Sanchao-aged internationals rush to the U23 national football team to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games
Coach Jankovic: Full of confidence in the two major competitions this year
On the morning of April 20, the 1999-age U23 national football team continued to conduct outdoor training at the Mission Hills Base in Haikou, and Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng, and Zhang Yuning, three "overaged newcomers", appeared at the training site - to help the U23 national football team do well in Hangzhou In preparation for the Asian Games football match and competition work, these 3 men's national football team's active main players have joined the U23 national football preparation camp.
3 "overaged newcomers" appeared at the training ground
It is understood that in early April this year, after the national football team and the U23 national football team returned to China from West Asia, the U23 national football team's training camp in Haikou began to focus on the focus of "Hangzhou Asian Games preparations".
The rules of the competition show that each team participating in the Hangzhou Asian Games men's football game allows a maximum of 3 over-age players (players born before January 1, 1999) to sign up for the competition. Therefore, the U23 coaching staff consciously carried out the selection of over-age players.
In the end, Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi, and Zhang Yuning, who were the main players in the three lines of the national football team, were selected.
Since several over-age players have been training with the national team normally, they did not meet with the U23 national football team until the 20th.
It is reported that after the U23 national football team arrived at the training ground at around 9:50 a.m. yesterday, head coach Jankovic first called all the players to the center of the field, and then welcomed the three "overage players" on behalf of the team and welcomed the three players. Give a high rating.
He said, "First of all, we welcome three national players to our collective. However, we cannot say that they are new players because they are old players and we are young and new players. Now, we can only welcome them. Joining our training team. My welcome message is very limited, but we have now added 3 young, brave and very professional players. As representatives of outstanding professional players, these 3 are role models for all young players. In a sense, these three players also represent the current image of Chinese football. I am very grateful to them for joining our team." Then Yankovic looked at the three and added: "Thank you for being able to share you here. football experience, some principles of being a human being. At the beginning, that is all I can say, I am sure we can have a great time together. Once again, you are welcome to join us!”
Need to adapt to the U23 national football preparation rhythm
After the brief welcome event, the entire team immediately plunged into intense training.
Although the training only lasted 70 minutes, it was rich in content and intense.
After the simple physical preparations, the whole team first conducted training on passing and receiving the ball, and then divided into 3 groups to conduct offensive and defensive routine drills respectively.
After a period of 30-meter fast turnaround sprint training, the entire team finally conducted a team confrontation training.
3 overage players were placed in the same group during the team confrontation.
Due to the abundance of personnel, the replacement of personnel for confrontation training is relatively large.
It is worth noting that after the end of the top 12 journey, the recent training intensity of the Chinese team is not large, and its intensity is much lower than that of the U23 national football team.
Therefore, the three "overage players" who have just arrived also need considerable time to adapt to the preparation rhythm of the U23 national football team, and at the same time understand the style of play advocated by the head coach Jankovic.
According to the plan, the U23 national football team will arrange an internal teaching match on April 24, the last day of the closed isolation period.
Text/Reporter Xiao Xun