In Haikou intense preparation for the Chinese men's national football team, finally yesterday (7) afternoon on the training ground ushered in two long-lost comrades - Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, so that the 30 players involved in the training in Haikou gathered together. Although some of the players arrived a little later, the national football team did not slacken, still according to the original plan to carry out intensive training. Tomorrow afternoon (9), the national football team will start the first warm-up match with Changchun Yatai.
The 39-player training list previously announced by the National Football Association (NFA), excluding four naturalized players (Eckerson, Lok Kwok Foo, Allan and Fernando), one naturalized player (Jiang Guangtai) and six players, including Li Lei, who plays for Grasshopper in Switzerland, the Haikou training should actually have 33 players participating in the training. However, Guangzhou player Deng Hanwen took a leave of absence due to personal family reasons, while two new 99-age players, Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaochong, have been transferred to the U23 national football team to train with the team. Therefore, the actual participation in the training of the national football team is only 30 players. The coaching staff of the national football team let Jiang Shenglong and Wu Shaocong join the U23 national football team, mainly considering that the two have little chance to become the main force during the western expedition. The U23 national football team will go to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the Dubai Cup tournament, there is a lack of competitive center back, the two joined the U23 national football team to improve the strength of the defense will be very beneficial. The training program planned to start on March 3, due to the epidemic and other factors, the first day of only 20 players reported to the other players were allowed to report later, the coaching team also hope that they can rest at home. In addition to the epidemic, the players contract problems is the main reason for the late return to the team. The national football team returned home after the western expedition to isolate "14 + 7", is expected to end on April 21st. The new season of the Chinese Super League will start on April 22, 23, if the contract issues are not resolved, the players may not be able to catch the new season. The coaching team is well aware of the pros and cons of this, so the basic request for leave of absence for the players to be allowed, hoping that the international players can rest assured to prepare for the war. In the provisions of the 3 reporting time, about 10 international players to the team, until the arrival of Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, the national football team 30 people lineup is finally complete. Yesterday (7) afternoon, in addition to goalkeeper Wang Dalei stayed in the hotel due to injury, the rest of the 29 people all arrived to participate in training. Throughout the Haikou training period, training will maintain a high-intensity mode, aimed at comprehensively improving the physical fitness of the players and athletic status. According to the arrangement, today (8) the national football team will carry out two practices a day, tomorrow (9) afternoon will have a teaching match with Changchun Yatai team.
