Original title: Who will score for the national football team? Wu Lei scored 16 goals alone but still lost, and the last two games Zhang Yuning or Pick Da Liang
On Wednesday, the Chinese men's national team announced its 25-man squad, and Wu Lei and four naturalized players were collectively defeated, which also raises a new question: who will score for the national team?
In this World Qualifier, Wu Lei scored 12 goals and provided 4 assists in 16 games, averaging 1 goal per game. In fact, the last time Wu Lei missed a national team match was in the 2019 East Asian Cup, and since then 12 World Qualifiers have not been lost. In the round of 12, Wu Lei scored 4 goals in 8 appearances.
In the round of 12, the national football team scored 8 goals in 8 games, including Wu Lei scored 4 goals, and Luo Guofu scored 1 goal in the match against Saudi Arabia, of which 3 goals were scored by Zhang Yuning, Xu Xin and Wu Xi.
On February 22, when the Chinese Football Association first announced the list of national football training, Wu Lei's defeat caused great controversy. Why not recruit Wu Lei? The Football Association has revealed, "The reason why he was not called up this time is that considering that he is currently facing an unprecedented predicament and a crisis of confidence in Espanyol, the national team does not want to affect his future due to training at this time." ”
However, this explanation of the Football Association is not convinced, because the World Preliminary Tournament is played on the international break, and returning to the national team to participate in the competition is conducive to Wu Lei's improvement of his form.
Unlike Wu Lei, four naturalized players, Axon, Fernando, Alan and Luo Guofu, were selected for the list announced on February 22. "Beijing Youth Daily" revealed that according to the arrangement, the four naturalized players must undergo a physical fitness test in Dubai on the 10th, but they could not participate in the physical test on time for some reason, and Li Xiaopeng could only endure the pain.
In the last warm-up game before the departure, Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu, Yan Dinghao, Duan Liuyu, Chi Zhongguo and Barton were injured one after another, which made things worse for the national football team.
The absence of many offensive players left the national football team only Tan Long, Zhang Yuning and Liu Binbin. In the last two rounds against Saudi Arabia and Oman, the national football team, which has been out early, still cannot give up, but who will score for the national football team?