Whether several naturalized players can finally play in the last two rounds of the round of 12 depends not on whether they are willing to play, but will first pass the physical fitness test specially organized by foreign physical fitness coaches, and then the coaching team will make a choice according to actual needs.
The Chinese men's national football team is currently preparing for the final two rounds of the Round of 12 in Haikou. Although 4 naturalized players and 1 naturalized player are still on the list of 39 people released this time, and according to the plan, they will go to Dubai to meet with the national football team, whether these naturalized players can finally play in the last two rounds of the round of 12 is not determined by whether they are willing to play, but will first pass the physical fitness test specially organized by foreign physical fitness coaches, and then the coaching team will make a choice according to actual needs.
Throughout the process of impacting the Qatar World Cup, naturalized players have always been the focus of attention from all walks of life. Under the impetus of heavy money, the relevant parties have naturalized a number of players, and four players have the conditions to represent the Chinese national team. Coupled with naturalized players who are related by blood, such as Li Ke and Jiang Guangtai, everyone believes that the Chinese men's football team has great hopes for entering the World Cup. But the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is very bone. In the early stage of the round of 12, the coaching staff at the time insisted on starting from a professional point of view and resolutely not using naturalized players in the case of poor physical fitness, but because the outside world did not understand the situation, this move caused great controversy. After that, the naturalized players were able to perform and play slightly normally, which had a lot to do with the hard work of more than two months before.
In the last two rounds of matches in late January and early February this year, the series of storms that occurred when naturalized players rushed from Brazil to meet with the national football team, and then the performance of these naturalized players in actual combat, which made the outside world understand some of these situations. Moreover, the performance of several naturalized players actually had a very bad impact within the team, because these naturalized players have "privileges". Other than that, purely from the perspective of the game, especially the two games like the away game against Japan in late January and the two games against Vietnam on February 1, after a long period of time without systematic training and competition, physical fitness and physical completely unqualified, they can directly represent the national team. This naturally gives other ideas to local players who have been sticking to it and paying a lot. To some extent, this unconditional privilege is very detrimental to the team building of the national team.
It is also in this context that the more realistic approach of the national team today is to treat all people equally. Otherwise, this is also inconsistent with the 16-character combat policy of "thousands of hammers and hundreds of exercises, laying a solid foundation, being able to recruit good battles, and having a good work style" newly put forward by the national football team. Therefore, the national team has planned to hire physical coaches for these naturalized players to carry out special training and carry out necessary tests.
According to the reporter's understanding, although these naturalized players recently posted social media to show their so-called hard training and other scenes, in fact, people who understand are very clear: all of these are the packaging of agents or teams. On the one hand, it is hoped that these people can re-represent the national team so as to get a good value for them; on the other hand, it is also hoped that they can be promoted to the Chinese Professional League again. Because as the new season draws closer, these naturalized players still can't find a job after returning to Brazil for so long, so returning to the Chinese Super League has become their best choice at the moment. If they can continue to play for the national team, it will obviously help them find their next home.
However, since you want to play for the national team, you should have a positive attitude in the face of the physical fitness and physical tests proposed by the national football team, because this can at least show from one side that these naturalized players really want to play and can play! But the reality is this: they are resistant to testing. According to the requirements of the national team, the naturalized players should arrive in the UAE as planned to meet the national football team, and then receive tests organized by assistant coach Pep and fitness coach Wilk. If they pass the test, they will participate in joint training with the team in preparation for the next two Round of 12 matches. The coaching staff will also arrange how to use these players effectively according to their tactical needs.
However, due to the resistance of these naturalized players to the test, in this case, whether these naturalized players will successfully arrive in Dubai to meet the national football team according to the original plan, I am afraid that it needs to be marked with a question mark.
Compared with several naturalized players, the situation of naturalized player Jiang Guangtai is not very worrying. As before the previous matches in Japan and Vietnam in late January, after returning to the UK for vacation after the game, In preparation for the two matches in late March, Jiang Guangtai has rushed to Dubai in advance to start training, and the current training situation is relatively good. Therefore, after the national team arrived in the UAE, Jiang Guangtai could soon meet with the national team and follow the team to participate in training. Moreover, Jiang Guangtai himself has made it clear to the coaching staff that he himself is willing to accept the test arranged by the team at any time.
In view of the situation that naturalized players are likely to be absent in the last two rounds of the round of 12, it is understood that the national team coaching staff has also made various plans in advance. If they can return to the team on time, take the test and pass smoothly, the coaching staff will certainly not be able to ask for it, which is obviously good for playing the last two games. If it is impossible to arrive, the national football coaching team has made various preparations during the training in Haikou this time, especially for the positions of these naturalized players on the field, looking for suitable local players for conscious intensive training, so that these players can be ready at any time.
