Urgent! National soccer selection team debuts at East Asian Cup, led by Zhang Yuning Wu Xi, quick details!

According to Sports Weekly reporter Ma Dexing revealed that in the current East Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association may be adjusted according to the change of the opponent's situation, no longer send U23 national football team to participate in the competition, but in the form of the adult national team, in the name of China's men's football selection team. This news immediately aroused widespread concern. ! [East Asian Cup tournament pictures](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/202206/2022062817141314396133089.jpg) The Korea Professional Football Federation (KPFF) also recently announced that the K-League's 22 to 25 rounds of fixtures will be adjusted in preparation for the East Asian Cup. The adjustments will allow South Korea's head coach Paulo Bento to form an adult national team made up of elite K-League players. With overseas players such as Son and Hwang Hee-chan set to miss the tournament, South Korea's squad will consist mainly of Korean players from the K-League and other Asian leagues, including Son Jun-ho, who plays for Shandong Taishan in the Chinese Super League, and Kang Xiang-woo of Beijing Guoan. Although the two have not yet been confirmed for selection, the tournament is expected to be the time for Paulo Bento to determine the final World Cup squad for South Korea. China, the opponent of the East Asian Cup, will face the adult national teams of South Korea and Japan, which are made up of the league's elite players. Even if the U23 national soccer team brings three overage players, it will be difficult to fight against the opponents. After all, the East Asian Cup is a World Football Federation-certified A-level tournament, and if the U23 national football team performs poorly in this tournament, China's ranking points will be affected. In the latest FIFA rankings, China has fallen out of Asia's top 10 and is ranked 78th in the world, creating its lowest ranking in nearly four years. Facing the local elite players of South Korea and Japan, the pressure on the U23 national soccer team is obvious. It is worth mentioning that this East Asian Cup will be taken over by the Japanese Football Association (JFA), and the JFA has changed the original Japanese U21 national team to an adult national team to play. This undoubtedly increases the pressure on the CFA to reconsider the participating teams to ensure the seriousness and importance of the tournament. After all, this is the highest level of the East Asian Football League. In order to maintain their current WFA ranking, the Chinese team will need to compete for at least the second slot in the Asian Cup tournament bracket. If the U23 national football team continues to be sent to play, considering that South Korea will send a "quasi-national team" lineup and Japan will send a "second team" lineup, the chances of the Chinese team to compete for points will be further reduced. Therefore, the CFA decided to change the previous strategy in April, no longer with the U23 national football team to play, but decided to send the "national selection team" to play. On the issue of the manager, the CFA decided to let the former U23 national football team manager Jankovic lead the team. In this way, Jankovic avoided unnecessary embarrassment, as he is still the head coach of the U23 national soccer team, but this time he is only the "temporary head coach of the selection team". This is similar to the situation three years ago when Li Tie led the Chinese team to the East Asian Cup. On the other hand, the Chinese team is not sending a U23 team, but a "selection team", which is exactly the same situation as South Korea and Japan, who have not sent their strongest lineups to the tournament. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Chinese team has called up Zhang Yuning, Gao Tianyi, Wu Xi and many other international players to play. Of course, due to Yankovic has been the 99 age group U23 force head coach, under the banner of the 99 age group players are relatively more familiar with the basic structure of the team to play in the East Asian Cup may be mainly U23 players, plus far more than three overage players, which to some extent is the future of the new Chinese men's national football team's basic framework. After all, the national football team, which originally fought in the Top 12, needs fresh blood and a large area of renewal. Currently, the list for the East Asian Cup is being drafted. Before the CFA finalized the list, all kinds of possibilities exist. But one thing is certain, that is, on behalf of China to play in the East Asian Cup will not be U23 national football team!