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In the third round of the Brazilian Serie A football league in the early morning of April 30, Beijing time, Fluminense lost 2-4 to Fortaleza, and the Chinese naturalized player Alain who played for Fluminense started the game and helped the team score one goal before half-time, thus opening the personal goal account of the new season of the Baja Liga. So, after returning to systematic training and playing in professional football, can Alain return to the national team?
The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily learned that including Alan and Luo Guofu who are currently playing in the Brazilian league, all the current naturalized players are among the scope of attention and investigation of the information and data analysis working group of the national team management department of the Chinese Football Association. As long as they are capable and in good condition and have a strong desire to play for the national team, they still have a chance to join the team. However, due to factors such as the strict approach to the international break cycle and the fact that all matches are arranged in China this year, naturalized players who play for overseas clubs are unlikely to participate in the training of the national football team in June, September and October, that is, the training and warm-up matches before the start of the 2026 World Preliminary Round of 36.
In fact, the Chinese Football Association has launched the restructuring of the national football team since the second half of last year, and while implementing the selection of the coaching team, the national team management department of the Football Association has also maintained real-time attention to all candidates. It is understood that before the national football team sounded the first training call of the new year in early March this year, Jankovic, who was the team's manager-elect at the time, had already obtained a list of nearly 50 alternative international players, and the names of naturalized players Jiang Guangtai, Axon, Luo Guofu, Alan, Li Ke, and Fernando were among them. That's why Axon attended Jankovic's first training camp shortly after returning to China.
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However, even if naturalized players return to the Chinese Super League or achieve re-employment in overseas clubs, they need to undergo strict evaluation and assessment if they want to return to the national football team. It is understood that the National Management Department of the Football Association has set up an information and data analysis working group to continue to pay attention to the candidate players of national teams at all levels, including player appearance rate, physical indicators and other aspects. The players examined included naturalized players playing in the Chinese Super League, naturalized players such as Alan, Luo Guofu and Hou Yongyong playing overseas, and young players such as Eiffelding and Wu Shaocong playing in Europe. The working group will pay attention to all the matches played by the players, and the aggregated player data information will be transmitted to the coaching team and team leaders of the national team at all levels from time to time, and the team will make decisions as needed to recruit them.
According to the plan, the national football team will kick off a new training session on June 10, during which they will play international warm-up matches with Myanmar and Palestine. Prior to this, the Chinese Super League will play 12 rounds, and the national football coaching staff will combine the objective data reflected by the league to determine the list of players for the new national football training camp. Axon, Jiang Guangtai, Fernando, Li Ke and other 4 naturalized players are expected to return to the team, but in terms of the first 4 rounds of the Chinese Super League that have been carried out, the probability of Axen and Jiang Guangtai being selected is relatively higher, because they have maintained a near-full attendance rate, and Axon has also opened the goal account after returning to the Chinese Super League.
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As for Alain and Lo Guofu, they are currently back on the normal track of training and playing in Brazilian professional football, and occasionally score goals or show amazing performances. However, it should be noted that due to the late start time of the Chinese Super League in the new season, the national football team will not carry out long-term training in June, September and October this year, and the training and competition venues are arranged in domestic cities, and if the team arranges two people to travel and participate in several warm-up matches, it is of little significance. In addition, Luo Guofu has publicly stated that he plans to retire next year, and if his desire to return to the team is not strong enough, then the national football team does not need to recruit him. If Alain can continue to be in good shape in Brazilian professional football, then the national football coaching staff will not rule out calling him up before the round of 36 to enrich the team's offensive methods.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao