February 22 at noon
The Chinese Football Association announced the training list of the new Chinese men's football team to prepare for the last two matches of the World Preliminary Tournament, which is also seen as the beginning of the national football honor battle. Compared with before, there have been some changes in this list, Wu Lei is not in the list, and Li Lei, who is also a foreign player, has been called up. In addition, some young players, such as Wu Shaocong, have been re-selected. Perhaps, this will also be the beginning of Li Xiaopeng's preparation for next year's local Asian Cup.
With successive losses to Japan and Vietnam, the national football team completely bid farewell to the Qatar World Cup, and at the same time was criticized by all walks of life for losing to Vietnam for the first time in the World Preliminary Round, which is in stark contrast to the Chinese women's football team regaining the Asian Cup crown in adversity.
After lifting the isolation, Li Xiaopeng first downsized the coaching staff, such as Chen Yang and Yu Genwei, and returned to their respective Chinese Super League clubs to start the preparation work for the new season. At the same time, Li Xiaopeng made certain plans for the current situation and future of the team, recruited some potential young players to prepare with the team, and prepared for the early training of the local Asian Cup next year, such as Han Jiaqi, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Shenglong, etc. These young players are already the main force of each team in the Chinese Super League, which is of great help to the future construction of the national football team, and they can also get the experience of the competition through the World Preliminary Round.
The use of foreign players has also become a hot topic. Wu Lei is not in the training list, and Li Lei has been selected again, which is somewhat incomprehensible. As the only Chinese player to stay in the top five leagues, Wu Lei has not played for Espanyol for a long time in recent times, which may also be the reason for Wu Lei's sluggish state against Japan and Vietnam. At this time, Wu Lei, who has no game to play, may be more likely to get the opportunity to be selected for the national football team. In addition, naturalized players Axon, Luo Guofu, Fernando and Alain have all been called up, and it is still unknown whether they will eventually arrive in Haikou to meet the team.
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