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Saturday, August 31, 2019, 12:55
China announces 26-man squad for World Cup qualifier
By Xinhua
Saturday, August 31, 2019, 12:55 By Xinhua

Espanyol's Chinese forward Wu Lei waits for the start of the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on March 30, 2019. (LLUIS GENE / AFP)

BEIJING — The Chinese men's soccer team announced a 26-man squad for next month's World Cup qualifier against Maldives, cutting nine men off after the six-day training concluded at Xianghe training base on Friday.

Marcello Lippi's team will next move to Guangzhou, South China, for another massive training camp from Sept 2 to 11 to prepare for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers held in Maldives on Sept 10.

The Chinese squad will have another massive training camp in Guangzhou from Sept 2-11 to prepare for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifier against Maldives on Sept 10

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Wu Lei, who's playing in Spanish La Liga club Espanyol, and other 11 players from the Chinese Super League's Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG will join the national team in Guangzhou after missing the Xianghe camp.

China's squad

Forwards: Wu Lei, Elkeson, Yang Liyu, Wei Shihao, Yang Xu, Xie Pengfei

Midfileders: Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe, Huang Bowen, Chi Zhongguo, Xu Xin, Li Ke, Yao Junsheng

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Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Wang Gang, Zhu Chenjie, He Guan, Gao Zhunyi, Li Lei, Li Shuai, Shi Ke

Goalkeepers: Yan Junling, Wang Dalei, Zhang Lu


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