On March 22, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football team swallowed an embarrassing draw in the world preliminaries, although the team did not lose away, but drew with an Asian fourth-rate team Singapore, the past 15 years The Chinese men's football team has been able to win every time it has played against Singapore, but in this year's World Preliminaries, it was a draw with the opponent, and it was a two-goal lead and the opponent chased two goals in a row, this result is indeed a big surprise, after the end of the game in the face of criticism from fans, Zhang Linpeng as the brewer of the mistake of conceding the goal, also announced his withdrawal from the national team。
In fact, Zhang Linpeng, as a veteran of the Chinese men's football team and the captain of the national football team, can still play for the national football team, and indeed this spiritual quality is worthy of appreciation, and the same batch of international players like Wu Xi have long refused the invitation of the national team and no longer represent the national football team。
Zhang Linpeng's withdrawal from the national football team just does not want to continue to delay the national football team, nor does he want to drag the team back, according to Zhang Linpeng's current physical condition, it is true that he can't play the position of fullback, this up and down running ability and physical reserves are too cruel for Zhang Linpeng, the second goal is completely Zhang Linpeng's action deformation can not keep up, so Zhang Linpeng's withdrawal from the national football team is not necessarily a bad thing for the team, because Ivankovic has a better choice on the bench, that is, Gao Zhunyi, the next round of home games against Singapore, Gao Zhunyi should be the best choice to replace Zhang Linpeng。
Including after the game, we saw that Zhang Linpeng also announced his decision to withdraw from the national team to the whole team with the permission of the head coach, and it can also be seen that this decision was approved by the head coach Ivankovic, Zhang Linpeng also took the initiative to take full responsibility for the goal lost in this game, and then Zhang Linpeng also notified his wife of the news of his withdrawal from the national team in the early morning, and his wife posted a message about Zhang Linpeng to herself in the early morning social media showdown, and it can also be seen that Zhang Linpeng is indeed powerless, and he has indeed tried his best.
Zhang Linpeng's withdrawal from the national football team is a new beginning for Ivan's national team, and the next step is to carry out a comprehensive lineup optimization, upgrade the age structure of the first team, optimize the configuration, and the veteran will gradually withdraw from the stage of history, after all, the veteran will not be able to adapt to the international high-level competition when he reaches a certain age, so the rapid retreat may be the most ideal choice for himself and the team, we also want to respect and bless Zhang Linpeng, and look forward to the better performance of the national football team in the next game.