The Road to the East: The Mystery of the Select Team Upgrade
Hot Topic: Can a select team be promoted directly to the national team?
China's men's soccer selection team successfully concluded its journey to the East Asian Cup, however, due to the fact that it is not the national team to play, the hot topic of discussion emerged after the game - whether the selection team will be a step up to become a member of the national team? At present, this possibility does not seem high. However, in the long run, the young players of the East Asian Cup may emerge as the backbone of the future national team.
The national team's aging is in the spotlight after the Qatar World Cup qualifying round of 12. As the team with the oldest average age, China is in dire need of rejuvenation to make the age structure of the team more reasonable. The FA appointed the selection team to participate in the tournament, aiming to allow young players to accumulate experience and build up strength for the future. After all, the 99-00 age group players will be the main force in the next two World Cup qualifiers. But let the U23 team directly promoted to the national team, seems a little too hasty.
First, the tournament goal is clear. The main goal of the selection team to participate in the East Asian Cup is the Hangzhou Asian Games next year. After the Asian Games, the team was disbanded due to the lack of tournament assignments, leaving the players with only one path to the national team. The national team will face the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers next year, there is still a gap between the technical and tactical level, ability and other aspects of the selection team.
Second, player strength considerations. Although Yankovic has been coaching for more than three years and the team has taken shape, it mainly focuses on players in the 99-00 age group and lacks players in other age groups. Within Asia, the 99 age group teams have mediocre results and may not have the strongest players in each position compared to the 93, 95 and 97 age group teams.
National team reorganization on the horizon
At present, there is no clear timetable for the national team to reorganize its training. On the one hand, the Football Association and the China Football Association hope that the Chinese Super League will be finished by the end of November this year; on the other hand, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is impossible for the Football Association to invite foreign teams to come to China again. Therefore, the national team will not be able to regroup until the end of the year at the earliest.
By then, the national team will directly start winter training and may go overseas to train for the Asian Cup to prepare for the Asian Cup on all fronts. The selection team can be reorganized at the end of the year training for the Asian Games. Economics in the "do not put eggs in a basket" of the famous saying, on the national football team is also applicable. Will select the team directly promoted to the national team, and the past "one throw" strategy is no different, "diversified investment" is a wise move.
