According to a report from Sports Weekly's Madsing reporter, the new 25-man roster for the National Olympics does not include any overseas players for the time being, but it is expected that some of the overseas players will return to their home countries to join the team.
The latest training list of China's 2001 age group U22 National Olympic Team was announced on August 17 after completing flight training at the Xianghe base on August 16, and the final training will take place in Dalian on the 19th to make a final push for the upcoming Olympic preliminaries next month.
Most of the 25 players announced this time are those who followed the National Olympic Team to Croatia and Belgium for overseas training in the first half of this year. Only five players failed to follow the team to Europe for overseas training, namely Tao Qianglong and Huang Zihao, who followed the three Wuhan towns to play in the Chinese Super League and Huang Zihao followed the Nanjing city to play in the Chinese League. In addition, Efirdin, a striker who was playing overseas at the time, has now returned to Guangzhou. Two strikers, Han Dong and Fernando, replaced Mafuyu and Baihelamu respectively, both of whom took part in overseas training, with Baihelamu having to sit out due to injury.
From the looks of things, this recruitment has basically gathered some of the best players of this age group in China. The only regret is that Liu Junxian, a striker who has moved to Pingguo Ha Rang in the Central League, is not in the announced list because he is still injured, but it is said that Liu Junxian will recover in a week or so. Therefore, it is feared that Liu Junxian will be additionally recruited into the team.
In addition to these, there were several players playing overseas, such as Jia Bo Yan, He Xiao Ke, Li Hao, Liu Shao Ziyang, Wang Bowen and Li Xian Thanh, to name a few. Because these players are not FIFA designated national team game window, they can not return home early to participate in training, only in the Olympic preliminaries a few days before the rush back to the country. Now, the coaching staff of the National Olympic Team is in close contact with these overseas players. They will travel to Dalian to meet the team at that time, but will certainly not participate in the preliminary training.
