What do you all think about the upcoming warm-up matches between the national soccer team, Myanmar and Palestine?
Currently, Jankovic is leading the new training squad of the national soccer team in intensive tactical exercises. The players selected for the national soccer team this time were Yankovic's final decision after visiting a large number of leagues. However, there have been some minor mishaps. For example, Wei Shihao and Deng Hanwen could not report to the national team due to injuries, so the coaching staff had no choice but to select Liu Binbin instead. In addition, Wu Xi is also in the program. In addition, Barton, who was in excellent form, was forced to miss training for various reasons.
Even though the lineup was not 100% ideal for himself, the importance of the game was not discounted in any way.
As a matter of fact, before forming this training team, Jankovic's main idea was to give more chances to some young players with potential, so that they could grow up as soon as possible. As for those old international players, there are only a few that Jankovic can afford to look at. But why are these current training internationals basically older players?
The FA also attaches great importance to this training. Considering the current situation of Chinese soccer and the strength of the opponents in the warm-up matches, the FA expressed its thoughts in the process of communicating with Jankovic and hoped that the national football team could win these two opponents first, instead of causing trouble to Chinese fans on this international match day. After all, they have already lost to Vietnam before, and if they lose to Myanmar again, the pressure on Chinese soccer and the FA is really unbearable. Secondly, under the premise of winning, it is important to keep the field as suppressed as possible, in other words, the process must look good! The reason is not difficult to understand, that is, since the opponent is of average strength, you should use your own country.
This request obviously made it a bit difficult for Jankovic. Having worked in the national team for so many years, Jankovic must know very well what level the national soccer team is. So when he took over the national soccer team, he also had a clear understanding and positioning, and naturally had his own ideas for team building and development.
Those former old internationals are certainly still capable and experienced, but they are mentally and experienced to the limit. It's basically unrealistic for you to ask them to show a better game. Why not take advantage of a valuable warm-up and give the young promising players of the future a chance?
At first, the HKFA also took this into consideration. However, apart from the pressure of public opinion and face-saving, I also want to send some outstanding young players to the Asian Games, the Olympics and younger U teams. After all, the national teams of all age groups will have tournament duties in the future. If all the good young players are concentrated in the national soccer team, it will inevitably lead to a drop in the performance of other national teams. Also, it would be a waste for you not to use the older international players who can play.
Jankovic had no choice but to take the FA's opinion into account and re-select the national soccer players. This says a lot about the players we have now and further explains why the new national soccer training squad is still too old.
With the current lineup, it won't be hard for the national team to beat Myanmar and Palestine, and the process shouldn't be too bad. But will this older lineup last until the next World Cup? Those good young players can't be baptized by Jankovic's tactics soon enough. When do they have to wait? When will the FA really let Jankovic build the team according to his own ideas? Don't interfere or tell them how to arrange their troops and tactical arrangements or they will only become more and more helpful. When will Chinese soccer come out on top?
