It is getting closer and closer to flying to West Asia by the national football team and the U23 national football team, and the expedition to the World Preliminary Round of 12 and the Dubai Cup. According to previous media reports, the national football team and the U23 national football team will probably leave around March 15. At present, the two teams are conducting intensive training in Haikou, and in addition to Li Lei and several naturalized players who stayed in the yang, the other players are all in place and are undergoing the test of Li Xiaopeng's "devil training".
Originally, according to the notice of the second phase of the national football training camp issued by the Football Association, several naturalized international footballers were scheduled to fly directly from Brazil to the match venue and the national football round on March 18. However, just yesterday, the Beijing Youth Daily broke the news: "The Football Association has specially hired some foreign physical coaches to conduct physical tests on naturalized players, and only when the indicators meet the requirements will they be finally recruited by the national team." If, after testing, the physical fitness of these naturalized internationals is not qualified, then there is no need to fly to the match and the national football round.
At first glance, this approach still makes sense, after all, these naturalized internationals have not played for a long time, or even systematic training. Even if it is a round with the national football team, I am afraid it will not help much. However, a closer look still feels a little intentional. It feels like the FA is a bit eager to strip away the meaning of the "Brazilian gang". After all, in addition to Fernando, several other Brazilian naturalized players have entered the end of their careers, and after the national football team missed the 2022 Qatar World Cup, these players have no meaning for the Chinese men's football team.
However, because the strength of naturalized internationals is above that of local internationals, the fighting spirit on the field is also higher than that of most local internationals. At this time, it is abandoned, as if it is a bit of a "unloading and killing donkey". Therefore, it is better to take the opportunity of several players without systematic training, directly hit its biggest shortcoming: "physical fitness is not up to standard", and quickly peel it off. In this way, we do not need to bear the insult of "unloading and killing donkeys", and it is also a good way to exclude several of them from the national football list. Next, the national football team can train new people in a down-to-earth manner and prepare for the 2023 local Asian Cup. In fact, this is a good thing, but the practice is a bit embarrassing, it is better not to recruit directly.
Of course, the above is only an analysis and opinion of individuals on this incident. The reason for giving such an analysis and opinion, in addition to the age of naturalized international footballers and the location of the national football team, the ability and physical fitness of local players are also a major reference. A few days ago, a number of reporters reported that the national football team opened the "devil training", a training session for the first time accumulated 90 minutes of training, some international footballers said that they were tired and did not want to talk. With such physical fitness, can local internationals pass the physical fitness test?
Extended reading: I also wrote an article about this 90-minute "devil training." Some professionals criticized me in the comments section, saying that the intensity of training was much greater than the intensity of the competition. On this point, being an individual fan may not be professional enough. However, as far as I know, many foreign aides in the Chinese Super League will be trained at the end of club training, and some players even practice for 1 hour. Therefore, even if the intensity of training is greater than the intensity of the game, the physical fitness of our local players is still much inferior to that of foreign aid. Perhaps, this is why there will be a "white chopper chicken" in the international team, and some internationals will not be able to run in the first half of the game.