Reporter Chen Yong reported that on the afternoon of March 17, the Chinese national team and the Chinese U23 national team flew to the United Arab Emirates on the same plane, although the flight was delayed, but finally successfully set out. After a seven-and-a-half-hour flight, at 22:30 local time on the 17th, the national football team arrived at the Emirates Sharjah Resident Hotel.
The national team will participate in the round of 12 against Saudi Arabia and Oman, which is also the final match of the round of 12, and the U23 national team will participate in the Dubai Cup.
For the national team, although the last two round of 12 matches have nothing to do with the World Cup qualification, if the performance is bad, it will still bring heavy pressure, unfortunately, in the case of Wu Lei was not recruited, 4 Brazilian naturalized players could not go to Sharjah to participate in the game, Wei Shihao was absent due to injury, and the most well-staffed front line of the national team faced the embarrassment of being stretched.
The national team conducted training in Haikou from March 3 to March 16, during which they played three warm-up matches on the 9th, 12th and 15th, namely 1-1 draw with Changchun Yatai, 5-0 win over Changchun Yatai and 2-0 victory over U23 national football team.
The national team's haikou training was originally planned to be 33 people, and the actual registration of players was 30, Deng Hanwen was absent for some reason, and Wu Shaocong and Jiang Shenglong reported directly to the U23 national team.
When the final roster was determined, the list of 30 people in the national team was reduced to 23, and U23 goalkeeper Han Jiaqi also joined the U23 national team, while Wei Shihao, Yan Dinghao, Chi Zhongguo, Yang Liyu, Duan Liuyu and Barton were excluded from the final list, some of which were absent due to injuries.
In fact, there are also injured players among the personnel who go out, such as Tong Lei, who has been injured before, but the recovery is good, and zhu Chenjie and other players have also suffered injuries in the warm-up game, fortunately, there is no major obstacle.
The final roster of the national football team against Saudi Arabia and Oman is actually 25 people, Jiang Guangtai arrived in Dubai before waiting for the arrival of the national football team, as for Li Lei, he will participate in the Swiss grasshopper against Basel league on the 20th, and then rush to Sharjah to meet the national football team.
The composition of the 25-member list is as follows:
3 goalkeepers: Wang Dalei, Liu Dianzuo and Yan Junling;
5 central defenders: Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie, Zheng Zheng, Yu Dabao;
Full-back or wing-back 6: Li Lei, Liu Yang, Gao Zhunyi, Wang Shenchao, Ji Xiang, Tong Lei;
5 people in the back: Arthur Junmin, Wu Xi, Xu Xin, Liao Lisheng, Gao Tianyi;
Six frontcourt attackers: Dai Weijun, Zhang Xizhe, Jin Jingdao, Liu Binbin, Tan Long, Zhang Yuning.
Judging from this list, the biggest problem position for the national team is still in the frontcourt, according to the current 343 formation, of the 7 starting places in the defensive line, wing-back and back positions, the candidate players are as high as 16, and the choice is larger, while in the 3 starting positions on the offensive end, there are only 6 candidate players.
More importantly, 4 Brazilian naturalized players Axon, Alan, Fernando, Luo Guofu did not participate in the physical test arranged by the national football team, and finally missed the final battle of the round of 12, Wu Lei did not get the national team's call-up, Wei Shihao is an excellent domestic winger, but he also lost the list because of injury, which means that the national team suddenly lost 6 forwards, and the current national team's attackers, only Zhang Yuning belonged to the main player.
According to the current preparation of the national football team, in the absence of injuries, the national football team will most likely use the new combination of Zhang Yuning, Dai Weijun and Liu Binbin at the offensive end, this combination has a certain fulcrum effect, there is also Liu Binbin's speed, and Dai Weijun's forward ability is also relatively strong, and this combination is also more suitable for the anti-rebound play.