In the top 12 of the world preliminaries, both the former coach Li Tie and the current Li Xiaopeng will hand over the heavy responsibility of maintaining both offensive and defensive ends to the veterans.

For the key battles related to qualifying, it is understandable to reuse more experienced veterans, but the unreasonable age structure makes the national football team at a disadvantage in the head-to-head dialogue with traditional Asian teams.

In the face of the opponent's high-pressure pressing and fast offensive and defensive transition rhythm, the veterans are exhausted, and the young internationals are unable to take over.

　　With the gradual retirement of veterans, the replacement of the national football team is imminent, but with the talent cut off, it is expected that the strength of the national football team after the big change is unlikely to improve, and may even fall further into the abyss.

　　Judging from the list of 12 teams in the top 12, the average age of the national football team is 29.6 years old, the oldest of all participating teams.

Judging from the starting list, the average age of the 10 top 12 matches of the national football team is 29.7 years old. Among them, the average ages of the first three rounds against Australia, Japan and Vietnam are 30.8, 30.8 and 30.4 years old respectively.

After it was determined that they did not qualify, the average age of the main Saudi Arabia team and the visiting Oman team was the lowest. Among them, the 27.5-year-old against Oman in the final round was the lowest average age for the entire series.

　　In fact, Lippi intended to let the national football team complete the transition between the old and the new in the 2019 Asian Cup, but was limited by the serious lack of excellent young players and eventually died.

During the top 12 of the World Preliminaries, there was the task of impacting the World Cup before and the pressure to avoid collapse later. Both Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng chose to trust the veteran without exception.

　　Li Tie has recruited many U23 players in the training camps after taking office, but it has always been difficult to select people who can be of great use.

In Li Xiaopeng's first training list after replacing Li Tie, as many as 13 people were selected for the national team for the first time, including Yan Dinghao, Wu Shaocong, Liu Ruofan and other newcomers, but the two coaches in the final expedition list still rely on Wu Xi, Hao Junmin, Zhang Linpeng and other veterans.

　　After the defeat in the World Cup, Hao Junmin and Yu Dabao are about to retire from the national team. Wu Xi, Zheng Zheng, Wang Shenchao and other international players born before 1990 will also fade out after next year's Asian Cup. Zhang Yuning, Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie, Gao Zhun Players born in "post-1995" and even "post-2000", such as Yi, Guo Tianyu, Han Jiaqi, and Wu Shaocong, will become the backbone of the national team.

　　From the perspective of the cultivation of the new generation of international players, the biggest gain in this top 12 match is the 21-year-old star Zhu Chenjie, who is the only young international player who is close to participating in the top 12 matches.

Since replacing the injured Zhang Linpeng in the second round of the round of 12, Zhu Chenjie has gradually become the core of the defense, and is expected to join forces with Jiang Guangtai as the main defender in the future.

On the front line, Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu will take on the important task of attacking the city, and Dai Weijun will also effectively complement the offensive end of the national football team.

Comparatively speaking, the national football team has the biggest hidden danger in the midfield position in the future. After Hao Junmin and Wu Xi gradually faded out of the national team, there is no truly capable successor. This is undoubtedly a potential crisis facing the national football team.

　　What is even more embarrassing is that there are only a handful of outstanding young players in the national football team.

Before next year's local Asian Cup, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is difficult for the national football team to arrange high-quality warm-up matches.

After failing to qualify for the World Cup ahead of schedule, Li Xiaopeng unbelievably put more young internationals on the bench. Such a rare opportunity to train and gain experience in the competition was unfortunately missed.

　　Under the background that it is no longer realistic to spend huge sums of money on the introduction of naturalized players, Chinese football still needs a two-pronged approach in talent training. In the case of ensuring the smooth operation of the league, it is necessary to accelerate self-star creation and self-selection; the overseas study plan started last year, At present, Li Lei, Jia Boyan, Guo Tianyu and Liu Shaoziyang have all made their trips. Sending more potential players to Europe for training will be an effective way for the national football team to save itself and improve its strength.

　　Reporter Chai Zhilin Benjian