On January 5 in Beijing, with the final round of the 2021 season's Chinese Super League regular season in the books, the end of the month's journey to the National Football League's Top 12 tournament is about to kick off, with matches against Japan and Vietnam looming, and the latest installment of the national team's roster is about to be unveiled. According to Surfing News, the national team list may undergo a radical change - the final list is likely to swell to nearly 50 people.
According to Beijing Youth Daily's early revelation, young talents active in the current Chinese Super League, such as Gao Tianyi and Yan Dinghao, are expected to be included in the current national team training list. Meanwhile, senior veterans who missed the last round of the 12-team tournament due to injury, such as Zeng Cheng, will also be expected to return to the national team lineup. In addition, considering the gradual renewal of the team's structure, a host of popular international players in the 1993-1997 age group, such as He Hubu, Li Shenglong and Wei Zhen of Shanghai Seaport, are also very likely to appear in this list. In addition to these exploratory faces, the national team lineup will also include starters who have excelled in the Li Tie era of the Top 12. If all goes as expected, the national football team list will be officially announced within a week, when the number of players on the list could be approaching 50.
