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on the evening of october 5, the chinese men’s football team left shanghai and headed to adelaide, australia, to prepare for the upcoming third round of the top 18 away match against australia on october 10. the team's departure day coincided with newcomer hu hetao's 21st birthday. for this young man from wanzhou, chongqing, the call-up order for the national football team may be his best birthday gift. although as the youngest player of the current national football team, hu hetao still needs to put in more efforts, but with the current limited number of right back options for the national football team, hu hetao may still complete the task of representing the national team during the two world cup preliminaries this month. debut.

compared with zhejiang team midfielder cheng jin returning to the team, chengdu chengdu full-back hu hetao, as one of the main members of the u21 national football team in the 2003 age group, was selected for the national football team for the first time by "skipping", which somewhat surprised the outside world.

in fact, during the process of selecting candidates for the team's top 18 preliminary round in august this year, the national football coaching staff had already "trapped" hu hetao, who has performed well in the club team this season. however, before the last training camp, hu hetao suffered from serious injuries, and the new u21 national football team in the 2003 age group, which had just set up its flag, also needed him very much. under this circumstance, hu tao's first entry into the national football team had to be postponed.

as usual, the national football coaching staff headed by ivankovic will select the national football team based on an average configuration of two people in each position on the field. taking the right back position as an example, the first two candidates of the coaching staff were yang zexiang from shenhua team and gao zhunyi from taishan team. however, due to serious injuries, yang zexiang was ultimately unable to travel with the team to australia and stayed in shanghai to continue recovering from his injuries. as for micro motion, due to fatigue injuries caused by participating in the intensive schedule of chinese super league, afc champions league elite league, fa cup semi-finals and other events with the club team some time ago, he missed several training sessions of the team in shanghai. whether he can start in the game on the 10th will also depend on his physical recovery after the team arrives at the away game.

at the right back position, the coaching staff can actually choose wang shangyuan and huang zhengyu. however, this position is not their main position in the club team. relatively speaking, hu hetao has continued to serve as the main right back of the chengdu team this season. compared with the above two people, he may be more suitable for this position. in fact, the national football coaching staff also adheres to the principle of "use as they come" when it comes to recruiting players.

although hu hetao is not tall and is a pure left-footed player, he moves quickly, has sharp breakthroughs, and can go up and down. in addition, although he was selected for the national football team for the first time, he had been the main player of the original u20 national football team in the 2003 age group and participated in major events such as the u20 asian cup finals, so his mental quality is not bad. rongcheng coach xu zhengyuan also praised the young disciple and believed that he would not suffer from stage fright in international competitions.

as for the situation of "left-footed player playing right back", it is not uncommon in international football. for example, 19 years ago, the then real madrid coach luxenberg placed the left-footed player bravo in the right back position.

before the national football team went to australia, hu hetao humbly said in an interview with the media: "i am very happy and excited to be selected for the national team. i hope to communicate more with the big brothers of the team, learn more from them, and strive to play in the game. "it is reported that during the last training session in shanghai on the 5th, the national football team conducted a small-scale group confrontation, and hu hetao was placed in his familiar right back position. no matter what the coaching staff chooses, the youngster is ready to play.

source: beijing youth daily