Consecutive defeats to Australia and Japan in the Round of 12 of the World Preliminary Round have put the coaching ability of national football coach Li Tie into unprecedented doubt. In addition to platooning and tactical play, the biggest criticism of Li Tie by the majority of Chinese fans is the use of naturalized players.
In the previous 4 games of the Top 40, Li Tie's decision to insist on only 2 naturalized players per game has been questioned, and in the first game of the Round of 12, Li Tie still followed the employment method of only 2 naturalized players in 1 game, which made the fans' dissatisfaction with him reach its peak. In his second match against Japan, Li Tie sent Alain and Luo Guofu on the field at the same time in the second half, which was the first time in the history of the Chinese team that so many naturalized players had played at the same time in a formal international match.
However, from the perspective of the process of the game, the simultaneous play of 4 naturalized players did not raise the strength of the national football team to a new height, and the national football team still could not take much advantage in the competition with the Japanese team. Although Luo Guofu fought very hard after playing and quickly received a yellow card, he did not play much role in the national football side.
Alain, who appeared in the forward position, did not show his true character as a killer in the penalty area without the support of his teammates. Therefore, the appearance of Alain and Luo Guofu has not brought much change to the national football team in addition to improving the ability to fight in the front of the national football team to a certain extent.
Under such circumstances, the naturalization of more players to support the national football team seems to have become the last hope for the Chinese team to play a good round of 12. In fact, there is indeed 1 player in the process of naturalization, he is the Brazilian striker Caldek from Shenzhen. In addition, his teammate Hong Kong teenager Tai Weijun is also going through the procedures for changing his membership.
However, according to the latest news, Kaldek's naturalization process is not optimistic, because the naturalization process is very cumbersome, FIFA membership conversion procedures also need a lot of time. Therefore, it is difficult for these 2 players to join the national football team in a short period of time to participate in the round of 12.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the results of the next 4 round of 12 matches of the national football team will also directly affect whether these 2 players can be naturalized successfully. Because, if you can't beat the two weaker opponents in the same group, Vietnam and Oman, then the national football team is likely to lose the opportunity to qualify from the group in advance, and such a result will also make the joining of naturalized players meaningless.
As we all know, since the new leadership team of the Football Association took office, the direction of national team construction has undergone considerable changes, and in the past, national teams of all ages basically appointed foreign coaches to serve as team coaches. Since Chen Shuyuan became the president of the Football Association, the head coaches of the national junior, national youth, national Olympic and national teams have been replaced by local managers.
The current coach of the national junior team is Yang Chen, who first stayed in Germany, and the coach of the national junior team is the former Shenhua famous player Cheng Yaodong. After the national Olympic team coach Dutch Hiddink was dismissed, his coaching position was also replaced by Hao Wei, and the chairman of the national team is now replaced by Lippi to Li Tie.
This series of employment measures is enough to prove that the Football Association has changed the future team building ideas of the Chinese team. On the issue of naturalized players, the Football Association also has different ideas. Although there are currently 4 naturalized players in the national team, they have all begun to go through the naturalization procedures as early as 2 years ago, and the current Chinese Football Association only follows the national football construction plan left by the previous leadership team.
Judging from the performance of the national football team in this round of 12, the joining of naturalized players has not brought essential changes to the national football team. Therefore, this will also directly affect the FA's planning for the future construction of the national football team, and the naturalization of a large number of non-Chinese players will most likely be stopped, and the naturalization process of Kaldek will inevitably be affected.
However, the situation for Dai Weijun is completely different, because he is a player born in Hong Kong, China. And now Dai Weijun is only 22 years old, he still has a lot of room for development, if he can quickly integrate into the national team, it will be very promising to become the core of the national football team in the next 10 years.
For all these reasons, the original plan of naturalized players in Chinese football will most likely be stopped after the round of 12. Next, the Football Association will still vigorously carry out football youth training work to cultivate more outstanding young players for the national football team, only in this way can fans see the hope of the national football team taking off again in the future.