According to the schedule, the final stage of the round of 12 will be officially played at the end of January, the first opponent of the national football team is Japan, and the match date is set for January 27, when CCTV5 will broadcast the whole process. At present, Li Xiaopeng is leading the national football team to carry out training, and it is expected that in a few days, he will reduce the assistant coaching team of up to 15 people and the list of players with more than 50 people to select the best team in his mind. However, at this time, Li Xiaopeng suffered a major blow, because several naturalized players of the national football team may not be able to play in the top 12 matches.
The authoritative media "Beijing Youth Daily" reported that among the 5 naturalized players recruited by Li Xiaopeng, except for Jiang Guangtai, the other 4 people are very unlikely to participate in the round of 12. Among them, Axon and Alain have returned to Brazil for a vacation as early as the end of the last stage of the national football team's round of 12, even if they are willing to return to the team, they must accept more than 20 days of isolation, it is impossible to catch up with the top 12. What's more, Axon and Alan have not moved so far, indicating that they have decided not to compete, and whether they will return to the Chinese Super League in the future is also unknown.
Among the existing 5 naturalized players, Luo Guofu is the most positive one, and he has repeatedly posted articles expressing his expectations for returning to the national football team. However, affected by Evergrande's financial crisis, Luo Guofu and the club have a salary dispute, and he originally planned to stay in the team, but also returned to Brazil some time ago. Although Luo Guofu's willingness to fight is very strong, the reality is very cruel, and he cannot catch up with the life-and-death battle between the national football team and Japan. Fernando's situation is even more unsatisfactory, since he left China last year, he has disappeared from the fans' vision, obviously belongs to the master of taking money and not doing things, and now hiding in Brazil and not wanting to come back, his national football career has ended before it has begun.
Only Jiang Guangtai stayed in China and followed Evergrande to the chinese Super League championship stage, but after the league ended, he chose to go to the United Arab Emirates for a vacation and has not returned to the team so far. The domestic media generally believe that Jiang Guangtai will rush to the national football team, but it is based on the ability to quickly pass the epidemic prevention test, otherwise his national football journey is also full of unknowns. Judging from the current situation, in addition to Jiang Guangtai, the national football team has lost 4 consecutive naturalized generals, which is almost a foregone conclusion, which will prompt Li Xiaopeng to be forced to change sides. "Beiqing Daily" believes that Li Xiaopeng may reuse the young players who have performed prominently in the league in recent times, considering that Axon, Alan, Fernando and Luo Guofu are all attacking players, and young players in the same position on the mainland will get more opportunities.
From the perspective of the Chinese Super League top scorer list, Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu, two young shooters, have performed well, both scored 10 or more goals, they have also been successfully selected for the national football team list, if you add Wu Lei and Wei Shihao, the offensive end of the national football team is also star-studded, and the cooperation between each other is not necessarily worse than several naturalized players. All in all, the hope of the national football team breaking into the Qatar World Cup is very slim, and it is a foregone conclusion to go home early, but after Li Xiaopeng takes office, he must at least lead the team to play a mental outlook, preferring to stand and die rather than cry on his knees.