In the round of 12 match against Vietnam on the first day of the New Year, the national football team actually faced the opponent at the end of the group with strength and ranking, was kicked out of the 3-1 score, lost the game at the same time, but also officially announced that the national football team will completely miss the Qatar World Cup, and the hope of impacting the World Cup will be put to 4 years later. However, what worries fans more than losing is that after 4 years, with this group of veterans leaving the team one after another, who can shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the team?
Take the opponent Vietnam, the average age of their main players is about 25 years old, the next World Cup can continue to use such a team to play, and the starting lineup age of each game of the national football team is about 30 years old, such as Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi, these main players, most likely will not participate in the next World Cup qualifiers, so who can carry the banner of the national football team after them?
Especially Wu Lei, even if many fans always blacken him, it is undeniable that Wu Lei is indeed the absolute offensive core of this national football team, even if the naturalized players arrive, he is still the main attacker in the team. And Wu Lei, born in 1991, is also 31 years old this year, coupled with his gradual abandonment of the Espanyol club, it is difficult to maintain the best personal state, and when it comes to the next World Cup four years later, if the national football team still has to rely on Wu Lei on the offensive line, then there is really no hope of impacting the World Cup.
After Wu Lei, Wei Shihao of guangzhou team and Zhang Yuning of Beijing Guoan team are undoubtedly the most promising candidates to succeed, but in this World Preliminary Tournament, the performance of the two wants to immediately take over Wu Lei's class and become the new core of the national football team. First take Wei Shihao, his performance in this year's top 12 match is really good and bad, and there is no goal scored, the most important point is that Wei Shihao's temper will greatly affect his performance on the field, just like a "double-edged sword", if he wants to continue to improve, he really has to control his temper.
Zhang Yuning was recalled to the national team by Li Tie in this round of 12, and also had a good performance, scoring several key goals, but as a center forward, but also a center of the national football team, he always felt that Zhang Yuning was particularly lonely on the scene, even if he could hold the ball on his back, but the teammates around him gave him very little support, and several teammates in the front court were always unable to form a good cooperation. Coupled with the reasons for naturalized players, Zhang Yuning is not as reused as Wu Lei, and often starts and substitutes take turns.
If you really want to find a new and team core after Wu Lei, Shenzhen's 22-year-old midfielder Dai Weijun may be a good choice. After Li Xiaopeng took office, Dai Weijun was also selected for the national football training team for the first time, and accompanied the team to the top 12 matches, and also came off the bench in the match against Japan! As a midfielder, although Dai Weijun is not as experienced as Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin, his thinking and passing ability are still quite good, at least in some cases, he can protect the ball under his feet, and it is precisely because he has a good play against Japan, Dai Weijun was promoted by Li Xiaopeng in the game against Vietnam, which is a young player who entered the national team for the first time and wore a national team uniform for the second time.
As mentioned earlier, Dai Weijun is only 22 years old now, plus Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin, these veterans will also leave the national team in the future, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for Dai Weijun, whether he can sit firmly in the core of the national football midfield, and even the core position of the future of the national football team, depends on his future growth and play!
In your opinion, after Wu Lei, who can carry the banner of national football?