Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 398 The Situation of the UAE Asian Cup

亚洲杯将于2019年1月5日在阿联酋正式打响。日前，24队已经全部公布了23人名单，众多亚洲成名球星均在列。

The national football team led by Lippi arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on the morning of December 12, officially entering the "Asian Cup time".

According to the latest competition arrangement of the AFC, the top 2022 Asian qualifiers for the 40 World Cup will start in September 2019.

Therefore, the situation of this Asian Cup will affect the pattern of the World Cup qualifiers nine months later. At least the seeding teams of each group will be decided based on the results of this cup.

This year's World Cup in Russia, the "Five Asian Tigers" composed of China, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Iran have made good progress:
The Huaguo team has made it all the way to the top four, and its gold content far exceeds that of the South Korean team in the 02 Korea-Japan World Cup, which shows the strong rise of Asian football;

In other games, the Korean team defeated the German team, the Saudi team defeated the Egyptian team, the Iranian team lost to the Spanish team, and the Japanese team narrowly lost to the Belgian team. These games have created new classics in Asian football.

In this Asian Cup, the "Five Asian Tigers" and Australia's 23-man roster have changed a lot compared with the World Cup, and the overall lineup is younger. "Work.

However, there are still a large number of European players in the 5-man roster of the top five teams, which is their advantage over other Asian teams.

The Huaguo team currently only has two players, Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin, playing in the Big Five, but they are the pillars of their respective clubs, and more players will go overseas after the Asian Cup;

The South Korean team, which is in Group C with the Huaguo team, currently has 23 players in the 7-man roster playing for club teams in Germany and England, namely:

Ki Sung-yong, Koo Ja-chul, Lee Jae-seong, Hwang Hee-chan, Lee Chung-yong, Son Heung-min, Ji Dong-won.Among them, Sun Xingmin is currently playing smoothly in the Premier League, and he is also their number one weapon for the championship in this Asian Cup;
There are as many as 23 European players in the Japanese team's 12-man roster.Although veterans such as Keisuke Honda and Makoto Hasebe announced their withdrawal after the World Cup, and Shinji Kagawa was not selected this time, veterans such as Maya Yoshida and Yuto Nagatomo returned to the national team.

The new generation of young European players born after 1993, such as Takumi Minamino, Kenhiro Fuyasu, Shoya Nakajima, Ritsu Doan, and Takuma Asano, who performed well in the previous Japanese team warm-up matches, all entered the list.

The Japanese team coach Mori Baoichi also shouted the slogan "Win the Asian Cup";

All 23 members of the Saudi team came from the West Asian League this time, of which the three local giants contributed 15 members.

Although there are no players in Europe, the team has the right time and place for the Asian Cup held in West Asia, and is also eyeing the championship;
The Iranian team was affected by injuries, and three of the fierce players in Europe were not selected for the 3-man list, but there are still 23 players who are currently playing in the European League, led by the Russian Super League star Azmoun.

The Australian team won the last Asian Cup in their home country. Now their lineup has undergone tremendous changes, and the coach has also been handed over to the local coach Arnold.

As for the core members 4 years ago, such as Cahill, Bresciano and others have retired, Spiranovic, Jedinak and others have faded out.

Arnold appointed Milligan as the new captain, and this is also the only remaining member of the "Golden Generation" of the "Kangaroo Legion";
Among the teams in West Asia, the 23-man roster of the host UAE team all come from their own leagues. Although "Gulf Messi" Omar missed the Asian Cup due to injury, the UAE team still has Asian players like Mabhot and Khalil. Top stars sit in town.

Qatar also gathered the strongest lineup, led by the current Asian Footballer Hassan to attack with all strength;
The "Central Asian Wolf" Uzbekistan team has recruited 7 overseas players.

In addition to 23 of the 21 national football players from Huachao, there are many "Huchao elements" among the players participating in this Asian Cup.

Kim Young-kwon and Kwon Kyung-won, who are effective for the South Korean team in Huachao, were selected.

In the Uzbekistan team, Ahmedov, a foreign aid from SIPG, and Ismailov, a former Yatai foreign aid, are on the list.

Australian team captain Milligan and midfielder Sainsbury are both veterans of Huachao.

The Philippine team in the same group as the national football team, the former Jianye striker Patinho is impressively listed, and their coach is the former Huachao coach Eriksson.

In Group C where the national football team is located, the South Korean team is certainly the number one rival, but the two teams of Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines are not as imagined.

本届亚洲杯扩军24队后，每组头两名和4个成绩最好的小组No.3晋级16强，国足要想以No.1小组出线则不容轻敌。

You must know that the average age of the national football players participating in the Asian Cup this time is as high as 28.6 years old, which is the oldest among the 24 teams. Among the 23 players, there are as many as 30 players over the age of 10.

The first opponent of the national football group stage is the Asian Cup newcomer Kyrgyzstan.

23 of the team's 11-man roster are from the domestic giants Bishkek Dodoy. Their coach Kristin is also the coach of Bishkek Dodoy.

There are 3 players in the Kyrgyz team who are German players born in Kyrgyzstan, and their number one striker Murzayev is currently playing in the Turkish low-level league.

Although the players of the Kyrgyz team are not familiar to people, according to the recent reports from the Qatari players who warmed up with them, the players of the team are generally tall and strong, and they like to play 541 intensive defensive tactics. challenge.

Under the leadership of Eriksson, the Philippine team, also a newcomer to the Asian Cup, has been training for a period of time in Doha, Qatar.

The Philippine team went to the 23-man squad for the Asian Cup. Etheridge, the number one goalkeeper who played for Cardiff City in the Premier League, was excluded from the squad, while Kevin Hansen, who was born in Denmark, was called up for the national team for the first time.

The Philippine team is a typical naturalized army. Except for the former Jianye striker Patinho, Javier's father is Spanish. In addition, the Young Harzbender brothers come from Chelsea's youth training, and the defender Daisuke Sato is from Japan and the Philippines. A mixed race, the 31-year-old Schrock once played for Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.

The Hua Guo team once beat the Philippine team 8-1 in the warm-up match in Guangzhou, but the Philippine team participating in the Asian Cup this time is not the youth team at that time.

Eriksson signed a 6-month short contract with the Philippine Football Association. The most important task is to lead the team to play in the Asian Cup. Eriksson and Lippi's famous coach will be a highlight of the Asian Cup group stage point.

The Huaguo team is not what it used to be. The goal of this Asian Cup is directly at the championship. If they only get No.2, they will lose!

This kind of hard-line winning indicator is not the usual style of Huaguo football shoes. It is said that Lippi couldn't stand the implicit hint of the shoes and made his decision.

With Zhang Mai and Zhang Yulin, Lippi doesn't think there is any team in Asia that can prevent the Hua Guo team from aspiring to the top of Asia.

(End of this chapter)