The world preliminary tour came to an end, and the national football team returned to China for quarantine training. What is unexpected is that the Suzhou Hotel, which has been playing the role of receiving the isolation of the national football team, rejected the national football team on the grounds that it also received other large-scale events in April and did not have the ability to receive the Chinese men's football team. Therefore, the national football team and the U23 national football team had to change their course and fly to Hainan. At present, the U23 national football team, which has not won 7 consecutive games and performed well in the Dubai Cup, is isolated in Hainan.
As a result, the Chinese Football Association has made important decisions. In the next East Asian Cup and Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese Football Association will send the U23 national football team. Therefore, the national football team led by Li Xiaopeng in 2022 will have no games to play. All the key work of the Chinese men's football team will be transferred to the U23 national football team, which is also a reward for the U23 national football team's fighting spirit in the Dubai Cup. During the Dubai Cup competition, the head coach of the U23 national football team, Jankovic, was interviewed by reporters and made it clear that the goal of the U23 national football team in the Hangzhou Asian Cup is to point to the championship.
Fans who have watched the Dubai Cup or have some knowledge of this U23 national football team know that the biggest problem of this team at the moment is in the midfield, followed by the need to strengthen the backline. At present, the most urgent thing for this U23 national football team is to solve the midfield organizational capability. As long as this problem can be solved, the strength of this team will be upgraded to a notch. Yesterday, the Chinese men's football team officially announced that the 2 main internationals, U23 age players Dai Weijun and Zhu Chenjie, have gone to the U23 national football team to report, participated in the team's isolation training, and prepared for the next East Asian Cup and Asian Games.
As a result, the team's top 2 problems will be alleviated. The joining of Dai Weijun is bound to improve the midfield organization ability of this U23 national football team. Zhu Chenjie, a veteran who has been tested in the competition, will make the backline of this U23 national football team tougher. Next, we just need to wait quietly for the return of Guo Tianyu, the yangyang shenfeng, then the central axis of this team will be completely strengthened. With the addition of Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie and Guo Tianyu, this team has to improve at least one notch compared to the Dubai Cup. More crucially, head coach Jankovic may not be satisfied with this.
It is understood that Jankovic also intends to recruit some overage players to improve the strength of the team. In other words, overage players who are too old have no meaning for the long-term development of China's men's football team. There is a high probability that Jankovic will recruit a few relatively young "overage players". These over-aged players will most likely be born among players such as Yan Dinghao, Duan Liuyu, and Gao Tianyi. These players are the best of the Chinese men's football midfielders, especially Yan Dinghao, who has become the midfield brain of Guangzhou last season. With their joining, the midfield problem of the U23 national football team will be completely solved, and Yankovic's bold words at that time: winning the Asian Games may no longer be a slogan.