Given that this phase of intensive training for China's soccer team is in preparation for two important away matches against Japan on January 27 and Vietnam on February 1, China
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The final choice will be to allocate as many places as possible to the team on the trip. Meanwhile, China
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The number of official working groups has been significantly reduced compared to the number during the 40-team tournament and the first six rounds of the 12-team tournament. Currently, the detailed staff quota allocation plan for the delegation is tentatively set at 51 team members and 9 working groups. The nine working group members include one of the association's main leaders and those in charge of competition, foreign affairs and media.
The quota for our soccer team to visit the country has been limited to 51, suggesting that nearly half of the players in this training session will not be able to take part in the away trips to Japan and Vietnam.
The competition among players for a place on the trip is also objective. Although head coach Li Xiaopeng said that the first internal teaching match on the 16th will be combined with training and selection of the "starting lineup", and is expected to travel with the team most of the players are veterans of the previous World Preliminary League, but if during this period there are some potential newcomers, especially young players perform well, the coaching staff does not rule out the possibility of bringing them as a replacement to the away from home. In addition, as there is still uncertainty about whether several naturalized players will be able to join the team during the tournament, the coaching staff will objectively need to select suitable candidates from the reserve team in order to add them to the squad for the tournament at any time.
