The years go by like a flash, and before you know it, October will be here, which signals that the Chinese men's soccer team has less than two months left before the two key world qualifying group matches in November.
Just past the beginning of this month, the national football team and Malaysia and Syria played two warm-up matches, but the overall performance is frustrating, 1 draw and 1 loss exposed the team in the offensive and defensive ends of the many problems.
On the offensive end, naturalized player Ekerson looked particularly lonely in front of the field, and surprisingly did not have a single shot on goal in two games, in stark contrast to his past performance in Chengdu Rongcheng. In fact, Iverson's poor performance in the national soccer team is closely related to his lack of midfield support.
As the team's key center forward, Eckerson desperately needs passing support from the midfield and wingers, but the National Football League is not doing enough of either. This is mainly due to the fact that the national football team lacks a real attacking core. Wu Xi is too old, Li Ke still needs time to adapt, Xu Xin is in shaky form, while Wang Shangyuan and Wang Qiuming have not gained the trust of coach Yang Kovic.
As a result, the national soccer team is in dire need of bringing in a new central midfielder, and Dai Weijun, a young player at the Asian Games, has become the perfect candidate for this role. When Yankovic was coaching the Olympic team, he spoke highly of Dai Weijun's ability and regarded him as the core of the organized attack.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Dai Weijun performed equally well, not only successfully linking up the national team's midfield, providing assists to his teammates, but also scoring through long-distance shooting. Dai Weijun's dribbling, breaking, passing and long-distance shooting abilities are exactly what the national soccer team lacks in the midfield. It is believed that after the Asian Games, Jankovic will call Dai Weijun into the national team to take on the heavy responsibility of organizing the attack in front of the field.
On the defensive end, veteran Zhang Linpeng was criticized by fans for his performance in the warm-up matches, and it was clear that he would not be able to continue as a starter. As things stand, national team captain Zhu Chenjie is expected to be Zhang Linpeng's replacement.
However, due to a serious leg injury, Xiao Zhu will not be able to play in the next two months. In this situation, Jankovic desperately needs to find a new replacement for Zhang Linpeng. Zhu Chenjie's teammate Jiang Shenglong has a high calling, but his lack of adult national team experience makes it difficult for him to occupy a national team position in a short period of time.
Wu Shaochong, a youngster who is currently playing in the Turkish league, has become another option for Jankovic. In January this year, Wu Shaocong's contract with Guangzhou expired and he moved to the Turkish Super League team Basaksehir and made his debut in the Turkish Super League in May. In order to give Wu Shaochong more training opportunities, Basakseer loaned him to the Turkish Youth United Sports Team. Currently, Wu Shaochong has become the team's main center back, starting every game.
Despite being 1.92 meters tall, Wu Shaocong's speed and agility are no less impressive. He can not only play as a center back, but also as a left back. This characteristic is very suitable for the current national football lineup.
At present, the national football team lacks both center back and left back, Li Lei and Wang Shen over the last two years, the status of the decline of obvious, Sun Guowen in the national team performance is also relatively flat. Wu Shaochong's joining, not only can replace Zhang Linpeng to become the team's main center back, but also in the national football team lack of left back of the case of guest.
In preparation for the world qualifiers, the national football team will play two warm-up matches against Vietnam and Uzbekistan in October, and players from the Asian Games team will also join the national team. I believe the addition of these players will inject new energy into the national football team and I hope they will bring surprises to the fans.
