Since Yankovic's reign, the National Football League has not been convincingly competent.
The 36-team Asian qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup will kick off on Thursday. The Chinese men's soccer team, which is currently training in Shenzhen, will take an Air China flight to Thailand on Nov. 14 to prepare for the opening match of the world qualifying tournament against Thailand on the night of Nov. 16th.
On November 9, the national soccer team coached by Jankovic assembled in Shenzhen and began training and preparing for the match the next day. This time, the Chinese team recruited 24 players, the only European player Wu Shaocong rushed back to China from Turkey last night to join the team, while the Harbor team's center back Jiang Guangtai was unable to participate in the training and China-Thailand battle due to injury, so the team added Shenzhen team's right back Xu Haofeng.
The biggest controversy with this list is that the immigrant player Eckerson, who is currently playing for Chengdu Rongcheng, has been excluded. Ickerson has been in mediocre form this season, but the national soccer team does not have a good replacement. There are only four players who can play as a center forward under Jankovic's command - Wu Lei, Tan Long, Zhang Yuning and Xie Weijun. Of these, Xie Weijun has no international experience and Zhang Yuning has just recovered from a serious injury and his form is unclear. Jiang Guangtai's absence also took a huge toll on the Chinese team. Aside from failing to attend Yankovic's first training session since taking over due to injury, Jiang Guangtai has been the core center back of the national soccer team, with only Wu Jie and Yang Weiqi. It was recently changed to.
The overall strength of the Chinese team has declined significantly in recent years, and Jankovic has failed to show great training ability. The national soccer team performed very poorly in the four warm-up matches held in the international match window in September and October. Veteran Wu Xi said in an interview:"(Thailand) away games are still difficult to play, including the weather and other aspects. But we will definitely prepare for the difficulties." Wu Lei admitted that China now has no advantage in Asia and its strength has dropped from before. "But it doesn't mean we will give up and lose confidence. No matter what kind of opponent we face, we must give our best."
According to the tournament system, the top thirty-six teams are divided into nine groups of four, with the top two advancing to the next stage of the World Qualifier. China's Group C includes South Korea, Thailand and Singapore, with the national soccer team battling Thailand for second place in the group.After finishing off Thailand on the road on Nov. 16, the Chinese team will return to Shenzhen, where it will face its strongest rival in the group, South Korea, on Nov. 21 at home.
