On September 7, as China meets Qatar in the second round of the World Cup's Round of 12, our soccer team announced the latest edition of its lineup. In this 23-player list, Wei Shihao and Yu Dabao were unexpectedly absent, while Xu Xin and Zhu Chenjie stood out and managed to make the cut.
Compared to the lineup against Australia in the first round, Xu Xin and Zhu Chenjie managed to squeeze into the list against Japan this time, while Wei Shihao and Yu Dabao regretted to fall out of the list. It is worth mentioning that Liu Binbin, Li Lei, Wang Shangyuan, Dong Chunyu, Wang Qiuming, Barton and Guo Tianyu failed to make the 23-man list for the second consecutive round.
Xu Xin and Zhu Chenjie wore jerseys No. 4 and No. 22, respectively. Xu Xin took over the No. 4 jersey of Gao Zhunyi from the first match, while Gao replaced Wei Shihao's No. 14 and Zhu Chenjie became the new owner of Yu Dabao's No. 22 jersey.
Here's the latest 23-man roster for China -
Goalkeepers: 1-Yan Junling, 12-Liu Dianzheng, 23-Wang Dalei
Defenders: 2-Li Ang, 3-Wang Stanley Chiu, 4-Xu Xin, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 6-Jiang Guangtai, 14-Gao Junyi, 20-Wang Gang, 22-Zhu Chenjie
Midfield: 8-Artemisia Junmin, 10-Zhang Xizhe, 13-Jin Jingdao, 15-Wu Xi, 16-Chi Zhongguo, 19-Yin Hongbo
Forward: 7 - Wu Lei
