On October 6, the Chinese soccer world set off a wave: Beijing Youth Daily disclosed that the national team urgent order, due to injury to bid farewell to the current training session of Liu Dianzha, Shanghai Shenhua goalkeeper Ma Zhen fire line to help. This change instantly attracted the attention of many soccer fans.
Preparing for the World Qualifiers, the national soccer team will play two friendly matches in Dalian, Vietnam as well as Uzbekistan. In view of the unsatisfactory performance in the warm-up matches in September, Jankovic has made a large-scale change to the squad, with star players from the Asian Games such as Wu Shaocong, Dai Weijun, and Fang Hao making their way into the roster. However, the much-criticized goalkeeping position remained unchanged, and now it seems that Jankovic's change in formation is inevitable.
According to Beijing Youth Daily, Wuhan Sanzhen goalkeeper Liu Dianzheng said goodbye to training due to injury, the national soccer coaching team urgently recalled Ma Zhen, which is also Ma Zhen's first time to be selected for the national team. The media pointed out that Ma Zhen was able to be selected, thanks to his excellent performance in Shenhua. Previously, due to the red card suspension, Ma Zhen had been rejected by the national team.
From the Beijing Youth Daily's report, we got a glimpse of Jankovic's new strategy to replace Liu Dengzheng's goalkeeping position with Ma Zhen. Although the details are not clear, the change caught Yan Junling and Wang Dalei off guard and made Shanghai Shenhua the biggest winner. Fans have also expressed their views.
A fan teased, "Ma Zhen will have to bring his fall jacket and pants to report to the national team. After all, he has to sit on the bench with Wang Dalei. The weather in Dalian is not warm!" Another fan said, "Ma Zhen is now Shenhua's substitute, and his performance before the red card suspension was really bright, but slightly mediocre after returning from suspension. Let's see if the national team can make a breakthrough with him."
Of course, there are also fans full of expectations: "Once selected, we have to go all out! Even if you can't play, you can exchange ideas with Wang Dalei and share the experience of cheering for the national team on the bench! The future of the national team may be in Shenhua, Zhu Chenjie is expected to become a pillar of the defense, Dai Weijun is expected to become the core of the midfield, and if Ma Zhen can become a top goalkeeper, SIPG will face a huge challenge!"
