Source: Beijing Youth Daily
According to the plan, once the Chinese team determines that it cannot participate in the two round of 12 matches in November at home, the whole team will leave around November 6 to participate in the two matches in the neutral match uae Sharjah, UNITED Arab Emirates. According to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, because the whole team will return to China after playing the game with the Australian team on November 16, it will not stay abroad for more than 2 weeks. In this case, the coaching staff is likely to have a moderate drawdown of the existing international squad. Wu Lei is likely to travel to Sharjah to meet the national football team after representing Espanyol in La Liga with Granada on November 6.
As of the morning of October 26, the venue arrangement information about the home matches of the two round of 12 matches of the Chinese team in November has not yet been officially confirmed. At present, the preparation of the Chinese team is still proceeding step by step. For more than a week, the Chinese team has gone to the venue of Suzhou Taihu Lake Football Base almost every afternoon for outdoor training, and the "two exercises a day" is also interspersed with arrangements during this period.
According to the calendar, the Chinese team will face Oman in the fifth round of the round of 12 and Australia in the 6th round on November 11 and 16 respectively. If the match is confirmed to be held in the United Arab Emirates, then the whole team will depart for Home China as soon as November 17, local time, compared with the previous period of nearly 50 days of overseas travel, the national football team will not stay abroad for more than 2 weeks.
In the last western expedition, the national football team called in 32 players to deal with possible unexpected situations such as personnel injuries. However, judging from the actual combat situation in the first 4 rounds of the round of 12, 9 players such as Dong Chunyu, Wang Dalei, Liu Dianzuo, Wang Shangyuan, Li Lei, Xu Xin, Wang Qiuming, Barton and Guo Tianyu failed to play. Among these 9 people, except for Li Lei, who once served as the main left-back of the team, the remaining 8 people are currently the team's "iron substitutes" and are even excluded from the competition registration list. Then, given that the expedition is limited to two games in November, the coaching staff of the national football team has to consider streamlining the lineup and temporarily leaving the team those players who do not meet the team's technical and tactical needs in the short term. This can, on the one hand, reduce unnecessary waste of human resources, on the other hand, it will also help players to cooperate with the club team to prepare for the cup and league matches.
It is worth noting that defender Zhang Linpeng, who caused a muscle strain in his left thigh in the final stage of the round of 12 and the final stage of the sand game, has been nearing recovery after recent recuperation, and he will most likely not miss the November game. Since the collective isolation of the Chinese team did not end until the 28th of this month, after which the whole team will be moved to Shanghai, it is unlikely that the coaching staff will supplement other players in this period.
As in previous preparations, Wu Lei, who plays for Espanyol, will meet the national football team a few days before the match. The calendar shows that Espanyol will play Granada at home in the 13th round of La Liga on the afternoon of November 6, local time. Once the Chinese team confirms the western expedition, it will also leave around November 6, which means that Wu Lei can completely leave for the national football match after participating in the current round of La Liga matches. (Reporter Chu Peng)
(Source: Beijing Youth Daily)
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