According to the AFC schedule, the round of 18 matches of the World Preliminary Tournament will be played in early September. At present, there are only 2 months left for the national football team. It is reported that the national football coach Ivankovic will return to China in the middle of this month, he will watch a number of Chinese Super League games, conduct a new round of player inspection, select players for the national team, and the latest national football training squad will also be officially released at the end of this month.
Although he is 70 years old, Ivankovic's coaching style is more open and bold than that of his predecessors. The Croatian coach dared to let go of some of the veterans who had lost his form and used a large number of new players, and it has received quite good results, and the national football team has harvested superstars such as Baihelam.
In a recent interview with reporters, Ivankovic once again said that in the group stage of the World Preliminaries, several young players in the national team performed quite well and achieved the expected results. In the next round of 18, the team's coaching staff will continue to use new players boldly, and more young players will appear in the new national team.
Now that Ivan has spoken, there will definitely be more young players selected for the new national team. Recently, Hu Hetao, a left-back who has performed very well in the Chengdu Rongcheng team, has a very high call to be selected for the national team.
Although he is not tall, only 1.73 meters, Hu Hetao has a strong body, outstanding confrontation ability, fast speed, good foot skills, and can be qualified for the position of left back and left wing, and is a young player with great potential. Ivan's call-up of Hu Hetao to the national team can reserve more talent for the left-back position, thus further enriching the team's wide attacking tactics.
In addition, Wang Yudong and Liu Chengyu, who performed well in the national youth team this year, are also expected to be selected for the new national team. Wang Yudong made his Chinese Super League debut for Zhejiang last season, and the 18-year-old striker was named the top scorer in the Under-17 Asian Cup qualifiers. Last month, Wang Yudong performed well in the Weinan Cup International Invitational Tournament, helping the U19 national youth team defeat South Korea 2-0 to win the championship.
In this game, Liu Chengyu scored two goals alone and scored all 2 goals. This Shenhua youngster has entered the Shenhua first team this season. Although he does not have a league appearance, he has been very good in the national youth team, scoring four goals for the national youth team this year.
Both of these youngsters have a lot of potential and have performed well enough in international competitions, and Ivan should consider calling them up to the national team to help them gain experience even if they can't play, which will be very helpful for their development.
With more and more young players selected for the national team, a group of veterans will say goodbye to the team. First up are the two naturalised players - Exxon and Allan, both of whom are now 35 years old and in much worse physical condition than before, and now they have to make way for the younger players.
In addition, the three doors of the national football team, 34-year-old Liu Dianzuo, also need to make room for young players, and Han Jiaqi, the young goalkeeper of the national security team, can replace Liu Dianzuo's three-door position. The 25-year-old goalkeeper performed extremely well in the match between Guoan and Shandong Taishan, and saved the Taishan team's must-score goals many times.
Previously, Han Jiaqi was the main goalkeeper of the national Olympic team, and now it is the right time to be selected for the national team. I believe that after 1-2 years of edification in the national football team, Han Jiaqi will definitely become the main goalkeeper of the national football team in the future.