In the third round of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminary Championship, the national football team played away against Australia. In the absence of Wu Lei, Gao Zhunyi and other players due to injury, Ivankovic made four adjustments to the starting lineup, and Hu Hetao ushered in his national football debut.
After losing 1-2 at home to Saudi Arabia, the national football team suffered a series of blows. First of all, Zhu Chenjie has been absent because of high fever and injury, so he was not recalled to the national football team.
After that, Alan, Wu Lei, and Yang Zexiang were injured in the league one after another. Among them, Wu Lei suffered a rib injury in the first game against the West Coast, and although he did not break the bone, Wu Lei still could not play in the first game against Australia.
After the international break in September, Shenhua, Harbour and Taishan all played in the third line, playing six games in 19 days, which led to the poor condition of the players, and Jiang Guangtai and Gao Zhunyi also missed training due to injury.
Under such circumstances, Ivankovic summoned Cheng Jin and Hu Hetao. In the absence of Yang Zexiang and Gao Zhunyi due to injury, Hu Hetao ushered in his national football debut, which was the second time in Hu Hetao's career as a right-back, the first time was against Shanghai Port in May.
Compared with the first game against Saudi Arabia, Ivankovic made 4 adjustments to the starting lineup, Hu Hetao, Wei Shihao, Wang Shangyuan, and Zhang Yuning replaced Gao Zhunyi, Zhu Chenjie, Bai Helamu, and Wu Lei respectively. On the offensive line, Wei Shihao and Xie Wenneng were separated on the wings, and Fernando and Zhang Yuning formed a double striker.
National football starting lineup: Wang Dalei; Li Lei, Jiang Guangtai, Jiang Shenglong, Hu Hetao; Wei Shihao, Wang Shangyuan, Li Yuanyi, Xie Wenneng; Fernando, Zhang Yuning