This round of 12 is another bad journey for the national football team, and for fans and the media, there is another disappointed memory. For any team, whether it is a club or a national team, in fact, almost every moment has to face the task of innovation, and the national football team after the end of the 12 rounds, a serious task is that a group of post-80s players in the team are about to say goodbye, compared to the bad results at this stage, it is more worthy of people to reflect on it, when these players leave, expect the younger generations, the Chinese team can really be better than now?
Born in 1989, Wu Xi is the best of the domestic midfielders and the captain of the current national football team, and he has started nine times in the 10 round of 12 matches, but because of the accumulated yellow card, he did not play in the away game against Saudi Arabia. But Wu Xi did not perform well in the round of 12 this time, especially in the game against Vietnam, he also had a funny scene of dodging the ball, which directly made his impression score to zero.
Born in 1988, Yu Dabao once received wild praise from the media and fans for his victory over South Korea in the previous World Preliminary Round, but his performance in this World Preliminary Round was really too poor. As a defender, it seems that he is difficult to cope with the physical requirements, only 4 starts in 12 games, the time is 143 minutes, such a Yu Dabao even if he is a few years younger, it is estimated that no coach dares to use.
Zhang Linpeng was born in 1989, and his state has declined more seriously in recent years than when he was at his peak, but he is also a relatively good domestic player. In this round of 12, he did not appear in the oolong ball disaster moment against Syria like the last time, but it was not remembered, as a defender player, no sense of presence is also decent.
Arthur Junmin is the oldest of the post-80s players, making seven appearances in 10 games, probably because his physical condition has been difficult to cope with the intensity of the 90-minute normal game of the Round of 12. In fact, Arthur Junmin performed well in limited times, and his control ability and rhythm grasp were also the best in the national football team. But the years are not spared, and this age is really a bit difficult for the players.
In addition to these players, Wang Shenchao, Wang Gang, Chi Zhongguo, Yin Hongbo and Zheng Zheng have been confirmed to be unable to play in the next World Preliminary Tournament because of their age and status. Of course, some people may mention some post-80s players who are still active in domestic competitions, but they are also difficult to cope with such requirements.
That is to say, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the national football team may be the same post-90s players, but the most desperate thing is that there does not seem to be the kind of player who can really replace these big brothers among the young players of the national football team. People have been complaining about the poor strength of the national football team, which is nothing, but looking at the current domestic player group, who can really replace Arthur Junmin, Zhang Linpeng and others? Maybe their level is really not very high, but they are really good among the domestic players.
At present, There are basically no exciting players in China's young players, for the media and fans, when they see the group of players who are constantly complaining about them withdraw from the stage, and find that the new generation is not as good as the old generation, they do not know how to feel at that time.