the wave of injuries in the "world preliminaries" affects the national football team's preparations! wu lei, alan yang zexiang misses china-australia battle
2024-10-04
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on october 4, the chinese men’s national football team ushered in the first joint training session of the new training camp. due to a wave of injuries, only 18 national players participated in the first training session. forward wu lei, naturalized player alan and defender yang zexiang all participated. he was withdrawn from the list due to injury and has been confirmed to miss the third round of the national football team's away game against australia in the top 18 of the world cup. it is still unknown whether he can play in the home game against indonesia.
currently, alan has returned to qingdao to recuperate from injury, while wu lei remains in shanghai to recover. national football coach ivankovic has recruited zhejiang team's cheng jin and chengdu chengdu team's hu hetao.
in the first training session at shanghai century park, only 18 international players appeared. hu hetao has not yet joined the team; cheng jin, who has just participated in the second-level afc champions league, is running circles alone on the sidelines; micro motion, wang dalei, and jiang guangtai are absent from training due to minor injuries.
after suffering two consecutive defeats in the first two rounds of the top 18 of the world cup preliminaries, the national football team will challenge the australian team away from home and the dark horse indonesian team at home in the third and fourth rounds. talking about the preparations for this stage, coach ivankovic admitted that the national team was affected by the intensive schedule of the league and the afc champions league. the national players were physically and mentally exhausted. wu lei, alan, yang zexiang, micro motion, and lin liangming all suffered injuries of varying degrees. according to the situation, he hopes that the national team can welcome back a healthy wu lei when it returns from australia.
regarding the situation of qualifying for the group, ivankovic bluntly stated that the team is in a difficult group. "including the next game away against australia, our opponents in the last four games, south korea, japan, saudi arabia, and australia are all the strongest teams in asia. not to mention that we are in the midst of a transition from old to new. in such a difficult schedule, we must try our best to play every game. every score is very difficult for us and we cherish it very much.”
looking forward to the next two key battles, ivankovic said that australia is a frequent visitor to the world cup and has also advanced to the world cup knockout rounds. the opponent must be the favorite in the game. he hopes that the team can go all out to show its best condition in the game. regarding the showdown between china and india, the croatian coach believes that the opponent has 8 to 10 naturalized players, and their strength cannot be underestimated, and they must also prepare carefully.
as the top scorer of the national team, wu lei’s current role in the offensive line is irreplaceable. alan is also a type of forward that is scarce in the national team. neither of the two top scorers can travel with the team. the outside world is worried about the offensive end of the national football team. sweat. in this regard, wu lei said: "i want to send a message that i hope to be with the team and show the spirit of never giving up. i will recover as much as possible. i hope that after the team returns to qingdao from australia, we will see in my own situation, whether i can return to the team again.”
wu lei admitted that the situation of the national football team is not optimistic after two consecutive losses, but he also said that it is too early to talk about qualifying or being eliminated. "there are eight games left, and the top four in the group will have a chance to advance to the next round. i think now we don’t have to think about the overall situation, we still have to play one game at a time. although we lost the first two games, it doesn’t mean that there is no hope (of qualifying). although the australian team is stronger, i think the mentality is. the most important thing is that in the national team competition, everyone may have heavy mental burdens, which will affect their performance on the field. i think the most important thing is to completely let go of yourself." wu lei said.
text | reporter chai zhi
