Xie Wenneng and Zhao Bo were selected to the national team for the first time as absolute newcomers. They showed a solid technical foundation and good athletic condition while representing their clubs in the competition. However, young Xie Wenneng, as an Olympic-age player, has the important task of helping the Olympic team compete for the men's soccer ticket to the Paris Olympics. According to the plan, the Olympic team will travel to West Asia on March 21 to prepare for the new U23 Asian Cup and the Olympic Preliminary Final. During this period, the team will also participate in no less than six warm-up matches. Therefore, the Olympic team is also in great need of raiders like Xie Wenneng to reinforce the frontline. As the national football team has recruited a number of good attacking players such as Zhang Yuning, Barton, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao and Lin Liangming in this period, naturalized player Eckerson has returned to the team after undergoing rehabilitation treatment. Under these circumstances, Coach Ivan's team finally decided to release Xie Wenneng so that he could help the Olympic team in time.
As for Zhao Bo's failure, it has nothing to do with his ability. But in the goalie position, the team has stocked up three experienced goalies, Yan Junling, Wang Dalei and Liu Dengzheng. Due to the limited number of entries for the official tournament, the coaching staff enrolled three goalkeepers as per usual and had to give up Zhao Bo for the time being. Li Yuanyi, Wang Zhenao and Cheng Jin ended up staying with the team, which actually fulfills the national soccer team's need to strengthen its personnel in all walks of life. Ivankovic has previously stated that the national soccer team will recruit about two new players to the team for each training session in the future. This practice actually helps to optimize the team's competition and speeds up the renewal of personnel blood.
It is reported that before the training on the evening of the 17th, Ivankovic will brief the media on this training, and he will also give specific explanations for the selection of candidates.
The list of 26 players in the Singapore national football team is as follows:
Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Yan Junling, Jiang Guangtai, Wang Zhen'ao, Wang Dalei, Liu Yang, Gao Junyi, Chen Pu, Li Yuanyi, Fei Nando, Cheng Jin, Wei Shihao, Eckerson, Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Gao Tianyi, Xie Pengfei, Li Lei, Lin Liangming, Zhang Yuning, Liu Dangzheng, Deng Hanwen, Barton, Wang Shangyuan
