Hebei defeated Changchun Yatai 2-1, and the 6th round of CSL matches came to an end. Together with the 2 byes in the first 5 rounds, the Chinese Super League teams scored a total of 22 goals in 10 games, with an average of only 2.2 goals per game, which is a significant decline compared to the 2020 and 2019 seasons. This shows that the hot season of the game has a negative impact on the players both physically and psychologically. The data shows that among the 28 players who traveled with the national football team to the Top 40, except for a few players such as Wu Lei, who returned to Spain, and tomorrow, who was injured, the vast majority of the players participated in the games after the restart of the Chinese Super League, with Li Lei, Yu Dabao, Liu Dangzha, Zhang Linpeng, and Jiang Guantai playing a full two-game season on behalf of the national team and the Guangzhou team, respectively. However, the unprecedented density of matches has undoubtedly increased the risk of player injuries due to the fact that the Chinese Super League at this stage is playing a round of matches every two days. How to find a balance between protecting the national players and adjusting their competitive status has become a major problem for Li Tie, the national soccer coach.
From July 15 to 19, the Chinese Super League has accumulated 10 matches in 4 days after the restart. Among these 10 matches, there were 4 draws, including 3 draws in the 6th round. Among these 3 matches, Guoan vs Jinmen Tiger and Wuhan vs Harbor were scheduled to kick off at 4:30pm in Suzhou. In the hot summer, this arrangement is a great physical exertion for the players.
On July 5, the National Football Association (NFA) and China Football League (CFL) preparatory team announced that the remaining nine rounds of the first phase of this season's Chinese Super League (CSL) will be compressed to finish in less than a month. This arrangement of matches designed to make way for the preparation of the national football team has increased the risk of injury to players, especially international players, to a certain extent. How to protect the national players? The CFA, the coaching staff of the national football team and the clubs are all caught in a dilemma.
The data show that in the players with the national football team to go to the 40 strong match, there are four people recently did not participate in the club competition, they are returned to Spain to prepare for the La Liga Wu Lei, injured tomorrow, Wuhan team goalkeeper Dong Chunyu, Guoan naturalized back players Li Ke. The active international players with the most playing time are Guoan players Li Lei, Yu Dabao, Guangzhou goalkeeper Liu Dianzha, defender Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai, who have played two full matches on behalf of their respective teams. Those who played a full match in Round 6 also included Yan Junling, Stanley Wang, Zhang Xunzhe, Zhang Yuning, Tan Long, Wei Shihao, Tang Miao, Jin Jingdao, Wu Xinghan, Zheng Zheng and Wang Dalei. National soccer captain Wu Xi was not replaced until the second half of extra time of the Shenhua-Dalian Ren game. And Chi Zhongguo and Ackerson had also played the full match in the 5th round of byes respectively.
The players with the least amount of playing time are Artemisia Junmin and Liu Binbin from Luneng, while their teammate Ji Xiang came on as a substitute for 45 minutes. From the calculation of the data, the clubs' reliance on international players is still high. However, affected by the thickness of their respective bench, different competition strategies and other factors, each club's use of international players in different ways.
In the afternoon of July 19th, Li Tie, the head coach of the national football team and the working group of CFA went to Suzhou (Jiangyin) to watch the match between Wuhan and Harbour. From the point of view of the law of movement, the vast majority of international players are able to get stable playing time in the league, which is very favorable for the national football team to maintain the overall competitive status. However, under the scorching heat of the sun, it is still worrying that the international players were exhausted and suffered from cramps and dehydration. Hebei team player Pan Ximing is not in the list of candidate players, but as a style of tough players suffered serious injuries, enough to warn all parties, including the coaching staff of the national football team.
Guoan, for example, due to Augusto, Kim Min Ja recently can not return to the team to participate, Bakanbu just returned to the team in poor condition, so the team in the three lines of staffing arrangements have to reuse local players. In this context, Zhang Yuning, Zhang Xunzhe, Ji Zhongguo, Li Lei, Yu Dabao, Yu Yang, Wang Gang and other international players and alternative international players are afraid that it is difficult to rest. The same problem also plagued the Guangzhou team, Taishan team, the two international players to transport large, timely and moderate rotation of the lineup is necessary.
To Li Tie's relief, the internationals have generally performed well in the league. Aixon, Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning, Zhang Xunzhe and Wei Shihao all scored goals, and the main players of the national football team, such as Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Tang Miao, Wu Xinghan, Yan Junling, Aixon and Zhang Xunzhe, are all in quite good shape.
