At 20 o'clock on June 6, Beijing time, the national football team will usher in the most critical game of the round of 36 of the world preliminaries, playing against the Thai team at home, and if it wins, it will advance to the round of 18 one round in advance. Unfortunately, Wu Lei, the top scorer of the national football team, will accumulate yellow cards and be suspended. Who will replace Wu Lei to score for the national football team has become a hot topic recently. Some people say it's the 35-year-old naturalized striker Alain, and some people say it's the 29-year-old Chengdu Rongcheng popular international player Wei Shihao, but Ivan also realizes that in the long run, the national football team is more important to renew.
At the Asian Cup held earlier this year, the average age of the national football team reached 29.6 years old, the second oldest among the 24 participating teams, second only to the Kyrgyzstan team at 30.3 years old. It is not difficult to see that the national football team has been a little green in recent years, so Ivan stated that he would gradually rejuvenate the team after taking over the national football team.
To this end, Ivan also went to Qatar to watch the performance of the national Olympic team in the U23 Asian Cup. However, in the first two games, the national Olympic team lost to the Japanese team and the South Korean team, but Ivan was not without gains, that is, the 23-year-old Luneng star Xie Wenneng, he got many single opportunities through his own running position in the game, but the kick was a little lacking, otherwise the national Olympic team even had the opportunity to upset the Japanese and South Korean teams.
Although Ivan then returned to China and watched the match between Beijing Guoan and Qingdao West Coast, in the final round of the group stage, Xie Wenneng finally ushered in an explosion in the match between the National Olympic team and the United Arab Emirates.
On the evening of April 22, the national Olympic team defeated the UAE team 2-1. In the 24th minute of the game, the national Olympic team took a corner kick, and Xie Wenneng volleyed in the penalty area to score the first goal of the national Olympic team in the U23 Asian Cup, and it was also the first time in 6 years that the national Olympic team scored in the U23 Asian Cup, creating history.
Judging from the three group games, Xie Wenneng has excellent running ability and has found many single opportunities, which is very similar to Wu Lei. It's just that Xie Wenneng still needs more games to hone his shooting footwork, and he can succeed Wu Lei in the future. You must know that Wu Lei has scored 15 goals in the Chinese Super League at the age of 23 and won the local Golden Boot.
At the same time, the 22-year-old Shanghai Port star Liu Zhurun at the end of the first half, caught the UAE team's backfield pass error, and then burst into the penalty area to calmly volley the goal.
The author thinks that the two new stars have already gained a firm foothold in SIPG and Luneng, and with the rich practical experience, they may become the key players of the national football team in the next 10 years. And the wonderful performance of the two in the last round is sure to make Ivan feel happy. (Xiong Yixuan)