At the beginning of 2022, Chinese football was completely torn off the "fig leaf" in Vietnam.

　　But life will continue, and the game will continue--at noon on the 22nd, the national football team announced the 39-man squad for the last two matches of the top 12 in March.

　　For the new coach Li Xiaopeng, who just led the team to lose to Vietnam on the road, if he wants to be a stable coach, he must get points in the last two closing games.

The national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam.

　　Wu Lei missed unexpectedly, naturalized players return

　　Compared with the 52-man roster for the first training session, the roster for this training session has been reduced to 39, but it can still be regarded as a roster. It is estimated that there will be at least 30 players who can report to Haikou.

　　The coaching staff list also includes chief assistant Jose Pep and physical coach Owen Wilke, as well as a number of young Chinese local coaches - Gao Yao, Zhao Junzhe, Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, Au Chuliang, Li Leilei.

　　Among the 39 players, naturalized players are still an important part.

Although the return of Luo Guofu, Alan and Fernando during the international game last month caused a disturbance, and the naturalized players performed very sluggishly on the court due to their long-term sparseness, the coaching staff still put five naturalized players on the big list. in the list.

　　Of course, according to Li Xiaopeng's previous view that there is no written agreement, it is still unknown how many naturalized players will eventually enter the final list. Fernando had previously asked for leave on the grounds that his family was sick during the transfer.

　　Local players are still at the rhythm of old and new.

Hao Junmin, Yu Dabao, Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng, Tan Long, Wang Dalei, Zheng Zheng and Wang Shenchao are still on the list.

A group of young players such as Tong Lei, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, Wu Shaocong, and Duan Liuyu are candidates for the future.

　　Surprisingly, Wu Lei, the player with the most goals during the entire World Qualifiers, was not selected.

　　Wu Lei has not played much time in Espanyol recently, but this should not be the reason why he cannot be selected. After all, naturalized players have been in for more than 3 months and cannot even guarantee basic training.

　　In the previous two games, Li Xiaopeng did not let Wu Lei play a role in his technical and tactical system. In this regard, he is far inferior to his predecessor Li Tie - at least in the Li Tie era, Wu Lei has always been the most able to give opponents in the national football field. Threatening player.

The new national football coach Li Xiaopeng.

　　Against Oman, the best chance to score points

　　According to the schedule, the last two matches of the national football team will be played against Saudi Arabia at home on March 24 and Oman on the 29th.

　　The training notice shows that overseas athletes will report to the team's competition venue on the 18th, which means that the first home game against Saudi Arabia will definitely be played abroad.

　　With reference to the previous four home games in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, this game is likely to be played in Sharjah.

　　Although the national football team has been eliminated early, in terms of points in the group stage, Saudi Arabia ranks first with 19 points, Japan ranks second with 18 points, and Australia ranks third with 15 points. As long as Saudi Arabia defeats the national football team, it can ensure that the top two directly advance, thus avoiding the group. The final game of the game and Australia are in a life-and-death battle.

　　Therefore, the first game of the national football team against Saudi Arabia is very difficult. This is a game in which the opponent must score three points.

　　The last game is Oman, which is a game between two teams that have no hope of qualifying - Oman will be at least 99% locked in fourth place, so Oman may not have such a strong motivation to win this game.

　　In addition, this is also a dialogue between the two Shandong Taishan meritorious coaches Ivankovic and Li Xiaopeng, and this is also the best opportunity for Li Xiaopeng to seek the first point in the top 12.

　　Otherwise, once he leads the team to four consecutive defeats, Li Xiaopeng's commander position may not be so stable.

　　For the national football team, we should look farther now-looking at the local Asian Cup in 2023 and the World Cup qualifiers in 2026.