Recently, our national football
The Ball Association has unveiled the new issue of
The national team's 31-man training squad aims to prepare for the World Cup qualifying round of 12, which kicks off in September. Although Guangzhou's naturalized player Fei
Nando's injury has left him out of the squad, but Guangzhou still has eight players on the list, making it the club with the most players on the national team training list, and the "cradle of international players". Meanwhile, the two Chinese Super League (CSL) powerhouses, Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan, each had six players selected, while Shanghai Harbor, which leads the table, had three players selected.
Compared with the last training list, the current list has changed a lot. Tan Long, Li Ke, Tang Miao, Zheng Zheng, Ji Xiang, Ming Ri and other players failed to continue to be selected, while Guo Tianyu, Xu Xin, Wang Gang, Gao Junyi, Wang Qiuming, Luo Guofu, Barton, Zhu Chenjie and other eight "newcomers" to join them. It is worth mentioning that one player failed to be selected, which surprised many fans, and that is Yan Dinghao, who is currently the king of assists in the Chinese Super League. If you don't check the Chinese Super League standings, I believe most fans won't know who the current Chinese Super League assist king is, is it Shanghai harbor foreign aid Oscar? Or is it Yang Liyu? Or is it Gao Lin? No, it's Yan Dinghao, who is regarded as Zheng Zhi's successor!
Yan Dinghao faces Beijing Guoan in 2019 with Fei
Nando fell to the ground in pain after grabbing the ball and unfortunately suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament injury in his left knee. Fortunately, Yan Dinghao is young, and at 21 years old, he has recovered quickly, and the Guangzhou team has promised to provide him with the best medical rehabilitation conditions, allowing him to make a successful return this season. So far, Yan Dinghao has contributed 6 assists in 14 matches, ranking him at the top of the Chinese Super League's assists list. With the return of superstar foreigner Paulino, he has become the most consistent player among Guangzhou's midfielders in terms of playing time, and has the highest number of passes and success rate of passes in the team in every game (these two figures are ranked No. 2 in the entire Chinese Super League, with the first one being Sun Junhao).
In the 2019 season, Yan Dinghao had been selected as the monthly U21 Player of the Month candidate several times, both in terms of footwork and passing accuracy are higher than half of his peers, undoubtedly become the core of the Guangzhou team's midfield. However, it's a pity that he didn't make it to the national team. Why did he fail to make the national team despite such an outstanding performance? According to reports, Li Tie carefully examined a number of young players such as Yan Dinghao and Guo Tianyu, who, with his excellent sense of smell in front of the goal, succeeded in being selected as the current Chinese Super League's top local scorer, while Yan Dinghao was defeated by players such as Xu Xin and Yin Hongbo, and was unfortunately unable to be selected as a member of the national team.
It seems reasonable that Yan Dinghao was not selected for the national team due to his tactics and his relatively weak body. Although Yan Dinghao was not selected for the national team this time, it is not a bad thing, as he can prevent injuries and focus on the team's preparation for the second phase of the game. It is worth mentioning that Gao Junyi, who was previously dropped from the first phase of the list, as well as Luo Guofu, who lost weight successfully, have been re-included, so the eight people who have made it into the national team's training list this time around are: Alan, Ekerson, Wei Shihao, Luo Guofu, Zhang Linpeng, Gao Junyi, Jiang Guangtai, and Liu Tingzai.
According to the arrangement, the national team will start training and preparation in Shanghai on August 17, which will last until November. The Chinese team's first two matches will be away to Australia on Sept. 2 and home to Japan on Sept. 7, respectively. Currently, among the top 12 teams, only China and Australia have yet to determine the venue for their respective home games. Judging from the current situation, the national team will probably put their home in Doha, Qatar.
