Source: China Youth Daily
In the early morning of November 12, Beijing time, the national football team that competed in the Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifier Round of 12 drew with Oman in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, ending the first round-robin match of the group - the other two games in the same group Australia drew with Saudi Arabia, Japan defeated Vietnam, after 5 rounds Saudi Arabia ranked first with 13 points, Australia ranked second with 10 points, Japan rose to third with 9 points, Oman ranked fourth with 7 points, the national football team ranked fifth with 4 points, and Vietnam ranked first with 0 points.
Such a result means that with 5 rounds of competitions remaining, the national football team "strives to qualify for the World Cup" is only theoretically possible.
The battle with Oman was originally a "life and death battle" that determined whether the national football team could continue to qualify, and Li Tie deliberately introduced 4 attackers in the starting lineup of Alain, Luo Guofu, Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei to seize the opportunity.
The strategy of the national football team to "grab the opening" was quite effective, in the 21st minute of the game, Wu Lei took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to grab the point to take the lead in breaking the Oman team goal, in the entire first half, the national football team attacked and defended the two ends of the dispatch, in addition to the halftime stoppage time Yan Junling saved the opponent's strong shot did not leave the opportunity for oman.
However, in the 75th minute of the second half, Oman also got a good opportunity in a corner attack, Yan Junling failed to touch the ball, Halsey pressed back to the defense of Arthur Junmin's header to score, and the 1:1 score was finally extended to the end of the game.
Head coach Li Tie said after the game that he "wanted to go home with a victory", but the result was "disappointed by everyone" - although the goal was lost after the substitution in the second half (Arthur Junmin, Wu Xinghan replaced Xu Xin, Luo Guofu), the main reason why the national football team could not win was limited: the 5 round of 12 games narrowly defeated Vietnam and Drew Oman against Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, which fully conformed to the positioning of the national football team as the "fourth team".
Talking about the three substitutions in this game, Li Tie introduced that according to the situation in the team's game, the three substitution adjustments are normal, "When it was more than 60 minutes, it felt that Luo Guofu's mobility had declined, the defense was a bit out of points and positions, and the other side was eager to equalize the score, and there were many crosses on both sides (so we made adjustments). We also hope that through the adjustment of the midfield, the appearance of Arthur Joon Min, can enhance the control of the midfield. The appearances of Wu Xinghan and Arthur Junmin have indeed helped the team. Wu Xinghan played very well after coming on, adding vitality to the side and doing a very good job defensively. ”
On November 16, the national football team will also play against Australia in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, which is the last round of 12 rounds of this year, no matter what the result, the national football team will depart home on the 17th, and the players will return to their respective clubs to compete in the Chinese Super League after completing the quarantine - after basically losing the hope of "World Cup qualification", ensuring the "safety" of the league is the actual problem to be solved by Chinese football, after all, the future of many teams is uncertain, and the low tide period of the league may last for a long time.
China Youth Daily (Reporter: Guo Jian, finishing: Chen Qian) part of the content comes from @ China Football Team.