On February 22, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association announced the second training list of the 2022 men's national football team, in this list, 10 players from Guangzhou were selected, 8 players from Shandong Taishan were selected, and the other 4 Brazilian naturalized players were still listed, and Wu Lei was temporarily absent.
This list is not much different from the previous 52-man list, the core lineup is still that group of people, but the few players who were recruited in February continue to stay in the team. And several Brazilian naturalized players who have attracted much attention, the Football Association has not said to give up on them.
The national football team still values naturalized players, or preparing for the Asian Cup
Not long ago, the Guangzhou team officially announced the official termination of the contract with several Brazilian naturalized players, coupled with the absence of Axon in the World Preliminary Tournament with Japan and Vietnam, Fernando left halfway, Alanlo Guofu was in poor shape, and many people thought that naturalized players may bid farewell to the national football team.
In the national football list, Axon, Alain, Luo Guofu and Fernando are still listed, indicating that the Football Association and the national team coaching staff believe that their ability can still help the team. Although Axon, Alan and Luo Guofu are older, but the attitude is positive, the comprehensive ability is also above the local players, as long as they are willing to continue to play, I believe that the national team will continue to recruit in the future; Fernando is a problem player, but he has an age advantage, and the national football team also needs him to be able to break through players with strong individual combat ability at a fast speed.
If from the perspective of the 2023 Asian Cup, the national football team needs naturalized players to support the scene, after all, it is the Asian Cup held locally, the results must be justified, but the national football team without naturalized players, the strength is probably the fourth-rate level in Asia, once the group can not qualify, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, if there are naturalized players, at least there is a guarantee of achievement.
From the perspective of naturalized players, at present, Axon, Alain, Luo Guofu and Fernando are still unemployed, Axon is waiting for an offer from the Chinese team, Luo Guofu has also repeatedly expressed his hope to return to China to play, and the prospects of Alain and Fernando are unclear. They also need the national team stage to show themselves and get a good contract.
Wu Lei was not selected for the roster, and he may go directly to the West Asian rendezvous team
In the 39-man roster, all naturalized players were selected, and Li Lei, who played for the Swiss Grasshoppers, was also selected, but Wu Lei's name was not seen. Did Wu Lei lose the election and not participate in the last 2 World Preliminary Rounds? I don't think so.
Wu Lei's Espanyol team is playing in the league, and the national team training time is not the national team match day stipulated by FIFA, and the club is unlikely to release people. Although Wu Lei has sat on the cold bench, after all, he is a player of the Espanyol club and cannot just walk away. Therefore, it is normal and reasonable that Wu Lei did not appear in this list, as long as there is no injury, he will definitely appear in the final list of West Asia, according to the previous practice, Wu Lei may fly directly to the UAE to meet the team.
As for another Yang forward, Guo Tianyu, the national team may consider that he has just stayed in Yang and needs to compete in the club through performance, so it has not chosen to recruit him into the team.
There are too few new national football players, and the replacement is facing great difficulties
As we said earlier, the list of the national football team is essentially the same as before, the core lineup is still that group of people, the new generation of players is too few, you can also see that the national team wants to change blood, want to be younger, it is very difficult.
If you look at the current trend in international football, only three players born in 2000 in this list, Wu Shaocong, Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong, can still be regarded as young players, and other players like Dai Weijun, Duan Liuyu, Yan Dinghao, Han Jiaqi, Tong Lei, etc., can not be called young players. This also reflects the current situation of Chinese football, reserve talents are scarce, and no young people can stand up.
Even if the outside world calls for more use of young people, the coaching staff also wants to use young people, but there is really no one available.
The top 12 teams in this World Preliminary Round, the results of the national football team are basically a foregone conclusion, now it is up to see if they can not be surpassed by Vietnam in the point rankings, and then see if they can catch up with Oman. The round of 12 is not the end of this national team, and in the 2023 Asian Cup, the Chinese men's football team still has to rely on this group of people to play the main force.