Since this week, the Chinese National Team (CNT), which is based in Shanghai for closed training, has entered the stage of deepening its tactical strategy. The team has assembled 44 local players, except for Shandong Taishan player Guo Tianyu, who left the team due to personal matters.
The team's 25-man roster for the trip to Japan may emerge in the late afternoon of Jan. 20, when the team will have its second round of internal battles during training.
At lunchtime on the 16th, the team was divided into two teams, red and white, and had a fierce confrontation under the command of assistant coaches Li Jinyu and Chen Yang. The red team was captained by Wu Xi, while the white team was led by Artemisia Junmin. In the end, Zhu Chenjie and Wang Ziming scored goals in the first and second half respectively, and the two teams shook hands 1-1. In the teaching match, which lasted 50 minutes, players such as Zhang Xizhe, Yin Hongbo and Li Ang were absent due to muscular discomfort, while Dalian Ren's Li Shuai, Shenzhen's Dai Weijun, and the international players who participated in the AFC Cup final did not participate.
At present, it seems that the possibility of several naturalized players flying directly from Brazil to Japan to compete is gradually decreasing. If there are no accidents, the national football team to Japan to participate in the 25-player list, will be reserved for three to stay in the ocean Wu Lei, Li Lei and Dubai's Jiang Guangtai, the remaining 22 will be selected from the current Shanghai training players.
Of particular concern is that Liu Ruowan vanadium, who just helped Chengdu Rongcheng to complete the super task on January 12, and Li Shenglong, who played in the final of the AFC Cup on January 9, reported to the team later, but they were given the opportunity to appear in the confrontation match on January 16th. The coaching team took this opportunity to give young players such as Liu Ruowan vanadium and Li Shenglong more chances to play, which may indicate that the list of the Chinese team to go to Japan will appear "fresh blood", and it is not ruled out that there are a number of young players to be selected. This decision is not only a response to the absence of naturalized players, but also a reserve of talent for the future renewal of the Chinese team.
Unsurprisingly, the grouping will be adjusted for the second round of the match on the 20th. Some of the players who did not make their debut may have the opportunity to play, and many young players are expected to continue to receive detailed examination by the coaching staff. As the most intuitive demonstration of the players' current physical condition, these two matches will become an important basis for the coaching staff to select the players for the trip. The team will depart on the 23rd, time is short, so after the confrontation on the 20th, head coach Li Xiaopeng and his team will work together to determine the list of travelers, and fine-tune it according to the actual situation before departure.
Although the departure list has not yet been finalized, all members of the team have completed the booster shots of the new crown vaccine in accordance with the exit requirements. Affected by the epidemic, the Japanese government since the end of November last year continued to prohibit foreigners from entering the country. However, in view of the 12 strong match has "high public welfare", the relevant departments of Japan specially approved China and Saudi Arabia two teams to enter the country to participate in the competition, the game will be played in the territory of Japan. In response to Japan's epidemic prevention requirements, the total number of national football team entrants will be strictly controlled within 60 people, of which 51 for the team personnel (25 players and 9 members of the Association of Football Association working group), the remaining 9 for the coaching staff and logistics personnel.
According to the plan, the Chinese men's football team will take a chartered flight from Shanghai to Japan in the afternoon of January 23, is expected to arrive in Tokyo in the evening. Upon arrival, the national football team will enter the "bubble" closed epidemic prevention mode, and daily nucleic acid test.
