Nowadays, naturalization has long been popular in Asian soccer. If the national football team wants to go far in the Top 18, naturalization is a necessary step. All naturalized players who can help the national football team should fight for it.
After the national football team advanced, journalist Feng Zhen recognized the performances of naturalized players Jiang Guangtai and Fernando, arguing that without the help of the naturalized players, the national football team would probably not have made it to the Top 18.
As for how the national football team can play in the Top 18, he also suggested: "Naturalize Oscar, right away. If Zhou Dingyang is willing, he better do his best."
This Oscar is not another Oscar! This Oscar, who desperately needs to be naturalized by the national football team, is the Cangzhou Lions' foreigner Oscar, not the Shanghai Port's Oscar. 25 years old, he is in his prime and will only be 27 in 2026.
Currently in their 30s, the national soccer team's naturalized strikers, Eckerson, Allan and Fernando, are long gone from their form. While they are still capable of being China's top strikers, the national soccer team would be like tigers if they had Oscar in the outfield.
This naturalization quota needs to be fought for as hard as possible, and the player himself has basically agreed to it, depending on how the FA does its job.
The other is the Chinese Super League's "immortal runner" Zhou Dingyang. The 30-year-old player averaged running distance Super League champion, large defensive coverage area, a certain offensive ability, is a rare midfield talent. With him, half of the national soccer team's midfield crisis has been solved.
Midfield is indeed the weak position of the national football team. If we can naturalize Zhou Dingyang, the waist is hard, the national football team may get a few more points in the top 18. FA, it's up to you.
Looking at the above, the national soccer team is not without a chance in the Top 18, and it's not small. The key now is to naturalize stronger players and then see if the national soccer coach, Ivankovic, is up to the task, rather than changing to a higher level, younger coach.
