April 20 in the morning sun, born in 1999, the U23 national football team in Mission Hills Haikou green field sweat, Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng, Zhang Yuning three "overage new recruits" posture is particularly conspicuous - in order to help the U23 national football team to prepare for the Asian Games in Hangzhou! The three mainstays of the men's national team have been skillfully incorporated into the U23 national football team's preparation lineup.
Sources revealed that in early April, the U23 national football team returned from West Asia, Haikou training will be "Hangzhou Asian Games preparations" as the core to start. Asian Games competition rules, each team can report a maximum of three overage players (born before January 1, 1999), U23 coaching staff therefore carefully selected Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning three in the national football team can be a unique player in three lines. As these three overage players have been training with the national team, they were not officially reunited with the U23 national football team until the 20th.
At about 9:50 a.m. that day, the U23 national football team arrived at the training ground, head coach Jankovic first called all the players to the center of the field, on behalf of the team to express a warm welcome to the three "super-age players", and gave them a very high evaluation.
He exclaimed, "First of all, we warmly welcome the three national players to our team. But it seems inaccurate to say that they are new players because they are actually seasoned veterans while we are the young recruits. For now, we can only welcome them to our training team. My welcome has been very brief, but we now welcome three young, strong, brave and very hard working players. They are three excellent team role models. As representatives of good working players, they are role models for all young players. In a sense, these three players also represent the current image of the Chinese national soccer team. Many thanks to them for being able to join our team." Jankovic then looked at the three players and added: "Thank you also for being here to share your soccer experience and some life lessons. That's all I can say at the start and I'm sure we can have a great time together. Once again, welcome aboard!"
Immediately after the simple welcome ceremony, the whole team went into an intense training session. Although the training lasted only 70 minutes, it was rich in content and intensity. After a simple physical preparation, the team first practiced passing and receiving the ball, and then was divided into three groups to practice offense and defense routines. After a period of 30 meters of quick sprinting, the team was finally divided into teams to practice against each other.
Three overage players were placed on the same team in this split-squad scrimmage. Due to the sufficient personnel, the personnel of the confrontation practice was replaced frequently. It is worth noting that, after the end of the 12 tournament, the Chinese team's recent training intensity is not big, far lower than the U23 national football team. Therefore, the three "overage players" who just joined the team need some time to adapt to the rhythm of the U23 national football team's preparation, and at the same time understand the style of play advocated by head coach Jankovic.
According to the plan, the U23 national football team will organize an internal teaching match on April 24, the last day of the closed isolation period.
