Due to the loss of the "East Asian Cup" opportunity to participate, coupled with the epidemic caused by the inability to hold international friendly matches, so the national football team basically has no competition this year, more is the spectator, after all, the two major events are U23 national football, July East Asian Cup and September Asian Games, this group of under 23-year-old players will get the opportunity to show, once played well, it is expected to be directly upgraded into the national football team. Although there is no competition, the national football team is not without things to do, mainly to prepare for the 2023 Asian Cup, the premise is to summarize the World Preliminary Round, check the omissions and fill in the gaps.
Of course, the improvement of the technical and tactical level still depends on the players, the national football team that played in the World Preliminary Tournament is not the strongest lineup, like Fernando and Li Ke, who were naturalized and absent due to injury, whether the former can continue to play in the future is still unknown, and Li Ke has suddenly disappeared since the first stage of the league last year, there has been a bizarre injury in the ankle, imaging can not find problems, and finally can only start from the neurological aspect of the examination, Li Ke also went to the United Kingdom for treatment, after 8 months of recovery, the current basic recovery, and the national security side has been actively in contact with Li Ke Now we are waiting for good news.
Li Ke officially announced on the personal social platform that he will return, take the flight back on April 22, after isolation observation, if it goes well, Li Ke is expected to return to the team in mid-May, which is certainly good news for Guoan, because in this season's reinforcements, 4 new foreign aides and 1 internal aid are the main players playing front and back, although Memisevic can play the back, but his best is still the center back.
Li Ke's return has strengthened the strength of the midfield and given Xie Feng more choices, but because the registration deadline of the Chinese Super League is at the end of April, and the status will have to be adjusted after returning, it is still unknown whether Li Ke can register for the first stage. Of course, it is already good to come back, not only Guoan, the national football team also benefits, from the world preliminary competition performance, the national football team is mainly weak in the midfield link, there is no naturalized player has a certain relationship, in 2019, the 26-year-old Li Ke was hand-picked, becoming the first batch of naturalized international footballers, also regarded as the 1st midfielder of the Chinese men's football team, the best candidate to succeed Zheng Zhi.
Li Ke's absence led to a decline in midfield hardness, especially a steal when the opponent counterattacked, which is Li Ke's advantage, stronger than Jin Jingdao and Chi Zhongguo, in addition to the ability to connect attack and defense has also declined, so Li Ke's return is expected to make the waist of the national football team stand up. Of course, due to the long absence of the game, Li Ke's state is still unknown, but some fans have seen Li Ke in Arsenal's training ground, and the latter is also actively resuming training and maintaining his form.