Li Ke left the team for family reasons and returned to the United States! The national football team recruited Xu Xin to replace him

According to the preparation plan, the national football team will continue to train on December 20 according to the rhythm of "two practices a day". However, naturalized player Li Ke did not participate in the training that day. According to a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, due to family reasons, Li Ke left the team on the 20th. Considering the needs of the Asian Cup preparation and competition, the coaching staff decided to recruit Xu Xin, a midfielder of the Shanghai Port team, to join the team. Xu Xin, who received the notice, set off from Shanghai on the 20th and is expected to arrive in Abu Dhabi in the early morning of the 21st local time to meet with the national football team.

The training of the Chinese team in Abu Dhabi officially started on December 19 local time. On the same day, the whole team conducted two training sessions, the first of which was held in the gym of the resident hotel in the morning, and the afternoon training was arranged in the outdoor venue of the hotel. Considering that most of the Chinese training camps have just experienced the holiday before the training camp, the coaching staff decided to arrange intensive training in the first week of this training camp in order to help them get into a state of preparation as soon as possible and strengthen their physical reserves. On the 20th, the second training day of this period, the team still arranged two training sessions.

But naturalized player Li Ke did not appear in the training lineup on the 20th. It is understood that Li Ke left the team on the 20th and returned to the United States due to family reasons. In view of the heavy task of preparing for the Asian Cup and the long training period before the game, the coaching staff decided to recruit Xu Xin, a defender, to join the team. In fact, Xu Xin is also in the 50-man list of alternative international players for this Asian Cup.

On December 18, the same day that the national football team set off for the west, the Shanghai Port team officially gathered and began to prepare for the new season. Xu Xin left for the United Arab Emirates on the 20th, and is expected to arrive in Abu Dhabi in the early morning of the 21st local time.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yun

Editor/Wang Haozhou