The 5 major pearls have become the key targets of the national football team, one of them has the highest voice, but the other makes the fans resist: let him go
After the first 4 rounds of the group stage of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese men's football team won 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, 3 points behind the South Korean men's football team, and temporarily ranked 2nd in Group C, 3 points more than the 3rd ranked Thai men's football team.
According to the schedule of the World Preliminaries, the next two World Preliminaries of the Chinese men's football team will be played on June 6 and June 11, the opponents are Thailand and South Korea, with the current points, as long as the Thai team can be won in the 5th round, the Chinese men's football team can enter the top 18 of the World Preliminaries in advance. Once it loses to Thailand or draws with Thailand, the national football team will completely hand over the initiative to qualify.
In order to prepare for the two World Preliminary Tournaments in June, the Chinese men's football coaching staff will continue to inspect players in the Chinese Super League. Although coach Ivankovic is still in Croatia, it does not prevent his Chinese coaching staff from scouting the players. According to the "Beijing Youth Daily", there are 5 players who will become the focus of the national football coaching team. The five players are: Li Ke, Wang Zhenao, Xu Haoyang, Tan Long, Xie Weijun. These 5 people are actually the "missing pearls" of the national football team who failed to be selected in the last training camp.
After all, Chinese football is currently withering in talent, and it is just these people, who do you ask the Chinese coaching staff not to choose them to choose? Among these five key players, the most recognized by Chinese fans is Xu Haoyang, a 25-year-old young talent from Shanghai Shenhua. Not only because of his youth, but also because he is really capable and well-rounded, and can play as both a winger and a midfield commander who can organise attacks. If he is recruited, the frontcourt attack of the national football team will inevitably be improved.
Among the five players to be selected, the 36-year-old striker Tan Long is the least recognized by Chinese fans. When Chinese fans saw that Tan Long might be selected for the Chinese men's football team again, they all said: Let him go, don't let him go at such an old age. The reason why Chinese fans have such a lot of resistance to Tan Long is not only because of his age, but also because in the previous series of national team games, he did not have a very good performance, and he really did not play a big role in the national football tactical system. Coupled with the age of 36, the current state is also average, so Chinese fans will generally oppose the re-recruitment of Tan Long.
Of course, who to choose or who not to choose, Chinese fans say it doesn't matter, the final decision is in the hands of coach Ivankovic. If Tan Long performs well in the Chinese Super League in the next period of time, he is likely to be selected for the national football team, but if his performance is average, there is a high probability that he will not be able to enter. Therefore, whether Tan Long can return to the national football team again actually depends on himself.