Due to the epidemic prevention and control reasons, the Japanese Football Association recently officially announced that the match between Japan and Uzbekistan on the 21st of this month will be cancelled. As a result, Japan will not have a warm-up exercise before the seventh round of the World Preliminary Tournament on January 27, and it will be unknown whether this Asian team can adjust to the best state.
This time, the situation encountered by the Japanese team before the match against Oman is very similar, on the one hand, 90% of the Japanese team is a player in Europe, and at this time it is in the very fierce stage of the European League competition, so the players have to assemble urgently a few days before the game, which also makes MoriHoichi unable to organize effective training, on the other hand, the game with Uzbekistan is canceled, resulting in the latest state of the players can not be tested, which will greatly increase the uncertainty of the team's game, before Oman was to seize the Japanese team's little run-in, The players were in poor form, and they broke out 1-0 on the road.
Therefore, this time, the Japanese team gave the opportunity to the national football team, depending on whether Li Xiaopeng could take over the recruitment. In order to play the remaining World Preliminary Round, the national football team also formed a luxurious coaching team of up to 15 people for the first time, Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai, Zhao Junzhe and other football celebrities were shortlisted, and many managers even had the experience of playing against the Japanese team, which can be described as a nest. For the national football team, the difficulty of winning is indeed very large, but Oman's victory in the first leg is to give the players a booster, and Li Xiaopeng must learn from their successful experience.
From the characteristics of the current Japanese team, the midfield is their weakest place, especially the back position of Shibasaki, in the first stage of the game is controversial, losing to Saudi Arabia is his passing error, which also led to his abandonment in a battle with Australia, but the effect of replacing him Hidesho and Tanaka Bi is not satisfactory, although Tanaka Bi scored a goal, but on the defensive end, his shortcomings of thin body and shallow experience are also very obvious. The decline in midfield strength is also a key reason for the overall lack of dominance of the Japanese team in this World Preliminary Tournament.
On the offensive end, the Japanese team actually did not have much to do. They mainly rely on Jun Ito's quick assault on the flanks to tear up the defense, and the Belgian league player currently has 60% of Japan's goals in the round of 12, contributing 2 goals and 1 assist, which is the biggest killer. Therefore, in fact, for Li Xiaopeng, the tactics are already very clear, the defensive end is to pinch Ito Junya this explosive point, the offensive end is to focus on the Japanese team's left back, the weakness of the Japanese team, Shibasaki Andatake and Nagatomo Yudo, two relatively weak points are gathered on this side.
In addition, whether the Japanese team can get the home field this time has not yet been determined. If it is also a neutral stadium, this is also good news for the national football team. Li Tie once said that if the first stage of the national football team has a home stadium, he is very confident to score 6 points against Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, which is enough to see the home team's blessing effect. This battle Li Xiaopeng took office, the lineup is bound to have no small adjustment, goalkeeper position Wang Dalei is expected to replace Yan Junling, midfield position Li Xiaopeng's favorite three Arthur Junmin also hope to replace Zhang Xizhe, and the front position Guo Tianyu This high school forward is expected to play a miracle effect, after all, the overall altitude of the Japanese team is not prominent, the header will be the main theme of the national football attack, of course, you also need to hope that Wu Lei will play the strongest state, if there is a situation of single knife again, then the national football team will really lose.