Recently, the cloudy Chinese football has finally come with major good news, the naturalized player Fernando, who is in the year of play, is preparing to participate in the training of the Taishan team, and is expected to join this northern powerhouse, plus Axon, who recently joined Chengdu Rongcheng, and Alan and Luo Guofu who may return to China, the national football attack line is definitely likely to become one of the strongest in Asia, and the qualification for the 2026 World Cup is definitely just around the corner.
The editor had previously predicted that Axon's return to the Chinese Super League would have a demonstration effect on other naturalized players, and sure enough, less than a month later, the news of Fernando's return to play in China came. According to reporter Niu Zhiming, Fernando will fly to China this weekend, and then make a slight adjustment to participate in the training of the Taishan team on the 27th, and if the Taishan team feels that he is in good shape, they will give him a contract of about one year. Since Fernando is a Chinese national, he does not occupy foreign aid qualifications and does not need transfer fees, plus he has not yet reached the age of 30, in fact, his cost performance is relatively close to that of 35-year-old Alan and Luo Guofu. I think Fernando had a reputation as a small motorcycle in the Chongqing team, and he could score more than 20 goals a season, even if he only recovered to 70% of his skills that year, it was quite a powerful existence in the Chinese Super League.
In addition to Fernando, Axon signed with Chengdu Rongcheng as early as the end of February, and after experiencing the South Korean training camp, his body fat was significantly reduced, and he was also selected for Jankovic's national team. It is said that the reason why Axon came to Chengdu is to come to the Asian Cup early next year and the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup. I believe that Fernando also has this meaning when he returns to China, after all, a player born in Brazil, if he adds a glorious mark of participating in the Asian Cup and the World Cup to his resume, it is quite meaningful. I believe that in the near future, Luo Guofu and Alan will also make similar moves.
I believe that after watching the match between the national football team and New Zealand, everyone will shake their heads on the performance of the local striker, Wu Lei is still so difficult to say a word, the so-called Atletico Madrid star Lin Liangming can't even do a fish jumping to the top, if you expect these to score for the national football team in the round of 18, the national football team will be out of play to qualify for the World Cup. Luckily, we still have Axon Lo Guofu and Fernando, and although they are no longer young, their sense of smell and shooting ability in front of goal still have to be left several streets behind.
There were only 4.5 qualifying places in Asia in the last World Preliminary Round, according to the overall strength of the national football team, to be honest, even if a few Brazilian players are squeezed dry, the possibility of qualifying is not great, but now there are 8.5 places in Asia, which is 4 more, and the opportunity to belong to the national football team has really come. As long as our president of the Football Association does not make trouble behind his back, coach Jankovic strategizes, and the players fight hard to play, the possibility of the national football team qualifying for the 2026 World Cup is greatly increased.
I wish the national team, which has the oldest average age in Chinese football history, to achieve excellent results in next year's Asian Cup and the following 2026 World Preliminary Tournament, which will win eight and four in the Asian Cup, and finish in the top two in the round of 18 of the World Preliminary Round and directly qualify for the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup.