The national football team drew 1-1 with Oman and lost almost 3 points in hand, which once again "alarmed" the authoritative media People's Daily. Like most media views, the People's Daily once again pointed out Li Tie's mistake when commenting on the match, bluntly saying that he should not replace the team's most threatening attacker, Luo Guofu, because it was the latter's end that made the other side a little less jealous when letting go of the game, and then equalized the score.
In the 5th round of the Round of 12, China's "home" face Oman. In this game, Li Tie rarely sent four forwards in the front court to start at the same time, Alain, Luo Guofu, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning. Among them, Zhang Yuning suddenly stepped forward, Alan played the role of shadow striker behind Zhang Yuning, and Luo Guofu and Wu Lei played the role of wingers on the left and right. Li Tie's set of gambling style of play quickly paid off.
In the 21st minute of the first half, Wu Lei received an assist from Zhu Chenjie and scored a goal to break the deadlock for the team. It has to be mentioned that Wu Lei was able to score this time, and the root cause is the corner kick opportunity created by Alain and Luo Guofu before. Throughout the first half, and even the first 60 minutes, Luo Guofu has been the most desperate, most active player on the field, and the greatest threat to the opposing defense.
But what people did not expect was that Li Tie abandoned his martial arts, and in the 67th minute, he replaced Luo Guofu, and at the same time, he was replaced by the main back Xu Xin. It also became a watershed moment for the game. Eight minutes later, the opponent pulled the score to 1-1 and kept the score until the end. The national football team also missed almost all three points.
For the performance of the national football team in this game, the People's Daily media "People's Daily Central Kitchen - Whistle Sports Studio" commented that Luo Guofu's physical fitness did not support, but he was not the only player in the team who had physical problems in the front court. But Li Tie replaced Luo Guofu, the team's most threatening attacker, so that the other party was a little less jealous when letting go of a game. In addition, Xu Xin played a prominent role in the defensive end of the midfield, and Arthur Junmin, who replaced him, was not a player of the same type. That is to say, Li Tie's 2 substitutions have made major mistakes.
Finally, the People's Daily also euphemistically criticized the current national football team as an example of the previous Lippi national football team, bluntly saying: there are three main reasons why the previous Lippi national football team can break out: the guidance of the famous coach Lippi, the blessing of the home atmosphere, and the support of the red-hot Chinese Super League. But now in Li Tieguo's football team, he can't find any of the above. It is no wonder why the performance of this national football team in the round of 12 is so weak.
That is to say, the poor performance of the national football team, although it is not the reason for Li Tie alone, but it also has a great relationship with him. It's just a pity that Li Tie seems to have not yet realized his mistake and refused to admit it.