Beiqing: Naturalized players lack systematic training, and Li Xiaopeng is difficult to grasp their status

After the afternoon of January 20, the coaching team of the Chinese team combined the two warm-up matches and the current training to finalize the 7th and 8th rounds of the round of 12 on the evening of the 7th and 8th rounds of the international football alternative lineup. Among the 44 internationals who arrived in Shanghai, a total of 23 players, including "newcomers" Dai Weijun and Wu Shaocong, joined the squad, and together with Wu Lei and Li Lei, who played for European clubs, and naturalized players Alain, Jiang Guangtai, Luo Guofu and Fernando, 4 naturalized (naturalized) players, together constituted the 29-man player lineup for the away game of the national football team (whether the naturalized players can be in place depends on the objective conditions). From the perspective of personnel composition, the new national football coaching team with Li Xiaopeng as the coach basically retains the main team of the former Li Tie to lead the team to participate in the first 6 rounds of the 12 rounds, while focusing on the future, selecting a small number of young newcomers with potential to supplement the team.

On the evening of the 20th, about 2 hours after the end of the second internal teaching game of the Shanghai training camp of the national football team, the Chinese team held a team meeting at the station hotel. At the meeting, the coaching staff officially announced the team's lineup for the top 12 matches away to Japan and Vietnam. Of the 44 internationals who arrived in Shanghai, a total of 23 were selected.

It is worth noting that compared with the first 6 rounds of preparation and competition in the round of 12, that is, the final stage of Li Tie's coaching period, the new coach Li Xiaopeng has maintained the overall stability of personnel in the selection of the lineup for the next two rounds of 12 rounds of away matches. For example, the three selected goalkeepers Yan Junling, Liu Dianzuo and Wang Dalei have all gone with the team to West Asia to participate in the preparation and competition of the first 6 rounds of competitions. The vast majority of candidates for other positions have been among the preparations and competition lineups at different stages of this World Preliminary Tournament. It can be seen that Li Xiaopeng's coaching team attaches great importance to the players' experience in the competition.

Of the 23, the attacking forward, Shenzhen player Dai Weijun and Guangzhou left guard Wu Shaocong are truly newcomers. They were able to be selected thanks to their potential, good performance in the league and in this training session.

In addition to the above two people, Deng Hanwen, who was once in the main lineup of the Russian World Preliminary Round of 12 and the Ukrainian Competition in the era of Lippi's coaching, was shortlisted, along with Tan Long and Zheng Zheng, who had entered several in and out.

As the Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned earlier, the coaching team of the national football team has encountered a series of practical problems in choosing the lineup for the next two games. Among them, can naturalized (naturalized) players be in place? It has been plaguing the team. As we all know, after the national football team played Saudi Arabia away in November last year, three naturalized players from Alain, Axon and Luo Guofu returned to Brazil for vacation, thus not being able to participate in the second stage of the 2021 Chinese Super League. Although Jiang Guangtai participated in this stage of the competition, he also went to Dubai, United Arab Emirates to reunite with his family after the competition, so he was absent from this shanghai training session. Coach Li Xiaopeng also said that in the case of players lacking systematic training for a long time, it is difficult for him to make a more accurate assessment of their physical condition.

However, recently, several naturalized (naturalized) players have been reported on the Internet to resume training. As for their individual ability, the coaching staff has full trust in them, so they hope that they will participate in the next two key matches of the last two round of 12 as much as possible. Judging from the specific situation of the list, the Chinese team has maintained relatively smooth contact with the 4 naturalized (naturalized players), and the 4 are actually willing to represent the team. According to the analysis of people familiar with the matter, due to the japanese government's introduction of very strict restrictions on the entry of foreign personnel affected by the epidemic, whether several naturalized (naturalized) players can go to Japan in time to meet with the team will also depend on the specific situation.

As for Wu Lei and Li Lei, as one of the few players in the whole team to play for European clubs, their ability and will quality have long been recognized by all parties, and they have the conditions for calling and coming.

After the list of players is confirmed, the unsuccessful players will also leave the team one after another and return to various places for vacation. As a "standing army", they also have the opportunity to be recruited in future training and competitions. The coaching staff also gave them recognition and gratitude for their efforts.

Attached to the national football team to Japan, Vietnam away lineup list:

Participated in the domestic training (23 people) Wang Dalei, Liu Dianzuo, Yan Junling, Zhu Chenjie, Zhang Linpeng, Wang Shenchao, Arthur Junmin, Wu Xi, Xu Xin, Jin Jingdao, Zhang Yuning, Zheng Zheng, Yu Dabao, Tan Long, Ji Xiang, Deng Hanwen, Chi Zhongguo, Wei Shihao, Liu Yang, Liu Binbin, Dai Weijun, Wu Shaocong, Zhang Xizhe.

Overseas players (6 players) Wu Lei, Li Lei, Alain, Jiang Guangtai, Luo Guofu, Fernando.