On January 12, head coach Li Xiaopeng led the new Chinese men’s national football team for the first training session in Shanghai Century Park. The simple and honest Shandong man said that as many as 52 international players have been called up for the national football training, they will be divided into two teams for two warm-up matches. During the Lunar New Year, the national football team challenged the Vietnamese team away. It was considered by the outside world that this game should not be lost. Li Xiaopeng also bluntly said: “I hope the national football team will not lose the chain during the Chinese New Year!”
In this national football training camp, the coaching staff recruited a total of 52 players, setting a historical record for the largest number of international footballers. Many fans are worried: “The training venue is not big, so how can so many players train together?” There is also media analysis, the national football team is copying the “white team and red team” of the Chinese men’s basketball team, and strengthens the internal team by forming two teams. compete.
Li Xiaopeng revealed that after all the players arrive, the national football team will be completely divided into two teams. “We need two high-quality warm-up matches.” It is reported that the national football training team will be divided into the first team and the second team, and then will have two official warm-up matches. The 23-man national football team that will go to challenge Japan and Vietnam on the road will also be finalized through the performance of the national football team in the warm-up match.
In addition to the huge lineup of players, this time the national football coaching staff has as many as 15 people, which also created a historical record. It is reported that people such as Zheng Zhi, Chen Yang, Yu Genwei and others selected for the national football coaching team are themselves the head coaches of the Chinese Super League club, and Sun Xiang is also the vice president of the Shanghai Seaport Club. Their joining the national football coaching staff this time is more of the opinion of the General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China, and it is also somewhat of a temporary help.
Li Xiaopeng said: “Many coaches are the head coaches of the first team of Chinese Super League clubs. They have contributed to the national football World Cup and hope that the team will play better in the future. Our coaching team also has a unified mind and tries to make the team perform better.”
Naturalized players are suspected to be difficult to control
Many reporters found that in addition to Elkeson and other non-blood naturalized international players who were on vacation in Brazil, there were two other international players who were absent from training. Li Xiaopeng introduced: “Jiang Guangtai went to Dubai to spend some time with his family. He will go directly to Japan to join the team. Shenhua defender Zhu Chenjie’s body temperature is a little high, so he went home to rest.”
After the previous 6 World Preliminary Asian Top 12 Group Stages, the head coach Li Tie was dismissed, Elkeson and other non-blood naturalized internationals also returned to Brazil for vacation due to the lack of wages of Guangzhou Evergrande Club, and did not represent the club in the Chinese Super League. league.
This batch of non-blood naturalized national football players who were willing to join Chinese nationality and represent the national football team were more or less like mercenaries for the sake of “more money”. With Evergrande Group’s tight cash flow and the club’s salary arrears, although they are still nominally Chinese, there is a question mark on whether they are willing to continue to represent the national football team without money.
Li Xiaopeng said: “When we communicated privately, they expressed their opinions very well. Over the years, naturalized players have paid more attention to things on paper. We have no written things about representing the national football team. Therefore, I can’t guarantee that they will. I won’t go to Japan to join the team, and even if I go, I can’t guarantee their physical condition.”
Hope not to lose the chain during the Spring Festival
The national team will train in Shanghai until the 23rd, and then the team will fly to Tokyo to participate in the game against Japan on the 27th. The two top 12 games in this issue are standard away games. After the game with Japan, the national football team will fly to Vietnam to play another away game.
Regarding the pressure of consecutive away games, Li Xiaopeng believes that every game of the national team is not small. “Don’t bring some negative things to the team because I want to rush to change something.”
These two games are approaching the Spring Festival, especially the game with Vietnam is on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Although it is unlikely that you want to qualify for the tournament, the two games of the national football team will still attract a lot of attention. “The most direct goal is to try not to fall off the chain during the Chinese New Year and give fans across the country a satisfactory answer.” This is the “small goal” that Li Xiaopeng set for these two games.
Today, there is only a theoretical possibility for the national football team to advance to the World Cup. If they are defeated in Japan and Vietnam this time, they will add to the fans during the Spring Festival. In this regard, the newly appointed national football coach Li Xiaopeng said: “As a national team, every game has to chase the process of the game, the process is better, and the fans must be satisfied. We can only say that we will go all out and strive to be able to do it. “Return to Sohu, see more
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