As the Chinese Super League enters a short break, the national team becomes the main protagonist of Chinese soccer.
Recently, the national soccer team coached by Jankovic, the Olympic Games coached by Cheng Yaodong and the Asian Games team led by Djurdjevic have entered the preparation phase. Tomorrow night, the Olympics will welcome the U23 Asian Cup in Dalian, which is the first opponent of the UAE in the first phase of Asian qualifying for the Paris Olympics. Chinese soccer's new journey to the Olympics is about to take off.
Among the three national teams, Shanghai and its two clubs - Shenhua and Seaport - have been the major exporters of talent. Seaport contributed four players and one Shenhua player to the current national soccer training roster; the Olympic team had three Seaport players and Shenhua contributed five young talents; the Asian Games team had as many as eight players from the Shenhua club. The three teams drew several key players almost simultaneously, adding to Shenhua's difficulties in resting and preparing at the seaport. Shenhua couldn't even get all the players who had participated in the team's confrontation training. Many Shencheng fans laughed and said:¡°Sometimes there are too many players in the team who are troubled by various national level players and also bring."
As the saying goes, priorities, Shenhua and Harbour suffered from staff shortages at one point, which did cause headaches. But after all, the league and the FA Cup are both intervals. At this stage, the outside world is more concerned about, after extracting the players of the two teams, Jankovic and other coaches of the three national teams can make good use of them, and brought some surprises to the fans in Shanghai and around the country.
Yesterday, Chinese men's soccer head coach Jankovic led the team's training in Chengdu and took part in a brief press conference before the routine training. Speaking about the selection and mix of personnel, Yankovic said:Â "The roster of the Chinese national team is always open, and we welcome all (up to standard) players to join. We will keep an eye on the matches that all candidates participate in." In this training, Shenhua captain Wu Xi returned from injury and was given the captaincy by the coaching staff talked about the midfielder. Yankovic said:- "Wu Xi's return is very important for the team, his experience and ability is a good addition to the team."
In addition to the Shenhua captain, Harbor side back Li Shuai was also recruited by the national football team this time, but most of the players selected were exactly the same as in the last training. Jankovic has his own ideas about the main framework of the team. "For the selection of players, we will follow our own principles. The coaching staff has specific requirements for technical and tactical abilities and mental strength. Again, all players who meet the requirements have a chance." It is easy to hear from Yankovic's statement that scouting more players and determining the tactical ideas and playing style remains the main task of the current national soccer team 9 with some time to go before the New World Qualifiers.
Ahead of the national soccer team, the Chinese Olympics, aiming to qualify for the Paris Olympics, will be the first to face the UAE. China were grouped with the UAE, India and Maldives in the first stage of qualifying. Under the tournament system, the first and four best second-placed finishers from the 11 groups will advance to the U23 Asian Cup to be hosted by Qatar next year, with the top three finishers in the Asian Cup earning tickets to the Olympics. For Sung Yeo-dong and his disciples, the first match against the UAE will be a crucial battle for this team to achieve their goal.
