The Chinese Super League (CSL) is in full swing and Jankovic, the head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, has been scouting players at major CSL venues. The draw for the first two rounds of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup will be held on July 27, according to the official news from the Asian Football Confederation. According to the latest Asian rankings, the national soccer team is ranked 11th and will only be able to participate in the draw in the second slot, which makes the situation quite difficult for them to advance.
As we all know, the return of the national football team in the last World Qualifier highlighted the lack of coaching ability of Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng at the same time, the level of the national football players is also difficult to say. In addition, Li Tie, with a number of naturalized players, compressed their playing time and refused to arrange them to start at the same time, which also made the outside world quite dissatisfied. Now that Yankovic has become the coach of the national soccer team, he will surely throw out his bias and treat the national soccer players equally.
However, embarrassingly, Aixon, Fernando, Luo Guofu and other players returned to the Brazilian league as the Chinese Super League suffered from the effects of gold-dollar soccer. Fortunately, after the efforts of Chengdu Rongcheng and Shandong Taishan, Aixon and Fernando were invited back to the Chinese Super League this season. It's worth noting that Qingdao Hainiu have been in contact with Alan in order to survive relegation, and if Alan can also return to play soccer in the Chinese Super League, Jankovic will have more people to choose from as well. After all, with the strength of Ekson, Allan and Fernando, they could have a place in the national soccer team.
However, even if Iverson, Fernando and Allan were able to make the National Soccer Team, based on their positions, the National Soccer Team would still have a major disadvantage because they are forwards and the National Soccer Team has only one naturalized player in the defense in Kwangtae Kang, so if you can add naturalized players in the back line, the National Soccer Team's hopes of making it to the World Cups in the United States, Canada, and Mexico would be increased.
Coincidentally, according to several journalists, 28-year-old Shanghai Shenhua player of Chinese descent Yann Xinli is in line with FIFA's naturalization policy. Yann Xinli started out in Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes youth training as a wingback. He has been playing in the Slovenian and Finnish leagues. Yann Xinli joined Shanghai Shenhua this season and quickly became a mainstay of the Shenhua team. He is technically distinctive, aggressive and hard-working, with excellent passing ability and quite good assisting ability.
Of course, the national team has a lot of people to choose from at right back, for example, tomorrow, Li Ang and Ji Xiang are all very good. However, the successful naturalization of Yan Xinli is not only a positive sign for Wu Jingui, but also encouraging news for Jankovic. After all, it will give Yankovic more options in lining up his squad. In this regard.
