In September, the national soccer team played two warm-up matches, drawing with Malaysia and losing to Syria, leaving fans pessimistic about the prospects of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying round of 36. Djurdjevic led the Asian Games training squad to two consecutive victories in the group stage of the Asian Games, locking up a place in the tournament ahead of schedule. Players such as Tan Long, Gao Tianyi, Liu Yang, Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie and Fang Hao all played well. According to Beijing Youth Daily, due to the preparation of three overage players for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, as well as the young players of the middle generation of the national soccer team, none of them were selected for Yang Kovic's national team. In the warm-up matches between Malaysia and Syria, Jankovic basically utilized the lineup.
However, after the Asian Games, the main players who participated in the Asian Games training team will also become the key target of Jankovic's coaching staff, and the national soccer team's bloodletting program will be kicked off. It is reported that at least five players who participated in the Asian Games training will be selected for the next Yankovic national team. In the matches against Syria and Malaysia, the national team's defense exposed a lot of problems. Harbor Gang's low performance led by Yan Junling, Zhang Lin Miao Wu Lei was also criticized by the fans. They all said that if Jankovic continues to trust the Harbor Gang, the prospects of the national football team for the World Cup qualifiers will be bleak. In the frontline position, naturalized international player Ackerson performed poorly. In the two warm-up matches against Malaysia and Syria, he played 150 minutes for the national soccer team with zero shots on goal. Such embarrassing statistics show that Ekerson's form has plummeted from his peak. He seems to have been assimilated into the slump of the national soccer team. He is no longer Eickson, a golden boot scorer who led Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai Harbor to the Chinese Super League title. With Jankovic likely to revisit other targets in the frontline positions, Eickson's starting spot may not be guaranteed.
Tan Long, 35, represented the Asian Games training team in Hangzhou as an overage player and showed great athleticism by scoring twice against Myanmar. Tan Long is not a forward trained by the Chinese Super League. He left the country at an early age to play in Major League Soccer with the Vancouver Whitecaps. Upon his return to China, he joined Changchun Yatai in the Chinese First Division, picking up a home-made boot in the Chinese First Division and contributing greatly to Yatai's return to the Chinese Super League, which is the centerpiece of Yatai's attack. At the time Yankovic led the East Asian semifinals, Tan Long was the starting center forward for the national soccer team, helping his country win love against Hong Kong.
In addition, Zhang Yuning, the core of the national security offense, will make a comeback around 910 months. Zhang Yuning, who is currently injured in Holland, has not participated in an official game for six months and may need some time to adjust his form to the rhythm of the game. However, his return can enhance the national soccer team's frontline personnel reserves, realize the healthy competition with players such as Ekson and Tan Long, and inspire their best form.
