Beijing Youth Daily recently conducted an in-depth analysis of the national soccer team's upcoming Asian Cup roster, revealing that Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Tao Tao is expected to come out on top of the 26-member roster to be unveiled next week, sparking eager anticipation among a crowd of fans.
It is reported that in order to prepare for the Asian Cup, which will start on January 12, the national football team is scheduled to regroup on December 17 and start a three-week closed training in the United Arab Emirates, during which four warm-up matches will be played. The performance will be directly related to the position of the head coach Jankovic. Jankovic is at risk of being sacked in the event of a poor performance.
It is worth mentioning the imprisonment of Chen Xuyuan and Du Zhaocai, who originally backed Jankovic to become the head coach of the national soccer team, but the new FA leader Song Kai is apparently unwilling to take the blame for his predecessor. As a result, Song Kai will not give Jankovic a second chance if the national soccer team performs poorly, prompting Jankovic to focus more on stability in his latest roster.
Beijing Youth Daily further disclosed that most of the players on the list to be announced next week are international players who trained in November. Wang Qiuming, Jiang Guangtai and Li Shuai are not available due to injuries but are expected to return, while players who missed November training for non-physical reasons, such as Ackerson and Fernando, will not be available for the Asian Cup. In addition, the coaching staff has decided to add a goalkeeper to carry four goalkeepers for the tournament, with Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Tao Tao a potential candidate.
According to Beijing Youth Daily, there is already an idea of the 26-man list for the Asian Cup for the national soccer team, with Jiang Guangtai, Li Shuai, and Wang Qiuming set to return to the national team, and these three from Chengdu Rongcheng set to be selected as well. Although the specific information has not yet been made public, Ackerson and Fernando bid farewell to the national soccer team for not participating in the November preliminaries. Yankovic preferred to bring in an extra goalkeeper rather than selecting strikers like Ackerson and Fernando, a decision that sparked widespread controversy and made Chengdu Rongcheng's Taoiseach the biggest winner.
