As the curtain rises on the national soccer team's preparations for the Haikou training session, the team has appointed a special person to actively contact overseas players. Currently, the team has notified Li Lei to handle visa matters for Oman. At the same time, continuous online communication has been maintained with the five naturalized players. However, it is still unknown whether these five players will finally arrive in West Asia to join the team.
According to the Beiqing Daily reporter learned from the national football team, in view of Alan and Luo Guofu two naturalized players in the recent 12 strong match performance is not satisfactory, the Chinese team coach and management team from the perspective of preparation for responsible and team unity, decided to recently on several naturalized players for a comprehensive assessment. To this end, the CFA hired a foreign physical fitness coach to conduct various physical tests in the naturalized players' countries. Only the indicators meet the requirements of the coaching team of the national football team, they will be finally selected. Relevant sources of the national football team explained: "Players who participate in the World Qualification Tournament must go all out. Physically and mentally, they must be secure, otherwise, they cannot be drafted."
In fact, during the three teaching matches in Haikou, manager Li Xiaopeng not only tested the technical level of the players, but also assessed the athletic state and will quality of the international players in order to select players suitable for the final two rounds of the 12-team tournament. Strict selection and hiring criteria is the key for the CFA and national team coaching staff to ensure team unity. As a team source said, "There can be no blind superstition about any player. The interests of the team must be safeguarded. If the team cannot meet the requirements technically and spiritually, so-called 'big name' players can be disregarded."
According to the plan, the Chinese team will continue warming up on the 12th and 15th after warming up with Yatai on the 9th. Before that, the team had considered playing two warm-ups with the U23 national football team. But because the two national teams will go to West Asia to participate in different games, and the U23 national football team has not participated in international games for more than two years, in order to avoid intensive warm-ups lead to player injuries, the national football team finally decided to only with the U23 national football team in the 15th for a warm-up. As for the 12th warm-up opponent, is expected to remain Changchun Yatai team.
