On the evening of the 18th, the new rules for player conversion membership passed with high votes at the FIFA General Assembly gave Chinese fans peace of mind.

  After the passage of this new regulation, many excellent foreign players who have played in the domestic league have the possibility of naturalization, and naturalized players like Jiang Guangtai who have blood ties with China have also been able to represent the national football team.

  There is no doubt that this is quite good news for the national football team aiming to hit the 2022 World Cup.

Data map: Jiang Guangtai (first from left) will bring a strong supplement to the national football back line.

The range of national football's optional naturalized players expands

  The content of the amendments discussed at this FIFA conference is very diverse. For Chinese football, the most important thing is the content of the player's membership conversion.

  Among them, the most decisive ones are "the last time the player represented the current association to participate in a formal competition" and "the current association has participated in any level of official competition (except for the international A-level competition)".

  This makes Jiang Guangtai, who has Chinese blood ties but previously played for the England U19 national team, finally eliminated the controversy over the qualifications to play for the national football team.

In recent years, foreign aids such as Teixeira, Ivo and Evra, who have performed well in the Super League, also have the conditions for naturalization.

  In the next year, there will be more foreign aids who can obtain naturalization conditions, such as the 23-year-old Shijiazhuang Yongchang foreign aid Oscar and the 29-year-old deepfoot foreign aid Mali.

Data map: Teixeira (right) came to China in 2016 and has been an indispensable member of Jiangsu Suning's frontcourt.

Does not imply uncontrolled use of naturalized players

  Compared with the previous regulations, the new rules for naturalized players are indeed liberalized to a certain extent, which also expands the range of optional naturalized players.

But this does not mean that the national football will be uncontrolled use of naturalized players.

  At present, there are already three naturalized players, Li Ke, Exon, and Luo Guofu, in the National Football Team. Among them, Li Ke has Chinese blood ties.

In addition, Alan and Fernando also have the qualifications to represent the national football team.

There are reports that in the next national football training, the two are likely to get the first chance to be selected.

  Jiang Guangtai and Hou Yongyong, two naturalized players with Chinese blood ties, have also met the conditions to represent the national football team.

This also means that the National Football Team now has 7 naturalized players who have or will be eligible to play on behalf of the National Football Team, of which 3 have Chinese blood ties.

Data map: In the first match of the top 40 of the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese team beat the Maldives with 5 goals away.

The naturalized players Exon (right) and Li Ke thanked the Chinese fans for their presence after the game.

Image source: Visual China

  This season, the Chinese Super League’s naturalized players' appearances stipulated that if a naturalized player has Chinese blood ties, he can register and sign up as a domestic player, instead of a Chinese-born naturalized player, and each team has only one spot.

In addition, Li Ke was the first naturalized national to represent the national football team. From these two factors, it can be seen that a naturalized player with a blood relationship is the best choice for the national football team.

  Therefore, after the introduction of this new regulation, the player's subjective wishes and the actual needs of the team need to be considered. Therefore, outstanding foreign players like Teixeira and Ivo, who have not yet been naturalized, are not sure to get naturalization opportunities.

According to the current actual situation, the existing naturalized players do not occupy too much proportion in the field lineup, and they compete for the starting position based on their status.

  In previous interviews, Chen Xuyuan, the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, has clearly stated that at this stage Chinese football needs to be naturalized players, but will strictly control the naturalization policy.

The New Deal has further expanded the selection of talents, but this does not mean the unrestrained use of naturalized players. After determining the general direction, strictly check the details in order to activate the development of Chinese football to the greatest extent.

Data map: Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan.

Photo courtesy of the Chinese Football Association

Hopes to enter the 2022 World Cup soaring?

  The last time the national football team entered the World Cup, it also dates back to 2002, and the memory of first entering the World Cup is a bit far away.

However, even though the national football team failed again and again on the road to the World Cup, the fans are still waiting for the national football team to once again set foot on the highest hall of football.

The major significance of the use of naturalized players is to improve the level of the men's national team in a short period of time, so that the team has the ability to impact the World Cup or even further competitiveness.

  Due to the previous disregard for youth training, the negative consequences have also led to a decline in the quality of domestic young players in recent years, and it will take 5, 10 years or even longer to rebuild the foundation and work hard in youth training. To harvest.

At the point where Chinese football players do not meet, there is no doubt that naturalized players are indeed needed to help the national football team survive this special period.

  A naturalized player like Jiang Guangtai with Chinese blood ties is the immediate combat power that the national football team urgently needs.

Judging from his previous performance, his role on the defensive end is very obvious, with strong personal abilities.

When he gets the qualification to play in the national football team, it is undoubtedly a great supplement to the team's back line, and the stability of the national football midfielder will also be greatly enhanced.

  With the addition of frontcourt Fernando and local players Wu Lei, Wei Shihao and other fast players, Li Tie can form a lineup that focuses on defense and counterattack. This tactic will also be very practical in the world preliminaries.

Data map: After the national football team lost 1:2 to Syria, the situation for the national football team to advance to the top 12 matches is relatively severe.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

  Affected by the epidemic, the top 40 world preliminaries will be postponed to next year, so the national football team will have more time to run-in.

At present, the national football team ranks second in Group A, and is 8 points behind the group leader Syria with one game less. It is almost hopeless to qualify as the leader.

In the second ranking of the best group, the national football team is currently ranked 7th, 2 points away from the top four qualifying for the top 12.

  In the next game, the national football team will play against the Maldives at home, Guam away, and then at home against the Philippines and Syria, which is already desperate. The schedule is more favorable.

Although the current ranking situation is relatively severe, there is still a certain hope for qualifying to the top 12.

  After qualifying for the top 12 matches, the top two of the two groups will directly enter the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the winner between the third places of the two groups will compete with teams from other continents for a World Cup qualification.

For the national football team, the biggest test is still in the second stage. Whether they can become one of the precious 4.5 places, naturalized players will play a decisive role.

(Author Bian Liqun)