The absence of veteran Wu Xi in the national football team will test the wisdom of coach Ivankovic.
Why Zhang Linpeng became the “first captain” candidate of the national football team
After veteran Wu Xi failed to join Ivankovic’s first national football training squad, who will be the captain of the team in the future and lead his teammates to compete for tickets to the 2026 World Cup? Judging from the current situation, as the defender who has played the most games for the country (104) in this training lineup, Zhang Linpeng will become the “first captain” of the national football team in the next two World Preliminary Round of 36 games. Zhang Linpeng, who has played 94 times for the national football team, will Forward Wu Lei is also one of the team captain candidates.
The original “first captain” Wu Xi was not selected
At the end of last month, the Chinese Football Association officially announced the hiring of Croatian coach Ivankovic to replace Serbian coach Jankovic as the new head coach of the Chinese men’s football team. The association also announced a new team training notice on the 8th of this month. . As shown above, a total of 31 players were selected into Ivan’s first national football training lineup. Since the team will face the third and fourth round opponents of the World Preliminary Round of 36, Singapore, away from home and at home on the 21st and 26th of this month, the players representing the national football team in these two games will be from among these 31 people. produced in.
The list shows that Wu Xi, a veteran of many dynasties of the team and the former “first captain”, has not been included in the current national football lineup. However, there are still 14 players over 30 years old, including newcomer Zhao Bo, selected. This shows that although Ivankovic advocates promoting young newcomers, when leading the team to major competitions such as the World Cup preliminaries, he will still rely on some experienced veterans and let them do a good job of passing on and guiding young players.
Zhang Linpeng is selected as the “First Captain”
As a veteran coach who has led his team in international football for many years, Ivankovic knows that in addition to having a good technical level, an excellent team also needs to work together and gather combat effectiveness. The Chinese team, like other teams he has led, needs the guidance of “core” or “leader players” on the playing field. Therefore, Ivan needs to choose a suitable player from the current national team to serve as the captain on the field.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned that currently, veterans Zhang Linpeng and Wu Lei of the national football team are tentatively scheduled to serve as the team’s on-field captains at this stage, with Zhang Linpeng as the “first captain” candidate. In fact, among the 31 people selected for the current national football training squad, Zhang Linpeng is the only player who has played 100 games for the country, reaching 104 games. The appearance record is closely followed by Wu Lei with 94 games. He currently leads the national football scoring list with 32 goals. The two have previously represented the team in many major events such as the World Cup Qualifiers and Asian Cup, and are currently the players with the most experience in international events on the team. As captains of the national football team, they are impeccable in terms of ability, quality, and experience.
It is worth noting that on the evening of the 11th, before the National Football Team started the first training session of the Year of the Dragon in Shenzhen, the first player to be interviewed by the media on behalf of the team was Zhang Linpeng. It is not difficult to judge from this that Zhang Linpeng’s position in the current national football team is unshakable.
The Chinese team needs to complete the replacement of old and new players as soon as possible
It should be noted that due to age, injuries and other factors, there are still doubts whether a group of veterans represented by Zhang Linpeng can fully participate in this world preliminaries or complete the next competition cycle. It is indeed necessary for the Chinese team to complete the replacement of the old and new players as soon as possible, as new coach Ivankovic said.
Official statistics from the Chinese Football Association show that among the 31 active international players, only 9 players have played more than 20 times for the team, and only 3 of them have played more than 50 times. In addition to Zhang Linpeng and Wu Lei, the other person is goalkeeper Yan Junling who has played 56 games.
Next are goalkeepers Wang Dalei who played 30 times, Zhang Yuning 28 times, Wei Shihao 27 times, Zhu Chenjie 26 times, Liu Yang 25 times, and Jiang Guangtai 24 times. Judging from the participation of the national football team in recent years, these people happen to be the key players that the team currently relies on.
Among the remaining international players, 9 players have played 10 to 20 times for their country. They are Exxon (18 times), Xie Pengfei (16 times), Wang Shangyuan (15 times), Deng Hanwen (15 times), Micro Motion Yi (14 times), Dai Weijun (14 times), Li Lei (12 times), Li Yes (12 times).
Li Ang, Chen Pu, Jiang Shenglong, Gao Tianyi, Liu Dianzuo, Patton and Li Shuai have not played in double figures for their country. Fernando, together with five newcomers including Xie Wenneng and Wang Zhenao, had zero appearance data. It is not difficult to see that most of the current national players do not have rich experience in international competitions.
Text/reporter Xiao Nan
Coordinator/Du Rui
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2024-03-14 02:15:18
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