In fact, any team that plays naturalized players will encounter problems similar to those of the Chinese men's football team. For example, like the Malaysian team in the Qatar World Cup qualifiers, because the team's performance is not satisfactory, the contradictions and problems between local players and naturalized players have been fully exposed. In the past, such as the Qatar national team and the Indonesian national team, all of them have encountered similar problems. Chinese football is just repeating the mistakes of others or other countries (regional) teams. However, traditional Chinese culture determines that our players cannot be directly and publicly expressed like many foreign players. In addition, the current domestic public opinion and network environment are not so friendly to Chinese football, and the results of Chinese football are not satisfactory, especially in the previous stage, the network continued to deify and naturalize players, so that more outsiders who did not know the truth misjudged the entire situation.
Judging from the current situation, the Chinese national team is preparing in an orderly manner, especially in view of the need for the national team itself to be replaced, so several young players selected are quite good in both mood and morale. The national team coaching staff will also introduce these young people in a timely manner according to the current situation and create opportunities and conditions for them to show themselves. Of course, whether you can seize the opportunity depends on the players themselves.
Li Xiaopeng: The situation of naturalized players is not optimistic
On the afternoon of March 11, the Chinese men's national football team, which was training in Haikou, was opened to the media for the first time. Before the training began, head coach Li Xiaopeng was interviewed by reporters. Li Xiaopeng said that the whole situation is not optimistic about the naturalized players that the outside world cares about.
A total of 39 players have been called in the national team, and a total of 30 players are currently participating in normal training in Haikou, while two U23 players, Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaocong, have temporarily returned to the U23 national football team to participate in training. The most concerned outside world is the situation of several naturalized players. In this regard, head coach Li Xiaopeng said: "We have always maintained close contact with naturalized players, and the current situation is not very optimistic. Because the original arrangement was to require them to rush to Dubai to receive the test arranged by the national team. However, now it seems that they have a hard time going there to get tested. In this case, I am afraid that we will have to think of other ways. ”
It is understood that in view of the unsatisfactory performance of naturalized players in the previous two rounds of 12 rounds, the national football team has been very clear when calling for naturalized players, that is, requiring them to rush to the UAE in advance for testing. Only through physical fitness and physical function tests can these naturalized players officially join the training of the national team. If they fail, the national team will no longer use them. Originally, the national football team was preparing for the March 10 Western Expedition, although the departure time was postponed later, but it still required these naturalized players to arrive as originally planned for testing. Then, under the guidance of a foreign physical fitness coach specially hired by the Football Association, he first conducted a week or so of systematic training in Dubai, waiting to meet with the national team. But it is clear that this plan has now failed, as the naturalized players did not arrive in the UAE at the appointed time. It is also in this situation that Li Xiaopeng will say that he wants to find another way, "We can only try our best to let players who train well here and players who can meet the needs of the team participate in the Western Expedition." ”
When asked about the goals of these two matches, Li Xiaopeng said: "The goal of this training session is to try to implement these four sentences first. The team then uses players who are more 'hard' and have a better mental state to compete. Li Xiaopeng said as he pointed to the banner hanging behind him, which had 16 characters on it, that is, "Thousands of hammers and hundreds of exercises, lay a solid foundation, can recruit good battles, and have a good work style." ”
For the next two games, is it to give the young players some opportunities to exercise, or to strive for the national team to have better results on the field? Li Xiaopeng's answer was very crisp: "Now I don't talk about the results, whoever can fight can get on whom!" ”
Regarding the current atmosphere in the national team, Li Xiaopeng said: "Although everyone has some difficulties of their own, since everyone has come here, it also shows an attitude. We also told the players that we should first calm down and focus on the next two games. If you can't focus, you can bring it up first, because the national team needs cohesion and more input. As for Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaocong returning to the U23 national football team, Li Xiaopeng explained: "Because the U23 national football coach communicated with me, they lacked a center-back in training. The national team itself and the U23 national football team are one, so it is also necessary to support them. ”
For the current team's preparation, Li Xiaopeng is satisfied, "The team has experienced a rare vacation, and the state of all the players has recovered somewhat. Now compared to the fatigue level of the previous period, it should be reduced a lot, and the training enthusiasm of the players is also good. At the same time, Li Xiaopeng also thanked All aspects of Haikou for the support provided by the national team, "All aspects of the guarantee are very outstanding, including the weather, including the environment, etc., we should thank Haikou for our support here, and the daily staff is indeed very good." ”
Wen | Ma Dexing
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