The draw results for the top 18 of the Chinese men's football team have all been released, and the five opponents are Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia. From the overall situation, it is difficult for the national football team to directly qualify for the World Cup, but there is still hope for the play-offs, and the focus is on what results we can make in preparation during the round of 18. The first and foremost must be naturalized players.
After the draw results were released, the national football coach Ivankovic was interviewed by the media, and he bluntly said: "The current naturalized players of the Chinese men's football team are older, such as Exxon, so it is necessary to consider other players to join." ”
Judging from Ivan's statement, his opinion on Exxon has been relatively clear, that is, Lian is quite old and difficult to play a role.
After Ivan took office, he chose to bring Ackerson to the national football list for two periods, the first time was two games against Singapore, Ackerson had just recovered from injury, and then came off the bench to play for a while, nothing remarkable. The second time, Ackerson was also plagued by injuries and did not play much in the games against Thailand and South Korea, sitting on the bench.
Let's go back to the league level, in Chengdu Rongcheng, Ackerson has played a total of 7 games so far this season, averaging 20 minutes per game, plus less than half an hour of injury time, except for a brace against the underdog Qingdao West Coast, the rest of the time is also lackluster. Now, his appearance order is after Tang Chuang and Wu Lei, and Xu Zhengyuan doesn't like to use him anymore.
I have to admit that Ackerson is plagued by injuries, his condition is not as good as before, and the help he can give to the team is very limited, although he previously denied retiring at the end of this season, but now it seems that retirement should be said to be a better choice.
In terms of the selection of personnel for the national team, Ivankovic's first means is to promote newcomers, which can also be seen in the June game, in addition, that is, to strengthen the new naturalized players, in addition to Exxon and Allan, are very old players, in comparison, the rumored little Oscar is definitely more suitable.
Of course, Ivan's statement should attract the attention of the Football Association, and I hope that the Football Association can seize the time and do all the work that should be done.