On December 21, Beijing time, 26 players of the national football team arrived at the training base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to officially start preparations for the Qatar Asian Cup. However, just before the national football team left for Abu Dhabi, the 26-person training list was suddenly announced, and Li Ke, a naturalized player from Beijing Guoan, announced his withdrawal from the Asian Cup training camp due to family reasons, and the Chinese Football Association urgently recruited Xu Xin, a midfielder from Shanghai Port, the champion of the Chinese Super League, as a replacement to help the national football team participate in the Asian Cup preparations.
Li Ke suddenly announced his withdrawal from the Asian Cup training camp without warning, which also caused a lot of suspicion from the outside world. Although the official reason given was to return to England to deal with family matters, this reason was somewhat far-fetched. After all, the big war is coming, and Li Ke can completely handle his family and return to the national team to prepare for the game. Regarding the reason why Li Ke left the national team, a domestic ** also made an interpretation. The ** believes that "comprehensive scrutiny, this matter should not only be as simple as family reasons, the competition is imminent, and the word is strict." This shows that Li Ke may have another hidden reason for leaving the team.
Li Ke, as a blood-related naturalized foreign aid introduced with a lot of money, was once pinned on by the outside world. But perhaps due to injury, he did not play at the same level as a homegrown player in the midfield midfield position after his return. On the contrary, Lee Ke formed a chicken rib in Jankovic's national team. As a midfielder, he has been poor both offensively and defensively, and has become a dispensable player in Jankovic's tactical system. Compared with Wang Shangyuan, Wang Qiuming, Gao Tianyi and others, the characteristics are not distinct.
It is precisely because of his sullen play in the national team that he is rumored to have a big disagreement with coach Jankovic, and even had a fierce dispute, which led to his marginalization in the national team. The infighting of the national team is also rumored to be boiling. As a naturalized player, the arrogant Li Ke chose to have a showdown with Jankovic. Because of this, in order not to affect the unity atmosphere within the team, the Chinese Football Association also made the decision to abandon him after consulting with head coach Jankovic. Instead, Xu Xin, who was in his playing year.
Although Xu Xin has not shown a convincing performance since leaving Shandong Taishan to join the harbor. His current form doesn't have much of an advantage over Li Ke. But as a system player, Xu Xin, who became famous at a young age, is more willing to obey the manager's tactical arrangement. With the tournament approaching, it is completely understandable to abandon the players who affect the unity of the national team and choose a main midfielder of the Chinese Super League champion team who is completely obedient to the dispatch.
It is hoped that the national football players will face the upcoming Asian Cup, work together, prepare seriously, and present the best condition to fans across the country.