Blessing! The three former internationals announced their retirement on the same day, and 6 meritorious players said goodbye to each other in 3 days, and they were 1 step away from entering the World Cup

On the last day of 2024, a number of former internationals opted to end their careers. On December 31, Beijing time, three former international players Cao Yunding, Zhao Mingjian and Yu Dabao officially announced their retirement.

35-year-old Cao Yunding posted a 14-minute video on social media, summarizing his 14-year career in Shanghai Shenhua, with the caption: "Fourteen years of perseverance have not come true, and retirement will also leave regrets and light." ”

Subsequently, former national team teammate Zhao Mingjian also replied to Cao Yunti in the comment area, confirming that he also retired on this day: "On the same birthday (Cao Yunding and Zhao Mingjian's birthdays are both November 22), I retired on the same day, it's good, I also retired." ”

Not long after Cao Yunding and Zhao Mingjian announced their retirement, Beijing Guoan Club also officially announced that the 36-year-old captain Yu Dabao officially ended his 20-year career and transferred to the coach of Beijing Guoan Youth Academy. At the All-Star Football Game on the evening of the 28th three days ago, Feng Xiaoting, Rong Hao, and Li Xuepeng, three meritorious former international players, also held a retirement ceremony to officially bid farewell to the fans.

It is worth noting thatFeng Xiaoting, Rong Hao, Li Xuepeng, Yu Dabao, Cao Yunding and Zhao MingjianThey are all core international players of the national football team in the 2018 World Preliminaries. The national football team led by Lippi almost entered the World Cup.

In that round of 12, the national football team finally accumulated 12 points in a group with strong teams such as Iran, South Korea, Syria, Uzbekistan, and Qatar, ranking second from the bottom, only 1 point away from Syria, which qualified for the World Cup play-offs in the third place in the group, which is indeed regrettable. It is no wonder that Feng Xiaoting, the former captain of the national football team, cried at the retirement ceremony and sighed that he was only one step away from the World Cup.