Recently, our national soccer team released a new training roster, and the head coach remains locked in as the
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, has not been replaced by veteran Italian manager Lippi as expected. Overall, there is nothing too controversial about the players on this list, all of whom have been at the top of their game in the league this season. However.
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Only four naturalized players were invited to participate, namely Eckerson, Lo Kok Fu, Alan and Jiang Guangtai. Such a lineup size seems to be a bit of a stretch in the upcoming Top 12 tournament. So, among the many naturalized players in our soccer world, the
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Why were only these 4 picked? What is the status of the other naturalized players? Today, we'll find out.
First of all, we would like to mention the first naturalized player to represent our national soccer team, Li Ke, who plays for Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan. This season, Li Ke has only played 3 matches for Guoan, 2 of which were starts. Although Li Ke's strength is not to be underestimated, he has been plagued by injuries this season. It is reported that Li Ke is suffering from a difficult disease and needs to recuperate before the end of the year, thus he will not be able to appear in this year's Top 12 matches.
Next, let's take a look at Guangzhou winger Fernando, who was once selected for the National Football Training Team but has yet to make an official appearance. To be honest, Fernando is still quite good, and before naturalization, he played for Chongqing for five seasons and was the team's top scorer. However, after arriving at Guangzhou, Fernando spent most of his time in injury, including failing to play due to injury when Li Tie called him up to the training squad. Despite the fans' high hopes for Fernando, many of them lamented the fact that he missed the Top 12 once again due to injury.
Immediately after that, we mentioned Guangzhou midfielder Gao Latter, who Li Tie was very eager to be drafted. To be honest, it's really a great pity for Golat, if not for the sake of entering the Brazilian national team back then, he might have already donned the uniform of our national team. However, this responsibility should not be borne by the Guangzhou team, as Golat's inability to qualify was restricted by the new policy issued by FIFA last year. Nowadays, Golat still plays an important role in the Guangzhou team and has scored a lot of goals this season and has entered the top of the scorer list!
Then, we would like to mention Xiaotao Tao-tao who has the blood of our country and also has the qualification to represent the national soccer team, but can't get a foothold in the Chinese Super League. As the former Peruvian national youth team's main force, and in the Peruvian First Division to play the main force of Xiao Tao Tao, after becoming a naturalized player, did not stand firm in Guangzhou Evergrande, has been loaned to Shanghai Shenxin and Kunshan FC and other teams in the Central League. This season, Xiao Tao Tao only represented Kunshan to play 8 games in the first division, including 3 starts, scoring 1 goal and no assists. To be honest, after naturalizing Xiao Tao Tao, fans are still quite disappointed with this. Jiang Guangtai, who also has blood ties to our country, has already represented the national soccer team in the Top 40. However, Xiao Tao Tao is only 24 years old this year and still has a lot of room to grow.
Lastly, we would like to mention Delgado who has no blood in our country and has not played in China for 5 years, and is considered as a foreigner in whichever country he plays in. To be honest, until now I don't know what Shandong Luneng's considerations were to naturalize Delgado, was it because Delgado was young and saw his potential? Perhaps this possibility is not small. This season, Shandong Taishan promoted Delgado from the reserve team to the first team due to the failure of two foreign aiders to return, and enrolled him in this season's Chinese Super League. In seven appearances and three starts, Delgado scored three goals, a decent overall performance. And Xiao Tao Tao, Delgado this year is only 24 years old, wait three years to meet the conditions, Delgado is not without the possibility of selecting the national football team.
Overall, our national soccer team has naturalized quite a few players, but when it comes to actual use, only a handful of them are found to be available. Li Ke and Fernando due to injuries, Gaolat and Delgado due to ineligibility, and Xiaotao Tao-tao and Beijing Guoan marquee player Hou Yongyong due to lack of strength. What do people think about this?
