September 12 - Tonight the national soccer team will take on old rival Syria in a warm-up match. Prior to the match, the T&T Daily News published a forward-looking analysis of the national soccer team's lineup changes, claiming that Jankovic will screen players through this match.
The national soccer team played two consecutive warm-up matches in a short period of time, and Jankovic may make bigger adjustments to the lineup.9 Against Malaysia, the national soccer team had 17 players, only Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Wu Lei, and Deng Hanwen, and except for Deng Hanwen, the remaining four were port players, and the Taishan team of Wang Dalei, Chen Pu, and Sun Guowen didn't have a chance to play, except for Zhang Jiaqi, Liu Dengzheng, Wei Zhen, and Barton Failed to play.
Given the restart of the CSL 15, Jankovic may be more balanced in terms of players' playing time. In the match against Syria, the national soccer team can adjust several positions. In goal, Yan Junling has been questioned, and it will be a bright spot to see if Wang Dalei and Liu Dengzheng will get a chance. In the backline, Li Shuai has returned to Shanghai after being injured in the last game and will miss the match against Syria. Left backs Li Lei and Sun Guowen are vying for the main positions, center back Wei Zhen could see playing time, and there are relatively few candidates for right back, with Wang Shenchao likely to start, depending on Jankovic's formation choices.
In the midfield and up front, the midfielders Wang Shangyuan, Xu Xin and Zhang Jiaqi may rotate on the field, while on the offensive end Xie Pengfei, Wang Ziming, Barton and Chen Pu will have more chances. Overall, Jankovic is more likely to adjust the starting lineup based on the first game and the physical condition of the players.
For Jankovic, this match against Syria is also an opportunity to screen players. If some international players can't give their all in the national team, they shouldn't continue to give them a chance. In addition, young players from the Olympic and Asian Games teams can be subject to call-ups during the national soccer training in October, when the national soccer team may have a new lineup and the rejuvenation of the overall lineup is inevitable.
