On May 20, Beijing Youth Daily reported that the intensive schedule of the Chinese Super League has caused injuries to a number of international or national players, including Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning, Wang Gang, He Chaolian League and Zhang Linmiao. This has caused trouble and uncertainty for the national and men's soccer teams, which will be focusing on their preparations in June.
During the "Beijing-Shanghai Battle" between Shenhua and Guoan, Shenhua's captain Wu Xi, Guoan's main striker Zhang Yuning, right main defender Wang Gang and other players were absent due to injury. Guoan team is the previous full-time standard bearer, the main attacker Yang Liyu until the 60th minute or so to play. Left back Li Lei, who also previously held a full-time record, didn't come on as a substitute until the end of the match as debutant Nai Bijiang suffered cramps.
The injured players are far more than just the ones mentioned above. In the training the day before the seventh round of the Chinese Super League against Zhejiang, Hong Kong's main defender Zhang Linmiao accidentally strained his leg muscles and missed the round. In addition, Henan Wang Shangyuan and other players also have different degrees of injuries.
For all clubs, the above players are indispensable pillar players. Their injuries will also adversely affect the new training session for the Chinese men's soccer team and the men's Asian Games, which may have a greater impact on the men's Asian Games.
In fact, the reason why Jankovic, the head coach of the national soccer team, and Djurdjevic, the head coach of the men's soccer team for the Asian Games, have been visiting CSL players so frequently lately is that they want to visit as many CSL players as possible and select the best players to be in the teams' preparation list lineups. This means that the men's soccer team will inevitably see an increase in the number of overage international candidates for the squad.
