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On the evening of May 31, ** team’s head coach Lippi submitted to the Chinese Football Association the list of players for the national team’s training camp in preparation for the June playoff round. This list was originally scheduled to be released on the morning of the 31st, but since there was an AFC Champions League match this week, and Evergrande player Zhang Linpeng happened to get injured in that AFC Champions League match on Tuesday. Coincidentally, in Wednesday’s AFC Champions League match, Cai Huikang from Shanghai SIPG suffered an injury as well. Both of these players were originally on the list for this training camp, but due to consecutive injuries, Lippi had to make urgent changes to the list. It was not until the late night of the 31st that the list, confirmed by Lippi, was submitted to the Chinese Football Association. On this list, Guangzhou Evergrande remains a team with a large number of national team players, with 7 players selected in total. Yu Hanchao has returned to the team, and this is the first time he has been included in Lippi’s squad. When Lippi took charge of the ** team, Yu Hanchao was in recovery due to an injury, so he wasn’t included in Lippi’s first few training sessions for the ** team. But since the start of this league season, Yu Hanchao has been in outstanding form. Although he is not the absolute starter for the Guangzhou Evergrande team, he delivers impressive performances whenever he plays. Whether in the AFC Champions League or the Chinese Super League, Yu Hanchao’s performance has been excellent; therefore, it makes sense that Lippi has brought him back once again. Among the several injured players, Zhang Linpeng was found to have no serious issues after examination, so Lippi decided to keep using this key player; Cai Huikang’s injury situation is not optimistic, and as a result he will be absent from this training session. Among the other players selected, some who performed well in the league – in particular those who had previously been part of the team’s second squad – also made it into the first team. Players such as Li Lei from Guoan, Xiao Zhi and Chen Zhizhao from Guangzhou R&F were promoted to the first team and will join Lippi in preparing for the round of 16 matches in June. As planned, the **team will gather in Guangzhou and then play a warm-up match against the Philippines** team on the 7th; Javier, a foreign player for Henan Jianye who plays in the Chinese Super League, was included in the squad. The Chinese team will travel to Malaysia on June 8 to prepare for the away match in the round of 16 against Syria’s team, to be held in the neutral city of Malacca on June 13. Attached is the **team training roster: Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Huang Bowen, Gao Lin, Zheng Zhi, Zeng Cheng, Yu Hanchao. Wu Xie, Wu Lei, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao. Zhang Xizhe, Li Lei. Jiang Zhipeng, Xiao Zhi, Chen Zhizhao. Zhao Mingjian, Yin Hongbo, Ren Hang, Gao Zhunyi. Hao Junmin, Wang Dalei. Wang Yongpo. Deng Hanwen. Zhang Yuning