The national football team will play two round of 18 matches during the international break in November, the first game has been over, the national football team relied on Zhang Yuning's consecutive goals, away 1-0 defeat Bahrain to win two consecutive victories, Group C ranking rose to fourth, and the second place Australia accumulated 6 points. On November 19, Beijing time, the national football team will usher in the second round of 18 match of the month in Xiamen, hosting Japan. Due to the national football team's left back Li Lei was injured and retired in the game against Bahrain and was unable to play in Japan, as well as Zhang Yuning was also injured, plus Baihelamu accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, the main two strikers of the national football team against Bahrain will all be absent from the game in Japan. This means that the national football team vs Japan, there are fewer people in the back line and forward, and Ivankovic will definitely have to recruit players.
The latest news from Beiqing sports reporter Xiao Yun that the national football team will recruit Shanghai Port fullback Wang Zhenao against Japan. The national football team on the evening of November 15 in Xiamen Egret Stadium side field after returning to China for the first time, after the training, the national football coach Ivankovic has confirmed to the media that Li Lei is unable to play in Japan due to injury, after the coaching staff decided to recruit Shanghai Port's fullback Wang Zhenao.
In fact, in March this year, Ivankovic called up Wang Zhenao, a fullback with solid skills, clear mind and sharp attack, who was deeply appreciated by Ivankovic, and started the national football team against Thailand in the round of 36, and played the whole game to complete the national football debut. Later, due to injury, he was not selected for the squad to go to South Korea. An important reason for Ivankovic's recruitment of Wang Zhenao is that players can play left or right, and both left and right back can play.
Ivankovic will not recruit striker players, because Xie Wen can come back from the ban, Wei Shihao, Lin Liangming, Wang Ziming, Cao Yongjing can all play forwards, and against Japan is defense-oriented, strikers must also defend, that is, to defend to the death, which is also the fundamental reason why the national football team will no longer recruit strikers in preparation for Japan.