This season's Chinese Super League is very intense, with last season's champions and runners-up missing out on the top two. In the current standings, Shenhua ranks first with 20 points, Rongcheng ranks second with 18 points, Haigang and Guoan rank 3rd and 4th with 15 points, Taishan ranks 5th with 14 points, and the defending champion harbor is now one round less. During the Chinese Super League, the national football coach Ivankovic was also on the scene to inspect the players.
In the 5th round of the World Preliminaries, the national football team will face the Thai team at home, and if the national football team wins successfully, then it will lock in the top 18 seats. If you don't win, then you have a good chance of going out. Wu Lei + Li Yuanyi suspended! Ivan reorganizes the lineup: 2 veterans of the national football team, who are expected to start the game against Thailand.
Wu Lei is the all-time scorer of the national football team, Li Yuanyi locked the main team after being selected for the national football team, and performed well, and the two of them will miss the match with the Thai team. In such an unfavorable situation, Ivan needs to find a replacement for the player. On April 30, according to the report of Xiao Yun, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, four players who performed well in the Chinese Super League have received the attention of Ivan's coaching staff, namely Zhang Xizhe of Guoan, Li Tixiang of Zhejiang team, Alan of the West Coast and Xu Haoyang of Shenhua.
It is reported that Ivan will observe the long-term performance of these players, and will also focus on their performance in important matches in the Chinese Super League, and will need to show a convincing performance in the tough battle of the Chinese Super League. According to the current situation, the national football team is likely to rely on the performance of the veteran players when facing the Thai team in June.
Wu Lei can't play, and Alan is the most likely candidate to replace Wu Lei. Alain won the Europa League Golden Boot during his time at RB Salzburg, an achievement that is the highest individual honour in the history of national football. Although Alain is 34 years old, he is still trustworthy. Alan has scored one goal and provided one assist in the Chinese Super League this season, hitting the woodwork with two shots against Shenhua. Alan started for 60 minutes and then put Wei Shihao on the pitch, which was a viable option.
Zhang Xizhe has stayed in Wolfsburg and is the player with the most goals and assists in the history of Guoan, and his career resume is at the top level in China. After the 33-year-old Zhang Xizhe made a comeback, he carried Guoan to score points in the Chinese Super League this season, and in the last 4 rounds of the Chinese Super League, he scored 1 goal and 2 assists. Li Yuan can't get up, Zhang Xizhe can go up.
Large-scale competitions require veteran players to press the formation and take the lead. Zhang Linpeng's state has declined significantly, and if Zhang Xizhe and Alan are present, they can provide experience to the national football team. Looking forward to Zhang Xizhe's direct assist Alan to score and lead the national football team to defeat the Thai team.