China's soccer team in the match with the Hong Kong team unfortunately lost 1 to 2, this campaign has made the domestic soccer world on the status quo of the national football team has a more thorough insight. In the past, the national football team in the fight with the Asian powers can still maintain the undefeated body, although not repeatedly win, but at least to ensure that zero loss. However, nowadays, the national football team is facing the situation that any opponent may be defeated, no guarantee can be said. After the defeat of the Hong Kong team, the domestic soccer community once again discussed how to improve the strength of the national football team. Admittedly, this issue has been discussed for a long time, and I firmly believe that we should be down-to-earth rather than over-ambitious.
We need to put our feet on the ground, and we need to put it into practice at all levels. For example, taking overseas soccer as an example, we have aspired to be in the top European leagues, but are the players strong enough and at the right level? Perhaps the players of yesteryear possessed these conditions, but the current players have clearly not yet reached them. Domestic top player Wu Lei had a difficult journey in La Liga and failed to gain a solid foothold. Therefore, our overseas players should perhaps adjust their expectations and follow Wu's example by choosing the Turkish second division, which is a more realistic starting point for players. Even the neighboring Asian leagues could be an option.
According to domestic media reports, this winter transfer window, one of our men's soccer players went to the Japanese league trial training. Compared to the foreign trip to Europe, the attraction and impact of the Japanese J-League seems to be slightly less, but whether it is the national team or the league, Japanese soccer has fully surpassed our country. For players who choose the J-League, the exercise value and gain far beyond the Chinese Super League, as long as to ensure participation, the J-League will provide players with more help. We must not underestimate the J-League, its level has reached the top of Asia, and we need to at least reach the first-class level in Asia to be eligible to compete in the World Cup.
There is no definite word yet on which players will be going to the J-League for trials. These players may only be on a trial basis, not a transfer, so they may not be at the national team level, or they may be young players or non-national team level players from the Chinese Super League. But whatever the level, playing in the J-League is always more beneficial than at home. Fans may want to look forward to this overseas development path, because even if they go to the J-League, the strength of the players will be greatly improved. Chen Binbin, the former captain of the China Harbor team and a member of the national Olympic team, has not even made an appearance in the J3 league, and has rarely even made it onto the playing roster.
If we can unearth 11 players in the J-League who can be starters to make up the national team's starting lineup, the matchup with Thailand will be less of a struggle. In the 36-team tournament, the national team had a tough match against Thailand, winning 2-1. Recently, Thailand's warm-up matches with Japan's second and even third teams have been very smooth, with the Japanese team beating Thailand by 5 goals. These Japanese players are all from the J-League, so it would certainly be a huge step forward if our national team players could reach the level of J-League starters.
