Super League last season. In addition, at present, there is no player in the back position of the national football team who can be completely better than Zheng Zhi, either attacking strong and defending weakly, or defending strong and attacking weakly, the ability is unbalanced, and the fans' call for the national football team to re-call Zheng Zhi is also very high.
The last time Zheng Zhi represented the national football team was in the final round of the 2019 Asian Cup, when Lippi led the team, and then Li Tie did not like Zheng Zhi at all after taking office, and the latter did not have the opportunity to return to the national football team.
Now the national football coach replaced Li Tie by Li Xiaopeng, and also invited Zheng Zhi to join the national football coaching team, reflecting that the relationship between the two is very good. Zheng Zhi's participation in the international football team's makeup photo shooting means that there is hope to represent the national football team again, then the National Football No. 10 jersey is none other than Zheng Zhi, Li Tieqi's Zhang Xizhe is the worst No. 10 player in the history of the national football team, and the fans question whether they are not worthy at all.
As the manager, Li Xiaopeng knows that the current round of 12 is not a training opportunity, and he must go all out to defeat the Japanese team and the Vietnamese team. In a recent interview, Li Xiaopeng said that football is an 11-man sport, and the national team will not be affected by the absence of naturalized players, without them, it is also necessary to go all out to win and retain the hope of impacting the World Cup.