The Chinese men's football team ushered in its last warm-up match in 2023 at 23:15 Beijing time last night, which is also an international A-level warm-up match, we were invited by the Oman Football Association to conduct a closed training match with the Oman team at the UAE training base, this game did not do any external broadcasting, and the final game ended in the early hours of this morning, and the Chinese team played a 0:0 draw with the Oman team in the first half, but conceded two goals in a row in the second half, 0: 2 lost this last game of 2023.
In the previous World Preliminaries, the Qatar World Cup Qualifiers Asian Top 12, the Chinese team played against the Oman team twice, and we only achieved one draw and one loss. We have not won three games in a row against the Oman team, the current ranking of the Oman team is slightly lower than the Chinese team, from the ranking point of view, the two teams belong to the team between the two teams, but the three games without a win also shows that in the face of the same gear of the team, the Chinese team does not have much advantage, which will undoubtedly make the prospects of the Chinese team in this Asian Cup very unfavorable, and the pressure on coach Jankovic will be very great.
In this game, the Chinese team discharged a relatively new pair of forward combinations, in addition to Wei Shihao, Tan Long and Wu Lei, Dai Weijun also ushered in the start in this game, such a combination of attack power, even the strongest attack power of the Chinese team at present, did not score even a goal in the whole game, in the Asian Cup, the Chinese team's attack strength may be greatly reduced.
At the same time, Jankovic once again made a surprising decision in this game, that is, Wu Xi, the captain of the team under him, has not been able to start in the last two games, and has been substituted. In the last game, the Chinese men's football team defeated a local club in the United Arab Emirates and two leagues 5:1, and Wu Xi was not able to start at that time, and this game was the same. Wu Xi is the officially designated captain of the Chinese men's football team, and in the case of him not playing, the answer of who will be the captain of the Chinese men's football team is not unexpected by everyone, that is, Zhang Linpeng, the first vice captain of the Chinese men's football team.
Although Wu Xi has gradually lost Jankovic's trust because of his performance on the field, and may not even be the team's main midfielder in the Asian Cup, because among the current midfielders, there are still some Mesozoic players who are more energetic than Wu Xi and stronger than Wu Xi can come up, so his captain may have to be temporarily transferred to Zhang Linpeng, although Zhang Linpeng's series of performances in the warm-up track are not very good, but at least now Jankovic still trusts him very much。
Jang Chun-lun's ability to play on the right flank, including his ability to play as a full-back and centre-back, makes him the best choice for Jankovic's centre-back on the right side of the back three. Therefore, if there is no surprise, Wu Xi should not be in the main lineup of the Asian Cup, and Zhang Linpeng, if the main position is relatively stable, will become the new captain of the Chinese men's football team in the Asian Cup.