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According to the news on August 22, Beijing time, the World Cup qualifiers for the top 18 will kick off in September. The Japanese team is in Group C with Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China and Indonesia. They will play against the Chinese national team at home in the first round on September 5. On August 21, the Chinese team announced a list of 27 players. The Japanese media "Football Zone" also commented on this.

Chinese national football team head coach Bujvankovic previously said about the Japanese team: "The Japanese team is the strongest team in Asia. We will go all out and continue to prepare for the game, hoping to achieve good results."

Football Zone believes that all 27 players of the Chinese national team announced this time are players who play in the Chinese league. However, the Chinese team includes Wu Lei, a striker who once played for Espanyol in La Liga, Wang Shangyuan, a striker who once played for Club Bruges in Belgium, Lin Liangming, a striker who once played for Real Madrid's youth team, and Zhang Yuning, a striker who once played in the Dutch Eredivisie. The total value of all the players of the Chinese team is 11 million euros, while the value of Japanese national team defenders Sugawara Yuse and Itakura Akira is 12 million euros each, which has exceeded the value of the entire Chinese team.

In addition, the number of naturalized players from Asian countries has been increasing in recent years. The Chinese team also has British defender Jiang Guangtai and Brazilian forward Alan. The former has experience representing the England team at the same age and will be the key to the back line, while the latter was once the top scorer in the Europa League. Alan may start with Wu Lei and form the front line of the Chinese team against Japan.