National football team's starting prediction: follow the 5-3-2 formation Wu Xi sits in the midfield, Wei Shihao returns from injury

In the third round of Group A of the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese men's football team will face the host Qatar at Khalifa Stadium. In this campaign, head coach Jankovic will continue to use the 5-3-2 formation, Wu Xi, who performed well in the last round, is expected to return to the start, and Wei Shihao, who returned from injury, does not rule out the possibility of direct start.

In the last round of the group stage, Jankovic abandoned the "4-4-2 and 3-4-3 switching play" and switched to a relatively fixed and more stable 5-3-2 formation. Although the national football team drew 0-0 with Lebanon, both the content of the game and the specific performance of each person are much better than the first round of the group stage.

After the change of formation has effected, Jankovic will continue to use the 5-3-2 formation "as good as the flow" (Jankovic changes the formation is based on the advice of the coaching staff). In individual positions, Jankovic will make changes to the starting line-up.

In the last round against Lebanon, Wu Xi came off the bench and played a big role. Considering that Dai Weijun is not suitable for moving in the left rib, Jankovic may have Wu Xi in the center and arrange for Xu Xin and Wang Shangyuan to organize the tandem in the two ribs.

In addition, Wei Shihao is fully qualified to play, if Jankovic decides to strengthen the attack and solve the problem of "difficult to score", it is not ruled out that Wei Shihao will start in place of Dai Weijun and play a role similar to "left insider". In fact, after Stanqiu left the team, Wei Shihao often managed to organize attacks in Wuhan Three Towns, and he was fully qualified for this new role.

In other positions, Jankovic is likely to remain as he is, and even the most controversial Liu Binbin shows no signs of being abandoned.

China men's football team expected to start (5-3-2)

Goalkeeper: 1-Yan Junling

Defenders: 19-Liu Yang, 3-Zhu Chenjie, 2-Jiang Guangtai, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 21-Liu Binbin

Midfielder: 20-boxer (8-Xu Xin), 15-Wu Xi, 6-Wang Shangyuan

Forwards: 9-Yi, 7-Wu Lei