According to the relevant regulations of the AFC, the teams participating in the round of 18 must submit their primary squads on August 5 at the latest. According to Beijing Youth Daily, head coach Ivankovic has drawn up a 52-man squad. The players who finally participated in the top 18 of the national football team have to choose among them, and in the past month, the head coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, and members of the coaching staff have been rushing to the home stadiums of the Chinese Super League. The coaching staff of the national football team has also changed, and Shao Jiayi resigned to join Qingdao West Coast.
Before the deadline, there was only one round of Super League matches in the Chinese Super League, and there were exactly two big games, Shandong Taishan team against Shanghai Port at 19:25 on August 3, and Guoan at home against Shanghai Shenhua on August 4. These four teams are all big internationals, so these two games almost contain players that Ivankovic values so much. Even though the two games were next to each other, Ivankovic chose to run non-stop. Ivankovic has been to the Gongti stadium many times this season, and some fans ridiculed, buy an annual pass.
Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, Zhu Chenjie, Liu Yang and Jiang Guangtai and other international players, in fact, do not need to be inspected, regardless of status, as long as there is no injury trouble, they will definitely be selected into the final squad. Since the primary selection can be signed up for the 52-man squad, the scope of Ivankovic's inspection is also increasing, not necessarily the absolute main force of each team, and some substitute players are also worth examining. Beijing Guoan has a number of players who are in line with the national football team's employment ideas, Fang Hao, Cao Yongjing, and even Nabijiang, who only played 4 times.
Among the other regular international players, Lin Liangming was absent due to injury last time and has been in average form in recent rounds, but considering that Wei Shihao is difficult to be selected, Lin Liangming's position is also very stable, but he needs to improve his condition. After joining Guoan, the lack of unlimited firing rights led to a lack of obvious effects. Naturalized Li Ke has a "love and hatred" with the national football team, and whether he can be selected again has nothing to do with ability. The players that Shenhua will focus on will be Fernando and Wang Haijian, and it is a pity that Bao Yaxiong is suspended.
Han Jiaqi and Bao Yaxiong are expected to be direct opponents in the competition for the four doors, and Wang Zhenao of Shanghai Port has been absent for a long time and it is difficult to continue to be selected. The players of the Shandong Taishan team have been in a more negative state recently, and in the face of the game of the harbor, will the Shandong Taishan team still have to "rot"? Not for the sake of the team, but also for his international career, Wu Xinghan still has a chance, and he will return against the Harbour game. Midfielders Li Yuanyi, Liao Lisheng and Huang Zhengyu are three midfielders, within the scope of the national football team's inspection, and the youngster Abdul Suli is also in the Ivan plan as a young player.
At 18:35 on September 5, the national football team ushered in the first match of the round of 18, away against Japan, Ivankovic has sent an assistant coach to the away team to inspect some stadiums, transportation, hotels and other conditions in advance, and take precautions. The first home match of the national football team against the Saudi Arabian team will be played at the Barracuda Bay Stadium in Dalian, and the second home game against Indonesia will be hosted by Qingdao. The national football team has made full preparations for the round of 18, although there are no new naturalized players, but with the current staffing of the national football team, even if the naturalization is increased, the improvement is not large, and it ultimately depends on Ivankovic's tactical arrangement.