Assemble on October 6th! The national football team will be changed: 1/4 of the players are from the Asian Games team, and Wei Shihao is expected to return
According to the plan, the Chinese men's football team will regroup in Dalian on October 6, followed by warm-up matches with visiting Vietnam and Uzbekistan on October 10 and 16 respectively. It is understood that coach Jankovic will still recruit about 24 players to participate in this training session as usual, of which about 1/4 are from the men's Asian Games team. Jankovic returned to Hangzhou on the 27th, and after watching the match between the national football team and Qatar in the men's 1/8 final of the Hangzhou Asian Games that night, he will finalize the international football team for this period of national football training as soon as possible.
The third phase of the Chinese Super League (rounds 25-27) will enter the next period after the end of 30 September. The national football team will use the new international break cycle (October 9-17) to organize training camps and participate in warm-up matches. A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned on the 27th that the national football team will regroup in Dalian on October 6, and then play international warm-up matches with Vietnam and Uzbekistan, and the venue is initially set at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium.
The most noteworthy issue of the current training of the national football team is the issue of candidates. In two warm-up matches in September, the team drew 1-1 with Malaysia and 0-1 to Syria, and the team's aging performance displeased fans. In fact, Jankovic is also aware of the urgency of accelerating the team's "blood renewal". According to the plan, he will recruit no less than five players from the men's Asian Games team during the training camp in October, including over-age players such as Liu Yang and elite Asian Games players such as Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun. In addition, for players like Wei Shihao, who have recently returned to form in the league, Jankovic's coaching team will also consider it.
Under the condition that the size of the training lineup remains unchanged, the coaching staff recruits young players, which means that players like Sun Guowen, who can no longer get stable playing time in the club team, will most likely not be selected.
It should be noted that if the Chinese men's Asian Games team eliminates the Qatari team on the evening of the 27th, it will participate in the 1/4 final on October 1. The semi-finals and finals of the Asian Games will be held on October 4 and 7 respectively. If the national football Asian Games team can reach the final, the Asian Games players selected for the new national football training team will be postponed to report to Dalian on the 8th or 9th.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Zhao
Editor/Wang Haozhou