Reporter Chen Yong reports At noon on the 13th local time in Dubai, Serginho, nicknamed "Sai Bird" by fans, arrived at the national football team's residence in Dubai, and the national football coach Ivankovic welcomed Serginho at the hotel.

In the early morning of the 14th local time, with the arrival of the last five Shenhua internationals in Dubai, the national football team assembled, at this time, the battle between China and Saudi Arabia also entered a week countdown, and the main task of the national football team became to determine the 23-man list and starting lineup, and adjust the state of the players.

On the 12th, Beijing time, Serginho completed all the naturalization procedures, got a Chinese passport and ID card, and on the morning of the 13th, Serginho set off for Dubai, and finally met with the national football team at noon local time. As far as the appearance procedures are concerned, the Chinese Football Association needs to complete the declaration procedures with FIFA, and then complete the supplementary reporting procedures for the round of 18, which are routine procedures, and there is no problem with Serginho's resume, and there will be no obstacles normally.

At present, Serginho has a good hope of being qualified to participate in the battle between China and Saudi Arabia, but based on Serginho's actual situation, his value and role may not be reflected. Serginho and Guoan went through winter training as normal, but after the start of the league, he was unable to play in the first two rounds of the league because he had not yet completed his naturalization and only had a vacancy registration, during which he completed the withdrawal procedures for Italy and Brazil.

Due to the lack of systematic training for a while, and more importantly, no competitions, or more than 4 months without participating in official competitions, retiring and rushing to Dubai for many trips, and not enough rest, even if Serginho has a week to recover, his competitive condition may not be fully guaranteed.

Therefore, even if the final registration is completed and selected for the 23-man squad, at present, the possibility of Serginho starting in the Sino-Saudi battle is very small, but after a week of recovery, the possibility of coming off the bench is still relatively large.

From a technical and tactical point of view, the national football team and Saudi Arabia will most likely adopt a defensive and counter-attacking style of play in this game, which is actually not suitable for Serginho to start, and when adjusting in the second half, Serginho may be useful, and more importantly, he also needs to adjust his state through official matches to prepare for the battle between China and Australia.

At this time, it is more than 10 days away from the battle between China and Australia, through the warm-up match between the national football team and Kuwait and the battle between China and Saudi Arabia, on the 25th, Serginho is expected to recover to a good state, and the national football team will play a more important role at home.

When Serginho set off from Beijing, the four international players of Haigang who played the AFC Champions League elite league had arrived in Dubai, and the five international players of Shenhua arrived in Dubai in the early morning of the 14th.

At present, the national football team has 34 players, including the first batch of 32 players (including 9 players from Haigang and Shenhua), as well as Li Yuanyi, who was supplemented by recruitment, and Serginho, who was naturalized to complete the supplementary recruitment. However, there are only 23 places to sign up for the battle between China and Saudi Arabia, which means that the national football team needs to do subtraction, and it is to cut nearly 1/3 of the subtraction.

Among the five U23 players and U20 players newly recruited and transferred to the team, Wang Yudong has a certain possibility of entering the squad, in addition, Wang Shiqin, who can play as a left back, also has a faint possibility, as for Liu Haofan in the central defender position, Xu Bin in the midfield position and Liu Chengyu in the center forward position, it is difficult to enter the list.

In terms of other players, Ivan will most likely make trade-offs according to the arrangement and position of the starting lineup, such as the goalkeeper position will be normal and one person will not be able to enter the 23-man list, the central defender and full-back, especially the right back will also have the possibility of adjustment, and the four center forwards Zhang Yuning, Bai Helamu, Wang Ziming and Hou Yongyong, theoretically there will also be one person who cannot enter the list. The rest of the players will be selected among the midfielders. As for the specific candidates, Ivan will have a basic framework in mind, and then fine-tune it according to the training state.

At present, the national football team has carried out a 10-day training camp in Dubai, after the initial recovery and adjustment, the recent training volume is very large, mostly two practices a day, with the 15th warm-up match and the 21st morning of the battle between China and Saudi Arabia approaching, the training volume of the national football team will be gradually adjusted, and finally reach a state suitable for the game.