There is still more than one month before the World Preliminary Tournament in June, and Ivankovic does not dare to relax at all, and has been examining the intended candidates, hoping to bring more possibilities to the national football team at that time. Recently, according to domestic media reports, 4 players have entered Ivan's alternate list, and if nothing else, they will all rush to the aid of the national football team. Among them, the 34-year-old Li Titian and the newly emerging Shenhua star Xu Haoyang may be called up by the national team for the first time, and the naturalized player Alan who is highly demanded by the outside world is also likely to be selected. What is more surprising is that Zhang Xizhe, the former No. 10 of the national football team, is also likely to return to the national football team.
In the past few years, the problem of aging personnel of the national football team has become more and more serious, and many starters are in their 30s and have long passed their prime. But it's not that the manager doesn't use the youngsters, it's that the young players are very few capable and responsible compared to the veterans, and they have to trust the veterans. However, if the national football team wants to move forward, it must still be updated, and some young players with good potential and good attitude, as long as they get enough opportunities, I believe that they will grow up over time and provoke the pillars of the national team. For example, Zhu Chenjie, he has gradually become the main force of the national team in the past two years, and Xu Haoyang, who was born in 1999, if he is reused by Ivan, the future is also promising.
At the same time, the national football team cannot be one-size-fits-all when selecting and employing people, not all newcomers should be trusted, and not all old people should be eliminated. For example, Zhang Xizhe and Li Titian, both of whom have entered the end of their careers, but they have performed very well recently, so they should naturally be reused by Ivan. Especially Zhang Xizhe, who stayed in Schalke 04 in his early years, was once a player that Rangnick admired very much, and was even compared with De Bruyne. Later, Zhang Xizhe returned to China and also wore the No. 10 of the national football team, but his performance did not meet expectations and gradually faded out of the national team lineup.
Everyone knows that Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi will miss the battle between China and Thailand because they are suspended because of their cards. The positions of Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi are very important, but there is no reliable replacement in the team, and Ivan has to look at the Chinese Super League. Naturalized player Alan is generally optimistic about the replacement of Wu Lei, currently playing for the west coast of Qingdao, he has just returned to the Chinese arena, the state is not particularly good, but the victory is experienced, personal ability is stronger than the domestic striker, and Alan is the most famous among the many naturalized players in the national football team, once won the European Golden Boot, so he is known as the strongest naturalization, and Alan spent more than 100 million when he was naturalized. As for Li Titian, he has never entered the national team, this time he may temporarily serve as a replacement for Li Yuanyi, as an extremely key back, Ivan is very optimistic about his offensive and defensive characteristics, hoping to change the plight of the national football midfield, and he is 34 years old, more and more demonic, praised by fans as "demon waist".
According to the current situation of the World Preliminaries, as long as the national football team wins Thailand, it can directly enter the next stage, and the battle between China and Thailand is a duel that must be won, otherwise even if it relies on "scoring" to get out of the line, there is no meaning in the follow-up, and Ivan's arrangement and tactical deployment will play a key role.