China head coach Li vows to keep World Cup hopes alive

TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's newly-appointed national football team head coach Li Xiaopeng said on Monday that his main goal is to keep the team's FIFA World Cup qualification hopes alive, as he prepares to make his debut in the dugout on January 27 in a qualifier against Japan.

Apart from Luo Guofu and A Lan, who reached Japan on Monday morning, all the other 24 players took part in the team's first train