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Beijing time on March 13, the national football team and the Chinese Super League dark horse Meizhou Hakka ushered in a warm-up match at the training base, which is also the first warm-up match after Jankovic took office. According to the official report of the national soccer team, in this match, the national soccer team started two sets of lineups in the first half and the second half. In the 35th minute of the first half, Wu Lei made a breakthrough pass that helped Lin Liangming grab a point in front of the goal, and the national soccer team went into the second half with a one-goal advantage. At the changeover, Jankovic adjusted his lineup to further scout players and practice techniques and tactics. The confrontation between the two sides was intense, but neither side achieved anything. In the end, the score was 1-0 until the end, and the national soccer team ushered in the "first phase of Yankovic's class".
As we all know, the environment of Chinese soccer has been almost paralyzed in the past year. The national soccer team has been on the loose for the past year since the Top 12 loss.The 2022 East Asian Cup also saw the CFA send U23 players to the tournament. Yankovic led a group of young players who don't play in the Chinese Super League to a draw with Japan, giving the foreign coach a lot of points. In the end, Jankovic was seen as giving up the treatment altogether when he took over after the CFA's selections hit a series of walls. However, there is an upside to this, which is that the public pressure on Jankovic is far less than that of his predecessor's coach. After all, the outside world has already hugged it.
Since Jankovic took over, he has made it clear that the goal of the national soccer team is to hit the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico with full force. At the same time, he has also set strict requirements for international players' body fat percentage, which must be below 10%. Jankovic's intensive training has also made some international players uncomfortable. Eckerson's 18% body fat percentage coupled with a number of physical reasons led to him being one of the first international players to retire. In addition, according to the official report of the national soccer team, three defenders decided to temporarily withdraw from the national team. They are Jiang Guangtai, Ren Hang and Liu Yiming. They will return to their clubs and will not participate in the Guangzhou and New Zealand matches.
Jiang Guangtai is the stalwart of the National Football League defense, but his body fat percentage has reached 12%, slightly higher than Yankovic's requirements. In addition, Jiang Guangtai himself has not recovered from some injuries and is unable to play high-intensity matches, which is also to protect Jiang Guangtai. I believe Jiang Guangtai will still be an irreplaceable member of the National Football League defense after his recovery.
As for Ren Hang, he has been out of the national soccer team for many years, and his inclusion is highly controversial. And Ren Hang's body fat percentage has reached 29%, the highest in the team. After Ren Hang followed Wuhan Sanzhen to win the Chinese Super League title, his body shape was seriously out of shape. Now Ren Hang is 34 years old, it is hard to have a place in the national soccer team in the future.
Liu Yiming made a low-level mistake against Iran in the 2019 Asian Cup, which directly led to the second goal conceded. Lippi was so angry after this battle that he resigned. Since then, Liu Yiming was never selected for the national soccer team. This time, Liu Yiming was selected again after four years. With Liu Yiming's departure, his career as an international player could come to an abrupt end. After all, Liu Yiming is already 29 years old.
According to the arrangement, the national football team will travel to Guangzhou on the 16th to participate in the last warm-up match before New Zealand. After that, the national football team will travel to New Zealand to play two warm-up matches against the New Zealand national team. These two matches can be considered as the starting point for the national football team for the 2026 World Cup, which is of great significance.
A few days ago, the outstanding performance of the U20 national football team at the Asian Youth Championships was obvious to all. the U20 national football team, in spite of its poor strength and very passive situation, broke through to the quarter-finals by virtue of its tenacious quality of will and even saw the hope of entering the World Youth Championships for a while. Their defensive counterattack is simple and practical, and may provide an idea for the direction of the national football team in the next ten years. Of course, the most important thing is the spirit of the new national football team. After all, without spirit and desire to win, everything else is nonsense.
