Lebanon, the opponent of the Asian Cup, announced a 29 man squad, with as many as 12 naturalized pla

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-01-30

The reporter reported coldlyThe Chinese team assembled to prepare for the Asian Cup, and the three opponents in the group stage were not idle, and they have all finalized their preparation plans.

Last Monday, the Lebanese Football Federation announced the appointment of Radulovic, and the Montenegrin coach began to work after the official announcement. After Radulovich's meeting with the president of the Lebanese Football Federation, Haidar, Radulovic held a three-day meeting with relevant members of the Football Association last Tuesday to discuss the finalization of the training squad for the Asian Cup. In addition, the Lebanese team's preparation plan and warm-up opponents were also discussed. The Lebanese Football Federation has a lot of confidence in Radulovic, who led Lebanon to their first Asian Cup qualifiers from 2015 to 2019 when he led the team to a 16-game unbeaten streak during his last time in charge of Lebanon. During this period, Lebanon's world ranking rose from 144th to 77th, the team's highest ranking to date.

Because the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has affected the security of southern Lebanon, the first training camp of the Lebanese team was arranged in the northern city of Tripoli. The Lebanese newspaper La Presse reported that the first training camp lasted from December 19 to 28, and Radulovic and his assistant Yusuf selected 29 people to be included in the squad. However, some of these players are absent due to injury, but this will not affect their scope for entering the second phase of the training camp. Eight of the players on the roster played in the Asian Cup with Radulovic in 2019, including Aleksandar Myleki and Felix Myleki, two of Sweden's naturalised centre-back players. German naturalized striker Hilwe, who played in the round of 36, has been on Radulovic's squad for the second time since the 2019 Asian Cup.

In addition to recruiting his familiar old team into the squad, Radulovic also played some games in the final round of the regular season of the Lebanese League with his assistants Lido and Dudu**, including the match between the league duo Beirut Stars and Beirut supporters, and the match of the Beirut Pledge Team in the AFC Cup last Thursday, they also paid attention to the video of the four games led by the predecessor, and they have also conducted research, and they are quite clear about some players and individual positions that need to be replenished.

Compared with Lebanon's list for the round of 36 in November, Venezuelan naturalized defender Ayub, Beirut star striker Kulani and Beirut Pledge striker Davish were all injured and missed the team's latest training camp, leaving Radulovic very helpless. Ayub and Davish were the main players in the round of 36, with Radulovic waiting for the duo to be in the squad once again as soon as they recover.

In order to better select and analyze players, Radulovic asked the Lebanese Football Federation to purchase Wyscout player big data software, and through the analysis of big data software, selected some players. Striker Badr who was not selected for the November list, Swedish naturalized midfielder Daini, Canadian naturalized striker Bitar and Mexican naturalized midfielder Lahoud were all given the opportunity to be scouted.

Only 17 of the 25 players in the Lebanese national team's squad for the round of 36 in November were included in Radulovic's 29-man training squad. There are as many as 12 naturalized players among the 29 players, including the main goalkeeper Khalil (Ivory Coast), midfielders Shure (Sierra Leone), Cindy (Australia), AMyleki, FMelaki, Daini, Leonardo Shaheen (Sweden), Hilwe (Germany), forwards Saad (USA), Bitar (Canada), Lahoud (Mexico). Leonardo Shahin, a 20-year-old striker who was selected for Sweden's Under-19 national youth team, has just been naturalized from Lebanon this year. Saad and Bittar have a resume of U.S. and Canadian youth team selections, respectively. The main change to this training roster is in the midfield, which is clearly intended to enhance the attacking power.

Among the 29 players, midfielder Daini and forwards Saad, Lahoud, Bitar and Shaheen, who play in the European and American leagues, have all finished their respective leagues and can return to the team for training with the players who play in the Lebanese domestic league.

The Qatar league has a full round of 12 league matches from December 20 to 22, after which new coach Marques can organize the players into training camps. The Qatar Football Federation has scheduled a warm-up match against Cambodia on December 31, with another warm-up match scheduled before the first match against Lebanon on January 12. Qatar** believes that new coach Marques will make some changes to the squad, and some veteran veterans who are not selected for the round of 36 in November may be selected to increase the team's experience.

The Tajikistan team, which announced the training squad early, arrived in Dubai on December 15 to start the first phase of the training camp. On December 27, the whole team moved to Abu Dhabi to start the second phase of training. On January 8, the whole team flew to Doha to prepare for the match against the Chinese team on January 13. Only 22 of the 27-man squad reported, 5 players who played in overseas leagues, defenders Safarov (Namangan New Year, Uzbekistan), Hanonov (Persepolis, Iran), Umarbayev (Sofia ** Army - 1948, Bulgaria), aJuraboyev (Kedah, Malaysia) and Tusunov (Kerala, India) will not report until after their respective clubs' competitions.

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