A world preliminary tournament battle in Sino-Japanese football will be on the verge of breaking out! If the national football team can get points from the Japanese national team this time, then the first hope of qualifying for the Qatar World Cup still exists, otherwise even the last theoretical hope will be shattered. A bit unexpectedly, the sudden change of coach of the national football team this time actually caught the Japanese team off guard, making Mori Baoichi's preparation a bit impossible.
Unlike the national football team, the Japanese national team's training this time is long overdue. Li Xiaopeng's first national football team took the first training session on January 12, but they only started training on the 24th, leaving only 3 days left. In preparation for the Round of 12, Moriho circled a total of 23 people, and even so, only 18 people were present on the day of the training, including 7 J-League players and 11 internationals who stayed abroad.
When it comes to this fight with the Chinese team, Mori Baoichi seems to be a little confused. According to Japanese media reports (below), because he has not fought with Coach Li Xiaopeng, in an interview, Mori Hoichi raised two of his concerns: first, which players will be used by li Xiaopeng, the new coach of the Chinese team, after Li Tie leaves class; second, he laments that there is no data support, saying that "I don't see anything tactical." That is to say, he does not know what kind of tactical play the Chinese team will adopt after the change of coach.
Mori Hoichi's statement is very surprising! Chinese fans are very clear that the national football team when the lineup of Li Tie was relatively complete was difficult to fight against the Japanese team, not to mention that now after the change of coach, half of the naturalized forwards are absent, and half of the naturalized forwards are in a worrying state. In the face of such a Chinese team, Mori Baoyi's heart should be happy to blossom.
There are always two sides to everything! Although changing the commander in front of the battle is a big taboo for the soldiers, changing the coach will cause the passivity of the national football team to prepare for war, but on the other hand, it is like a martial arts master encountering a strange opponent, you don't know what moves people will use, and you can't see the moves.
The opponent is in the light, we are in the dark! If you really want to say that the national football team has any "advantages", I am afraid that it is the opponent Mori Bao's lack of understanding of Li Xiaopeng. This is why there is a certain surprise and inability to start in Mori's words.
Although the national football team is in the dark, but the paper strength of both sides is on the surface, it is difficult for the national football team to win no matter how it plays, and it is difficult to take away 1 point away. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the Japanese team is not impatient and only starts training 3 days before the game.
This time the national football team went out to be fierce and less auspicious! As the new coach of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng hurriedly went into battle, and only more than ten days of training time could not carry out detailed work at all, and a large part of the time was also used to "audition" of international footballers, and there was even less time left for him to practice tactical routines.
In fact, Li Xiaopeng not only did not enjoy the dividends of Li Tie's long-term training, but also did not even have the treatment of the opportunity for the 3 major naturalized strikers to play at the same time.
If the Chinese team does not understand, how should the Japanese team cope? Tanaka (pictured above), who stayed in the Bundesliga team in Düsseldorf, believes that it only takes a good look within 10 to 15 minutes of the start of the game to know what style of football the Chinese team is playing.
That makes sense! This round of 12, Australia played against the national team for the first time, according to Australian captain Matthew Ryan, who quickly controlled the game after figuring out the tactical play of the national team within 15 minutes of the game.
It seems that the Japanese team also hopes to follow suit this time!
At present, all the players of the national football team have been assembled in Japan and are engaged in intense preparations. I hope that Li Xiaopeng can use these few days to temporarily hold on to his feet and formulate a set of relatively effective playing routines.
In the last meeting between the two sides, Mori's team only defeated Li Tie's "Iron Family Army" 1-0 when they had the advantage. Despite the loss, Chinese fans saw some hope, because in the second half, after Luo Guofu and other naturalized strikers came on as substitutes, the national football team with the three major naturalized strikers present at the same time once reversed a very passive scene.
However, this time, only Luo Guofu and Alain were among the 4 major naturalized forwards, and Luo Guofu was also suspended, which meant that at most only one naturalized forward of Alain could play. But what his state is, it is difficult to guarantee.
All kinds of indications show that Li Xiaopeng encountered greater difficulties than Li Tie, and he can't help but ask: Can the national football team retreat in Japan this time? If Li Xiaopeng can make good use of this "advantage" that the opponent does not know about us, it may surprise the fans of national football.