Media Figure: Live Announcement of National Team Squad is Progress; Many European and American Teams Have Been Creative

This morning, the national team announced the new squad list via live stream. Renowned football commentator Ji Yuyang believes that regardless of how small this change might be, it represents progress.

Ji Yuyang wrote that when it comes to the announcement of the national team’s squad, before the 2022 World Cup, the way Uruguay announced their squad left a deep impression on us. The Uruguayan Football Association released a short video in which Diego Alonso, the Uruguayan coach and former Shanghai Shenhua foreign player, pointed out the hometowns of each player on a map of Uruguay. The camera then panned to these places where locals and fans held up the corresponding player’s jersey in front of the camera, announcing the squad while also showing the support from the players’ hometowns for their international appearances.

Moreover, the reporter mentioned that by the time of the 2024 European Championship, many national teams had adopted their own creative methods to announce their squads. For the 2024 European Championship, the Spanish national team chose to reveal the squad through short videos featuring the players’ family members announcing the names of the selected players, often with children calling out their fathers’ names.

In the article, the journalist also wrote that the host nation Germany revealed their European Championship squad in a manner akin to squeezing toothpaste, announcing a few selected players each day until the entire squad was finally revealed.

Additionally, Belgium announced their national team squad through street graffiti. During the Qatar World Cup, England used an animated format to reveal their squad, combining the announcement with a game-like experience.