On April 19, Beijing time, the Chinese football team officially announced that the U23 national football team and the Chinese women's football team played in the East Asian Cup. The East Asian Cup will be held in Japan from July 19 to 27, with Li Xiaopeng unable to lead the national football team, Jankovic leading the U23 national football team, and Shui Qingxia leading the Chinese women's football team.
At this stage, the Chinese men's football team and the U23 national football team are conducting closed isolation training in Haikou, according to the arrangement, the two teams will be released from isolation as early as April 24, and the players can return to their respective clubs to participate in the league preparation. In 2022, the Chinese men's football team has no official competition task, and Li Xiaopeng's coaching position has also become the focus of attention from the outside world. It is reported that after the completion of the isolation of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng will also carry out a report on the corresponding work, and his whereabouts will also have a clear answer.
For the Chinese men's football team, an important competition task in 2022 is the Hangzhou Asian Games, and the U23 national football team led by Jankovic plays. In order to let the team have more warm-up opportunities, the Chinese Football Association arranged for the U23 national football team to participate in the East Asian Cup. The East Asian Cup was originally held in China, but combined with the current situation, the venue will be changed to Japan, and the opponents of the U23 national football team will be Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Under normal circumstances, Japan and South Korea will not arrange the main players to play, they will choose players from the league to form a team, and foreign players should not participate in the East Asian Cup.
The national football team officially confirmed that the U23 national football team participated in the East Asian Cup, which means that if Li Xiaopeng stays in office, the national football team will not conduct a long training camp in July, after all, the national football team has no official competition task. The U23 national football team led by Jankovic has become the focus of the SUPPORT of the Football Association, and international footballers Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun have trained with the U23 national football team, and they may participate in the East Asian Cup and are also the main choice of the Asian Games. In addition, the Asian Games can also have 3 over-age places, and how Jankovic chooses is also worth paying attention to.
In terms of women's football, the Chinese Football Association still decided to arrange for the women's national team to play, and Shui Qingxia will lead the Chinese women's football team to compete in the East Asian Cup, with the goal of impacting the championship. After winning the Asian Cup, the International Football Team of the Chinese Women's Football Team has participated in the national championship and the Women's Super League competition, and the recent matches in the Women's Super League and women's First Division are in progress, and after the first stage of the competition, the Chinese Women's Football Team will re-concentrate to prepare for the East Asian Cup and the Asian Games. Wang Shuang is still recuperating, she is also expected to make a comeback in the East Asian Cup, whether it is the East Asian Cup or the Asian Games, the Chinese women's football team has the strength to compete for the championship, and it is expected that they can continue to bring surprises to the fans.
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