Wu Lei was suspended for the national football team to play Thailand, who will score the goal? In addition to Alan, two local players were targeted by Ivan
On June 6, in the 5th round of the second group stage of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in Asia, the national football team hosted Thailand, which was a real "battle of life and death".
If the national football team wins, it will advance to the third stage of the top 18 match; draw or lose, it will be out, the final round of Thailand will play Singapore at home, 3 points are stable, and it can also brush the goal difference, the national football team will play South Korea away, and 0 points will also be stable.
If you want to win, you have to score, and the top scorer Wu Lei has accumulated yellow cards and is suspended, which is a very interesting thing. Wu Lei can't get on, who will score?
Zhang Yuning, Wei Shihao, Fernando, Xie Pengfei, Aikeson, Chen Pu, who have already played in the previous games, can still play, but among these few, Wei Shihao, Fernando, and Xie Pengfei are all wingers (wingers), with a certain impact on the side, not good at positional warfare and tackling tough battles, Zhang Yuning, who plays center, is currently in average physical condition, and his own ability is lacking, and the remaining few are soy sauce, and it is difficult to say whether he can get playing time.
Whether it is to dig up the potential internally, or to replenish new forces, Ivanovich may be inclined to the latter. Because in the previous two games, as well as in the pre-match training, he must have found that those few people could not be counted on.
Dignified China, is there no one who dares to fight?
Among the naturalized forwards, Exxon, who is overweight, cannot be counted on, and it is difficult for Fernando to say. Alan is an option, Alan at his peak, is also a first-class striker in the Chinese Super League, but now he is obviously not in his prime, before joining Qingdao West Coast, Alan basically did not play much for two years.
Before playing Singapore in March, Ivan had already communicated with Alain. In the first three rounds of the new season, Allan's playing time is gradually increasing, 21 minutes, half-time, and the starters played the whole game, but they did not score. There are still two months to go, to see if Alain's form can improve in the Chinese Super League.
In addition to this, there are two homegrown players to choose from.
The 36-year-old Tan Long has also been selected for the national team many times, but his performance is average and has mixed reviews.
The 26-year-old Xie Weijun, who is 190cm tall, is a material to play as a center forward, and has repeatedly played well in the Chinese Super League in the first two seasons.
In the next Chinese Super League, if these two perform well, they will definitely be able to return to the national team.
Thailand is not even a second-rate level in Asia, as long as the national football team has a correct mentality and plays its normal level, it is no problem to win such a team. If you can't even win such an opponent, there is no need to go to the top 18, it is better to simply tear down and rebuild.