 Li akadanwa kuchikwata chenyika cheChinese chevanhu vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri nematatu kuti vatambe mumitambo yeAsia ya2010.kwaaizotamba mumitambo mitatu ndokuhwina chibodzwa chimwe mumutambo umo China yakabviswa mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu okupedzisira. Mwedzi inoverengeka gare gare mushure memwaka unonakidza weligi umo Li akazvisimbisa uye akakunda kukwidziridzwa neChengdu Blades, munguva pfupi aizodaidzwa kuchikwata cheChinese chikwata chekutanga mukugadzirira 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Kunyangwe asina ruzivo rwekare rwevakuru vepasi rose uye achitamba nedivi repiri, Li akaverengerwa zvisingatarisirwi muchikwata mushure mekunge mutambi wake Feng Xiaoting akuvara uye aizoenderera mberi nekuita mutambo wake wepasi rose wekutanga kurwisa Iraq musi wa 2 Ndira 2011 iyo China yakakunda 3-2. 