Sports Weekly's senior reporter Ma Dexing disclosed that the latest edition of the national Olympic team's list has not yet absorbed any overseas players, however, there have been clear movements of overseas players who will soon return to the team.
On August 16, the 2001 age group China U22 National Olympic Team completed an intense flight training at the Xianghe base, followed by the announcement of the latest line-up on August 17, while the final intensive training will kick off in Dalian on the 19th to prepare for the final sprint for the upcoming Olympic preliminaries.
Most of the 25 players announced had traveled with the National Olympic Team to Croatia and Belgium for overseas training in the first half of the year. Only two players, Tao Qianglong and Huang Zihao, were unable to travel with the team to Europe because they were playing in the Chinese Super League with three towns in Wuhan and Huang himself was playing in the Central League. And Efirdin, a striker who has played overseas, has returned to Guangzhou. Two strikers, Han Dong and Fernando, have replaced Mashuyu and the injured Baihelamu respectively, both of whom have been involved in overseas training.
So far, the recruitment seems to include almost all of the top players in the country in that age group. The only fly in the ointment is that Liu Junxian, the striker who moved to Pingguoha Rattlers in the Central League, has failed to make the squad due to injury, but he is expected to recover within a week. As a result, Liu Junxian is likely to be called up to the squad on an emergency basis at short notice.
There were also a number of overseas players such as Jia Bo Yan, He Xiao Ke, Li Hao, Liu Shao Zi Yang, Wang Bo Wen and Li Xian Cheng. Because they are not in the FIFA regulations of the national team game window, can not return home in advance to participate in training, can only be in the Olympic preliminaries before the rush to return home. At present, the national Olympic team coaching team is maintaining close communication with these overseas players, they will arrive in Dalian before the Olympic Games to meet the team, but the initial training they are afraid to participate.
