The Chinese men's national football team, which trained in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has played three warm-up matches, and one more will be played on January 5, against a club team from Oman. Judging from the first 3 games, the strongest starting eleven of the national football team in the Asian Cup are basically released, and coach Jankovic will be adjusted at that time, which is also a very rare position, and it is also related to the fact that the national football team can choose not many international players.
On December 26, the first game of the national football team against the third-tier team of the United Arab Emirates Regional Sports, coach Jankovic sent goalkeeper Yan Junling, defenders from left to right are Li Lei, Jiang Guangtai, Wang Shangyuan, Zhang Linpeng, midfield quartet including Lin Liangming, Dai Weijun, Gao Tianyi, Liu Binbin, double forward combination Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning.
By December 29, in the second game of the national football team against Oman, coach Jankovic adjusted the starters, the goalkeeper became Wang Dalei, Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong partnered with the central defender, Liu Yang and Zhang Linpeng separated on the wings, Wang Shangyuan and Dai Weijun formed a double back, Wei Shihao and Liu Binbin served as fullbacks, and the double forward combination became Tan Long and Wu Lei.
Then on January 1, the third game of the national football team against Hong Kong, China, the starting team had 6 positions adjusted, the goalkeeper became Liu Dianzuo, the defenders from left to right are Li Lei, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Guangtai, Xu Haofeng, the midfield quartet includes Wei Shihao, Wu Xi, Wang Shangyuan, Liu Binbin, and the double forward combination is still Wu Lei and Tan Long.
Judging from the above 3 starts, Jiang Guangtai, Wang Shangyuan, Liu Binbin, and Wu Lei all played, and it was no surprise that the main position was locked in advance, and from the perspective of formation, coach Jankovic preferred to use 442, because Zhang Yuning was injured for too long, and he still needed to find the state, Tan Long is likely to partner with Wu Lei as a double striker, and the latter will continue to provoke the national football team.
In the third warm-up game, captain Wu Xi had a strain, I am afraid of quitting the main force, plus Li Ke was abandoned, there are few candidates who can replace Wu Xi, Xu Xin is expected to replace the starter, partner Wang Shangyuan in the back position, and Wei Shihao also locked the starting wing-back. In addition, Yan Junling, Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Linpeng, Liu Yang, and Jiang Shenglong basically form the back line of the national football team.
To sum up, the strongest 11 starters in the National Football Asian Cup are about to come out, specifically:
Goalkeeper: Yan Junling
Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Jiang Shenglong, Liu Yang
Midfielder: 2018, Xu Xin, Wang Shangyuan, Liu Binbin
Forwards: Wu Lei, Tan Long
Due to the limited selection of the national football team, coach Jankovic can only rely on this group of players to participate in the Asian Cup, the good thing is that he has drawn the upper sign, and the host Qatar, Lebanon, Tajikistan is in Group A, CCTV5 will broadcast the whole process live.
According to statistics, since joining the AFC in 1974, the national football team has participated in all 12 Asian Cups, won 2 runners-up, 2 third places, and 9 times from the group stage, and the last 2 Asian Cups have been expanded to 24 teams, and they have entered the top 8 in a row. Therefore, advancing to the round of 16 will be the bottom line of the national football team.