The national football team is about to usher in the first opponent of the group stage of the Asian Cup, Tajikistan, facing the opponent ranked 106th in the world, the national football team is bound to get a good start if it wants to qualify from the group. In an interview with reporters, national football coach Jankovic said: The national football team is ready for the game, not only has determined the starting 11, but also knows what kind of style of play to use to play this game. As for which 11 people they were? It can be seen from the arrangement of Jankovic's troops in the two world preliminary tournaments and several warm-up matches between China and Thailand and China and South Korea that they are inseparable from ten.
Goalkeeper: Yan Junling, 32 years old, Shanghai SIPG. Although the national football team has selected 4 goalkeepers in the 26-man squad, Yan Junling's main position is still unshakable. In the last 6 games of the national football team, the goalkeeper of the national football team and Thailand and South Korea in the world preliminaries is Yan Junling, and in the next 4 warm-up games, Yan Junling started twice, Wang Dalei and Liu Dianzuo each started 1 time, and the national football team was clearly divided into 1 goal, 2 doors, 3 doors and 4 doors.
Left-back: Li Lei, 31 years old, Beijing Guoan. In the World Preliminary Tournament, he served as the starting left-back of the national football team, but left the field injured in the second half and missed the subsequent battle between China and South Korea. Having started three of the last four warm-up games and scored one goal in the last warm-up game, Li Lei will start over Liu Yang of Shandong Taishan if there are no surprises.
Right-back: Zhang Linpeng, 34 years old, Shanghai SIPG. Although in terms of strength, Zhang Linpeng's current level may not be 70% of his peak, his rich experience in international competitions still makes him enough to occupy a place in the starting lineup of the national football team. Zhang Linpeng started all the games in the World Preliminary Tournament between Thailand and China and South Korea, and played twice in the other 4 warm-up games, and his main position was unshakable. Xu Haofeng from Shenzhen will be the main substitute for this position.
Central defender: Zhu Chenjie, 23 years old, Shanghai Shenhua. Zhu Chenjie appeared with head coach Jankovic, Wu Lei and Wang Dalei in the official video of the Chinese team produced by the Asian Cup, and it is obvious that the AFC is also very optimistic that Zhu Chenjie can become the future defensive leader of the national football team. Zhu Chenjie was the starter in the World Preliminary Tournament between China and Thailand and the Battle of China and South Korea, and Zhu Chenjie only played once in the warm-up match after that, obviously because the head coach has been very clear about his positioning.
Central defender: Jiang Guangtai, 29 years old, Shanghai Port. Due to injury, Jiang Guangtai missed two games in the World Preliminary Tournament, and in the next four warm-up games, Jiang Guangtai started twice. After Jankovic kicked naturalized players such as Ackerson and Li Ke out of the national team, Jiang Guangtai became the only naturalized player in the current national football team, and he is a naturalized player with blood relations, and he is also the fourth captain of the national football team, and he will also start over the teenager Jiang Shenglong. Shanghai Shenhua teenager Jiang Shenglong, who started in the two world preliminaries, and Wu Shaocong, the only foreign player in the current national football team, will be substitutes in the central defender position.
Left midfielder: Wei Shihao, 28 years old, Wuhan Three Towns. In the two games between China and Thailand and China and South Korea, Wei Shihao, who started twice, has proved with his performance that he is the strongest player in the current national football team, and when playing against Tajikistan and Lebanon, two teams that are slightly weaker than the national football team and must win, Wei Shihao is the main candidate for this position. Wei Shihao only started twice in the next four warm-up games, and the other two were started by Lin Liangming from Dalian, who will be Wei Shihao's main replacement.
Right midfielder: Liu Binbin, 30 years old, Shandong Taishan. Compared with Wei Shihao on the left side, Liu Binbin on the right side is much more low-key, but he not only started in the two world preliminaries, but also started three times in the next four warm-up games, and is one of the players with the most starts for the national team in recent times. He will also occupy a starting position, while his replacement will be Xie Pengfei from Wuhan Three Towns.
Midfielder: Wang Shangyuan, 30 years old, Henan. In the battle between China and Thailand in the world preliminaries, Wang Shangyuan, who came on as a substitute, won 1 goal, and then started in the battle between China and South Korea, and started 3 times in 4 warm-up games, so he secured his position in the midfield of the national team. With Li Ke's departure from the team and captain Wu Xi unwell, Wang Shangyuan's starting position is even more unshakable.
Midfielder: Dai Weijun, 24 years old, Shanghai Shenhua. Another midfielder in the middle of the starting position may be the most suspenseful in the starting lineup of the national football team, the current national football team of 6 midfielders, Wu Xi is determined to be absent in the first round, Wang Shangyuan occupies a starting position, Wang Qiuming, Xu Xin, Dai Weijun and Xu Xin will compete for another starting opportunity. These players did not start in the two world preliminaries, but Dai Weijun of Shanghai Shenhua had two substitute appearances, and also played twice in the next four warm-up games, and had the greatest chance to start; Wang Qiuming, captain of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, was the most vocal recently to replace Wu Xi; Xu Xin of Shanghai Port only replaced Li Ke in the final stage, and it is unlikely that he will directly become the main force; Gao Tianyi is not the absolute main force even in Beijing Guoan. Therefore, Dai Weijun is the most likely to start, followed by Wang Qiuming.
Forward: Wu Lei, 32 years old, Shanghai Port. As the current top scorer of the national football team and the number one star of the national football team officially hand-picked by the AFC, as long as there is no reason for his body, Wu Lei will undoubtedly start, and he is also the key to whether the national football team can achieve good results in the Asian Cup. Although Wu Lei has been repeatedly criticized in the handling of single-knife balls, the problem is that although Wu Lei will miss the opportunity for single-knife balls, he also ran out of the opportunity, and he didn't even have a chance to change other players, which is where the gap between Wu Lei and other players lies, and it is also the fundamental reason why he can become the first striker of the national football team.
Forward: Tan Long, 35 years old, Changchun Yatai. The 35-year-old has only made 15 international appearances so far, but most of them have come under Jankovic, who is one of Jankovic's favourite internationals. As the starting center of the two world preliminaries, Tan Long is likely to continue to start. And Zhang Yuning, who scored a hat trick in the last warm-up game of the national football team, is likely to substitute Tan Long in the second half.
In the end, no matter which 11 players started the game, you all pinned the hopes of all Chinese fans on the hope that they could play at their best!
Note: The picture comes from the Internet.