Football scouting system

Chapter 372
Although the Chinese national team eventually drew 2-2 with the Italian team, Lippi was quite satisfied with the game. After all, the Chinese national team was going to Europe for a warm-up match and had to overcome jet lag and fatigue.

This warm-up match was a good exercise for the team, and after this match, it was the head coach Lippi who was distressed because he needed to finalize the World Cup squad.

There are many excellent players in Huaxia now, and Lippi needs to select the last 23 players from them. As a head coach, in addition to the ability of the players, he also has to consider many issues, such as whether the recruited players will have conflicts in the national team due to poor relations with their clubs.

Fortunately, the Huaxia national team does not have such a problem, because the players Lippi recruited this time are basically players who have studied abroad in Europe. Even if there are conflicts in the club, but because they are not native players, it is difficult for Huaxia players to understand the relationship between sworn enemies.

But Lippi still has other troubles. This trouble is that China's capable players are generally too young, and they are basically players around 20 years old.

A team with a relatively young average age has a very bright future, but such a young team must have problems such as lack of experience and unstable state.

Lippi couldn't find a candidate to be the captain in the list he compiled for the first time. The only one who could be the captain was Chen Yangyang, but Chen Yangyang was undoubtedly not a good choice.

So Lippi must recruit a veteran with deep qualifications and a certain prestige in Chinese football. At this time, Lippi thought of the player he had coached, and he was Zheng Zhi from Gzhou Evergrande.

First of all, Lippi took the lead in confirming the goalkeeper candidate. First, Wei Qi, who played for Rennes in Ligue [-], was definitely the first goalkeeper of the Chinese national team. Lippi chose to recruit Zhang Qin who played for Guingamp as the second goalkeeper. Lippi chose to recruit Yan Junling from Shanghai SIPG as the third goalkeeper.

As for other positions, Chen Yangyang, as Manchester United's core striker, has undoubtedly secured a place. Li Long, as an indispensable member of Barcelona, ​​also occupies a position in the squad.

Immediately after was Huang Yi, a central defender who played for Liverpool, who was undoubtedly the core candidate for the Chinese national team's defense and also needed by Lippi. Then there was the midfield position. Shi Wei, whom Lippi has always admired most, undoubtedly also occupied a position.

Then Lippi needed to choose a defender. Lippi went through a lot of screening, and finally Lippi chose Zhang Xiao, Huang Yi, Wang Xiaoyong, Zhao Jie, Li Dongsheng, Zhu Hongyi and Ge Bin.

Huang Yi and Wang Xiaoyong have always been partners as the main central defender. The position of central defender requires stability. Huang Yi and Wang Xiaoyong have served as the main central defender for a long time in the national team, which makes them have a tacit understanding.

Lippi only chooses one substitute in the central defender. He is Zhu Hongyi, who was loaned to the Spaniard last season. However, although Zhang Xiao and Zhao Jie are a little shorter in the defenders, they can also play in the central defenders, so in the end Lippi only chose seven players in the defenders.

In fact, Lippi once considered not to recruit Li Dongsheng, because as a left back, Li Dongsheng's offense is indeed very good, but correspondingly, Lippi is not too satisfied with his defensive ability, but in the end Lippi chose Li Dongsheng.

If we only talk about ability, the set of defenders Lippi chose has no problem at all in terms of ability, and every point is very good.

Then Lippi turned his attention to the midfielder. Compared with the defenders, there are more candidates for the midfielder. Except for Zheng Zhi and Shi Wei, Song Xuefeng, Xu Zhuping, Yin Hanbo and Lu Feiyang, which Lippi has already confirmed, Lippi needs to choose two of the four central midfielders.

In the end, Lippi considered the needs of the current team, and finally Lippi chose Xu Zhuping with strong defensive ability and Song Xuefeng with excellent organizational ability.

Lippi chose Ji Fei, who played for Liverpool, and Cui Xiaoxuan, who became the thigh of Valencia. Both of them are very capable and have very different styles. Ji Fei has good organizational and connection skills, and can also play as a central midfielder when necessary, while Cui Xiaoxuan's offensive methods are very versatile.

Then there are the wide players. Apart from Li Long, Lippi also chose Zhang Yaotian and Yu Shen. Although Yu Shen is a rare player in the national team, Yu Shen has performed very well in several games and successfully conquered Lippi.

In the end, it was the forward candidate. In addition to Chen Yangyang, Lu Shuo and Ye Kai Gemini were also selected. Finally, Chen Chen, who was dubbed "Huaxia Messi" by Huaxia fans, was selected.

Chen Chen can not only stand in the front, but also play two sideways under Yu Tian's guidance, and he can play very well. This is one of the important reasons why Lippi chose Chen Chen.

At this point, Lippi finally confirmed the final roster for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, so the Chinese national team announced the final 23-man roster:

Goalkeepers: 1. Wei Qi (Rennes), 13. Zhang Qin (Gangang), 15. Yan Junling (Modu SIPG);
Defenders: 2 Zhang Xiao (Bayern Munich), 3 Huang Yi (Liverpool), 4 Wang Xiaoyong (Lazio), 5 Zhao Jie (Beijing Qianda), 12 Li Dongsheng (Ajax), 14 Zhu Hongyi (Beijing Qianda), 18 Ge Bin (Beijing Qianda);

Midfielders: 6 Shi Wei, 7 Li Long (Barcelona), 8 Song Xuefeng (Monchengladbach), 16 Ji Fei (Liverpool), 17 Zheng Zhi (Gzhou Evergrande), 21 Xu Zhuping (Sevilla), 22 Zhang Yaotian (Leverkusen), 23 Cui Xiaoxuan (Valencia);
Forwards: 9 Chen Yangyang (Manchester United), 10 Chen Chen (Beijing Qianda), 11 Yu Shen (Atletico Madrid), 19 Lu Shuo (Cologne), 20 Ye Kai (Cologne);

After the announcement of this big list, there was an uproar immediately. First of all, it was the Huaxia side. The Huaxia media dubbed this Huaxia national team "Zheng Zhi and his children".

Foreign media put forward different opinions. For example, the Italian media expressed their confusion as to why Lippi did not sign Ye Bo. After Ye Bo played for Atlanta, he gained a lot of fans because of his sharp breakthrough, but they did not understand why such a player was not recruited.

Immediately afterwards, the American media questioned why Lippi did not consider the MLS. There are currently two Huaxi players in the MLS, namely left back Zhang Xiaolei and forward Li Qiao.

Both of them are already the main players in the major leagues, especially Li Qiao, who plays for the New York Red Bulls. After coming to the United States, he scored several magic goals in a row and was praised by the American media.

The American media believed that Li Qiao definitely had the ability to be selected for the national team, but after Li Qiao finally lost the selection, the American media questioned Lippi's discrimination against the major leagues.

On the other hand, the Chinese national team, Lippi has already brought Chinese players to Russia, hoping to adapt to Russia as soon as possible. Fortunately, Russia itself is not far from China, so the Chinese players are still very good at adapting.

When Lippi led the team to train, he was relieved to see the normal training of the players. Lippi was under too much pressure. Lippi is now burdened with the expectations of all Huaxia fans, hoping that Lippi can lead the Huaxia national team to make history.

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