Four years, another four years, Chinese football is about to usher in another reconstruction.
This World Cup Round of 12 is the last impact of Chinese football 90 players on the World Cup, whether you admit it or not, the quality of this group of players is stronger than that of post-90s players.
The 85-86 national youth team is the last time the Chinese team participates in the World Youth Championships, and Feng Xiaoting, Zhao Xuri and Gao Lin are among them. In this World Cup Round of 12, there are no players in this age group.
The 87-88 age group is the age group for the last time the Chinese team will participate in the World Junior Championships. Arthur Junmin, Yu Hai, Yu Dabao, Huang Bowen and Yang Xu are their representatives, in this World Cup, Arthur Junmin and Yu Dabao can still play for the Chinese team, but they have obviously faltered, and Yang Xu has made great contributions to the Chinese team in the top 40, but by the time of the top 12, he has been powerless.
The 89-90 age group is the core strength of the Chinese team in the round of 12 of this World Cup. Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng are the absolute representatives of them, and both of them have also been regular visitors to the national team in the past 10 years. However, the performance of the two people in the World Preliminary Tournament is also quite controversial, and it is imperative for Them to fade out of the national team, such as Wang Gang, Wang Shenchao, Chi Zhongguo, Zheng Zheng, Ji Xiang, Tang Miao, Wang Dalei and others of their age.
The new national team needs to be undertaken by the old future, and Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng may escort the national team for another trip in the next two years. In addition, players in the 91-92 age group will also replace the 89 age group as the new "veterans" in the national team.
Objectively speaking, the players in the 91-92 age group are the highest quality in Chinese football after the 90s. Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe are the best players in the striker and organizational midfield in the last decade. Yan Junling is the best goalkeeper in the past decade. In addition, Jin Jingdao and Li Lei also have the opportunity to continue to serve the country.
But what is embarrassing is that whether it is Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe or Yan Junling, they are already 31 years old this year, and by the time of the next World Preliminary Round, they are 34 or 35 years old, and it is difficult to become the strength of the Chinese team in terms of age. But the reality is that in these 4 years, there will be no one who surpasses them.
In the last two games of this World Preliminary Tournament, the Chinese team used some younger post-90s players, but their technical and tactical ability and quality were much worse than those of players before 92 years. After all, don't forget that the 91-92 age group is the only team in the post-90s national youth team that has qualified in the Asian Youth Championship.
Another team to qualify from the Asian Youth League group is the 95-96 age group, which now has several players who have performed well in the league, such as Wei Shihao, Gao Zhunyi and Liu Yang, but honestly, they are much worse than Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe, who were popular in the Chinese Super League before they were 20 years old.
In the goalkeeper position, no matter how badly Yan Junling is scolded by the fans, there is really no better goalkeeper than him among the post-90s players. Young goalkeepers such as Han Jiaqi and Bao Yaxiong sometimes have some excellent performances, but the stability is too much worse. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why Guoan's veteran goalkeeper Hou Sen was able to enter the national team at the end of his career. It is completely the door position of the Chinese team that there are no good players at all.
Fortunately, as a goalkeeper, the requirements for age are not too high. Yan Junling and Liu Dianzuo may also be the main goalkeepers for the next 4 years.
It is very difficult for the young Zhu Chenjie to stand out in the national team, and with the addition of naturalized player Jiang Guangtai, the national team in the position of center-back can at least ensure that it is not much worse than it is now. But in addition to the two of them, it is difficult to find a good 90s center-back.
Li Lei, Liu Yang, Gao Zhunyi, Deng Hanwen, Tong Lei This is the personnel reserve of the Chinese team's post-90s full-backs, among them, in addition to Li Lei's ability has been fixed, the other four are also difficult to say whether they will maintain their current state or rise in the future. If the problems like Evergrande broke out this year continue to occur, if the players survive in the turmoil, it is difficult to ensure the stability of the state.
The midfield back position is the most lacking in the Chinese team. Li Ke's current situation is still unclear. Several other midfielders, such as Liao Lisheng and Gao Tianyi, are really bad judging from their performances in the World Cup round of 12. Zhang Xiuwei and He Chao have also played worse and worse in recent years. Just one Yan Dinghao is said to be favored by many people, but in fact, he will not be much stronger than Gao Providence and Liao Lisheng. Don't believe it, I'm afraid that in the next few years, the Chinese team's midfield will still have to rely on Zhang Xizhe and Kim Kyung-do. Of course, the premise is that these two people are still willing to fight for the country.
Without Wu Lei, without Yang Xu, Yu Dabao and Tan Long, who else would be the Chinese team's striker? Guoan's twin stars Zhang Yuning and Wang Ziming, Luneng's Guo Tianyu, and the position of post-90s players seem to be the center of the Chinese team. On the flanks, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Barton, Yang Liyu, plus a Dai Weijun who never looks up or turns when he plays football.
The above are the strongest players that the Chinese team can find in the next few years, and some people think, isn't this not bad? Yes, it shows that you see more in the Chinese Super League, and only look at the Chinese Super League. But in fact, these people are really not as good as a generation.
I don't believe we bet that as long as Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe and Yan Junling still want to play for the national team, there will be no better players than them in the next ten or twenty years. In Asia, they are nothing now.