At the moment, the CFA has launched a new overseas study program, aiming to incubate more players as remarkable as Wu Lei. Meanwhile, the unexpected change of venue for the Top 40 has also sounded the alarm for the upcoming Top 12 home games for China, prompting the team to urgently formulate a strategy to deal with the situation.
Yesterday, the AFC held the Asian zone World Cup qualifier player of the month voting activity officially came to an end, by virtue of 36.69% of the vote, Wu Lei was honored with the award. In the past four qualifiers, Wu Lei accumulated 289 minutes, contributing 5 goals and 2 assists. Recalling Wu Lei's decision to stay in the ocean, Chen Xuyuan, then head of Shanghai SIPG (Shanghai Harbor) Club, was overwhelmed with emotion: "Looking at the road Wu Lei has traveled, I am more and more convinced that his choice and my decision-making back then were correct. We should encourage more players to go abroad, if not for the original choice, perhaps Wu Lei is still an outstanding athlete, but I am afraid it is difficult to reach today's achievements."
Wu Lei's brilliant achievements inspired a new stay in the ocean program boom, Chen Xuyuan revealed: "only one Wu Lei is obviously not enough, we have launched the program, looking forward to more 'Wu Lei' emerge. I hope that at the end of this year, the beginning of next year, not just one, two, but can have four or five players like Wu Lei out of the country."
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the 12 strong Chinese team's home matches arrangements are of great concern. The CFA has set up six subject groups for this purpose, one of which is specifically responsible for home and away related work. Chen Xuyuan said: "We must not give up the home advantage for our own reasons. The most critical of these is the epidemic prevention issue, which needs to see how our epidemic prevention policy is coordinated with the relevant regulations of FIFA and AFC. This is a factor full of variables. We have to be fully prepared for the home matches to go ahead; if not, how will we cope?"
In preparation for the Top 12, the Chinese team plans to schedule several quality warm-up matches, "We have to play several quality matches because the Top 12 is fundamentally different from the Top 40. These few quality warm-up matches are crucial for our preparation for the Top 12." Chen Xuyuan emphasized.
