Today, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced the new national men's football training list, but it has triggered a lot of controversy. Senior soccer reporter Ma Dexing bluntly said that this list is disappointing, the National Olympic team and the Asian Games team tournament on the national team selection impact, resulting in Zhang Jiaqi, Liu Yang, Liu Binbin and Fernando and a host of other players failed to make the list.
Regrettably, the 24 players in this training, only the naturalized player of Beijing Guoan Li can be considered a "new recruit", he left the national team since two years ago, this time finally returned to the lineup.
Many fans are dissatisfied and even question the performance of players in the Chinese Super League. In the AFC Champions League play-offs, Shanghai Seaports lost to Thailand's Pathum United at home, a defeat that aroused strong dissatisfaction among fans. Surprisingly, eight players from the Harbour Team were selected for the national team, setting a new record for club players.
The National Olympic and Asian Games teams' tournaments have a significant impact on national team selection.
The 2001-age U22 National Olympic Team is preparing for the Olympic Preliminary Tournament, while the 1999-age U24 Asian Games Team is preparing for the Hangzhou Asian Games Men's Football Tournament, which has resulted in the national team not being able to assemble its strongest squad. Numerous young and promising players are required to represent the National Olympic and Asian Games teams and are temporarily unable to join the national team.
Players such as Zhang Jiaqi, Liu Yang, Liu Binbin and Fernando are not involved in this training session.
The return of Li Ke and Wu Xi has cost Zhang Jiaqi, who was a defensive player for Zhejiang, his starting position. It is worth mentioning that Zhejiang no longer has national team players, while Harbour, which was eliminated by the Thai Premier League team, is the club with the highest number of national team players.
Liu Yang, who was part of the last national team training session, is missing from the current roster. On the other hand, Barton, who played for the U24 Asian Games team in June, is back on the list, with the two swapping places. Djurdjevic emphasized the need to strengthen the side defense, and after communicating with Shandong Taishan and Liu Yang, managed to convince Liu Yang to return to the national team, while Barton was sent back. Liu Yang will be one of the overage players to help prepare the Asian Games team. Meanwhile, Liu Binbin was not selected for the national team for the time being due to the poor form of naturalized player Fernando.
