In a warm-up match against Vietnam, the national soccer team celebrated its first win in nearly two months with a 2-0 defeat. Compared to a month ago, the national soccer team's player lineup has changed dramatically, with many Asian Games players being transferred to the national team.
In the match against Vietnam, coach Yankovic lined up a 352 formation in order to control the midfield, using new Fang Hao and Liu Yang for the two wingbacks, with Ngo Sai and Li Ke still starting in the midfield positions.
From the first half performance of the national football team, Wu Xi and Li Ke did not play the role of connecting the front and back field, the pivot of offense and defense. Therefore, Jankovic also replaced Wu Xi with Dai Weijun in the second half, and then the national soccer team gradually controlled the situation on the field, and substitute Wang Qiuming scored the team's first goal.
Although he is still a mainstay of the national soccer team, the 34-year-old Wusi has seriously declined. He is no longer a mainstay of the Shenhua team in the league, and he has been struggling more and more with his performance in the national team. As a result, many fans have called on Jankovic to drop Wusi and replace him with a younger, more dynamic player.
In that regard, some Shanghai fans thought they could use a midfielder from Hong Kong, but lost out on the national team training roster to replace Wu Xi in the main midfield of national soccer.
However, according to media reports in Shandong, a current Hong Kong international player could not represent the national soccer team because he was taken away by the authorities in the Chinese Super League and said it was not safe for the player to pay 5 million yuan.
While the media did not reveal the name of the international player who may have been taken away for investigation in the article, fans should also know who the player is.
The player studied in Europe and played for La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid. After returning to China, he joined Guangzhou Evergrande, who were in full swing at the time, and won two Chinese Super League titles and an FA Cup with the team.
Evergrande didn't lag behind as he joined Shandong Taishan for the 2021 season and quickly became the team's primary midfielder as Taishan won their third Chinese Super League double in club history this season.
However, after only one season playing for Taishan, the player was poached by Shanghai Harbor with a high salary, which caused a lot of controversy between Shandong and Shanghai fans at that time. After joining the Harbor team, the player's performance could not be compared to when he played for Taishan.
Taking red cards and being in bad shape due to lack of training and lack of fitness made him once abandoned by the then Hong Kong coach Leko. This season, after Javier became the coach of Hong Kong, the player returned to the team's main lineup, but his performance in the league is still unsatisfactory. With only three rounds left in the Chinese Super League, he has yet to get a goal or an assist.
Nonetheless, the player has been selected for the national team several times this year and only lost for the first time this month. In response, some fans believe this is due to his poor performances in recent warm-up matches, but there are also rumors that he has recently been taken away for investigation by the relevant authorities.
Of course, these gossips have not yet been confirmed. But in the domestic soccer "anti-corruption" storm is still not over, who can guarantee that such news is certainly not true?
