On the morning of January 4, Beijing time, the official website of the AFC updated the list of 26 members of the Chinese national men's football team to compete in the Qatar Asian Cup.
On this list, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Dai Weijun, Tan Long, Zhang Yuning and others were all selected. Among them, Wu Lei will continue to wear the No. 7 jersey, Zhang Yuning will wear the No. 9, and the No. 10 jersey will be on Wuhan Three Towns player Xie Pengfei.
But what is controversial is that even if he would rather bring marginal players such as Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Jian Tao, who has not had any national team appearances before, and Xu Haofeng, who plays as a central defender in the Shenzhen team, the vice president of the Chinese Super League, rather than bring Ackerson, which makes people wonder whether Jankovic has demonstrated his authority in the national football team through this strong selection.
When the Qatar Asian Cup opened just a week away, Jankovic gave his stadium plan for this "middle test".
In the goalkeeper position, Yan Junling, Jian Tao, Wang Dalei, and Liu Dianzuo were selected, and Yan Junling will undoubtedly be the starting goalkeeper.
On the back line, Zhang Linpeng is still the most reliable player, and Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, Liu Yang and others may also occupy the main position.
In the midfield, the captain Wu Xi's position is not moving, and Liu Binbin, Wang Shangyuan, Dai Weijun, Xie Pengfei and others have opportunities.
On the offensive line, the 32-year-old Wu Lei is still the only top player in this Chinese team, and Wei Shihao, Tan Long and others can also provide offensive firepower.
In the upcoming Asian Cup, Jankovic will continue to choose a lineup with Shanghai Port players such as Wu Lei, Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Xu Xin, and Wuhan Three Towns players such as Xie Pengfei and Wei Shihao as the main framework. This lineup is a combination of old, middle and young, and it is also possible that it will scout players for the upcoming 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup qualifiers.
In the three group stages of the Asian Cup, the national football team will play against Tajikistan and Lebanon, ranked 106th and 107th in the world, on January 13 and 17 respectively.
However, in view of the recent 0:2 defeat of the national football team to Oman in the warm-up match and 1:2 to Hong Kong, China, which is ranked only 150th in the world, will the national football team led by Jankovic choose to bottom out in Qatar or sink into the sand again? Fans can only wait and see.
The specific list of 26 players in the Asian Cup of the National Football Team:
Shanghai Port Football Club: Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Yan Junling, Jiang Guangtai, Xu Xin;
Shandong Taishan Football Club: Wang Dalei, Liu Binbin, Liu Yang, Chen Pu;
Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club: Jian Tao;
Shanghai Shenhua Football Club: Wu Xi, Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong;
Beijing Guoan Football Club: Zhang Yuning, Li Lei, Gao Tianyi;
Wuhan Three Towns Football Club: Liu Dianzuo, Wei Shihao, Xie Pengfei;
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club: Wang Qiuming;
Changchun Yatai Football Club: Tan Long;
Henan Football Club: Wang Shangyuan;
Dalian Professional Football Club: Lin Liangming;
Shenzhen Football Club: Xu Haofeng;
Turkey Youth United Football Club: Wu Shaocong.
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