October 6, China's soccer world exploded: Beijing Youth Daily disclosed that the national team urgently adjusted the lineup, due to injury, Liu Dengzuo withdrew from the Shanghai Shenhua goalkeeper Ma Zhen fire line to take over, this change quickly attracted the attention of many soccer fans.
Preparing for the upcoming World Qualifiers, the national soccer team will play two friendly matches in Dalian, Vietnam and Uzbekistan. In light of the poor results in the September warm-up matches, Jankovic has decisively made large-scale changes to the squad, including the recall of overseas players such as Wu Shaocong, Dai Weijun and Fang Hao, who performed well in the Asian Games. Although Jankovic made no changes to the goalkeeping position, Liu Dengzheng's injury made the change inevitable.
Beijing Youth Daily reported that Liu Dengzuo bid farewell to the training camp due to injury, and Ma Zhen was selected to the national team for the first time as a replacement. Although Ma Zhen was previously not called up to the national team due to a red-card suspension, his performance at Shenhua has won the recognition of the coaching staff. This change undoubtedly caught the original goalkeeper Yan Junling and Wang Dalei off guard, but also made Shanghai Shenhua become the biggest winner.
Fans have their own views on this. Some fans teased: "Ma Zhen this time will have to bring a fall jacket and pants to report to the national team, after all, the temperature in Dalian is not low!" There are also fans questioned: "Ma Zhen in Shenhua performance is good, but after the release of the ban back to the general state, whether the national football team can therefore be improved is still an unknown."
However, there are still fans who are looking forward to Ma Zhen's joining: "Although he can't play, Ma Zhen can exchange ideas with Wang Dalei and cheer for the national team. The national team is expected to be led by Shenhua players in the future, with Zhu Chenjie as the core of the defense, Dai Weijun as the core of the midfield, and Ma Zhen as the first-class goalkeeper, the Hong Kong team will face a huge challenge!"
