On January 27, the national football team will face Japan in the 7th round of the round of 12, and Li Xiaopeng will usher in his debut in charge of the national football team. However, after arriving at the post, Li Xiaopeng only had less than half a month to run into the team, only 2 of the 5 naturalized, the combat effectiveness was still in doubt, and he met Japan, the strongest team in Asia. These practical problems make Li Xiaopeng the manager who faces the most difficulties in the history of national football, in the case of the national football team is on the verge of being out, can Li Xiaopeng help the national football team find itself and not add blockage to the fans during the festival?
Compared with his predecessor Li Tie, the time node of Li Xiaopeng's "ascension" is too embarrassing. Before Li Tie made his official debut, the team experienced 5 long training sessions and won 8 warm-up matches with domestic clubs, and Li Tie had enough time to familiarize himself with the players and create his own technical and tactical characteristics. Even before taking office, Li Tie also led the second team of the national football team to the East Asian Cup at the end of 2019, and began to familiarize himself with and inspect the international football team during the East Asian Cup.
Even if there is no current situation, the Top 40 tournament is not postponed, and Li Tie has at least two training sessions to run the team (January 2020 training, the Top 40 tournament was originally held in March of that year). But the time left for Li Xiaopeng is only about 10 days, and the international footballer who came to the training has just ended a Chinese Super League season that was held for the first time in history, the fatigue of the body has reached the extreme, and the psychology is close to collapse in the case of long-term closure.
But since he chose to take over the national football team, Li Xiaopeng also had to be top, but due to time relations, Li Xiaopeng did not have the high profile of Li Tie, but hoped that the team could not add to the fans. In order to be able to take advantage of the training opportunity to learn more players, Li Xiaopeng recruited 52 internationals (44 players came to the team) during the Training Camp in Shanghai, but the 5 naturalized players on the list, Axon, were absent for special reasons, and Fernando returned to Brazil in the middle of the road.
Luo Guofu, who arrived in Japan, also could not play in Japan because he carried 2 yellow cards, even if he could play Alain and Jiang Guangtai, Alain has not had systematic training for more than 2 months, Jiang Guangtai's situation is slightly better, but he is only a defensive player. Originally a naturalized player who was a national football card, in the hands of Li Xiaopeng, he became a "chicken rib", without being criticized by fans and the media, risking them to appear in poor condition, not only unable to help the team, but also may drag down the team.
Moreover, the opponent Li Xiaopeng faced in his debut was not the Maldives that Li Tie met in his debut, but the Japanese team that could be called the boss of Asia. Although this Japanese team only scored 5 goals in the first 6 rounds of the round of 12, the Japanese team's low offensive strength was due to Mori Baoichi's fainting technical and tactical arrangements, rather than the ability of the players, with the Japanese team's luxurious european lineup, giving the opponent a sense of oppression and suffocation.
Among the opponents faced by the national football team in the debut of the previous managers, in addition to the German team encountered by Gao Hongbo for the first time in charge of the coaching whip, including Qatar, gao Hongbo's second entry into the palace, Macedonia encountered by Perrin in his debut, Japan's second team encountered by Fu Bo's agent debut, and Singapore encountered by Camacho in his debut, cannot be compared. Even if Gao Hongbo encountered Germany that year, it was only a warm-up match, and the victory or defeat would not affect Gao Hongbo's next coaching situation.
Li Xiaopeng is different, the first 6 rounds of the national football team in the round of 12, has been half-cut into the ground, was "sentenced to death" by the relevant data website, in other words, the next 4 rounds of competition is to fight for honor. If it is said that when Lippi took over the national football team in the last World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team still had a chance to breathe, and the national football team that Li Xiaopeng took over could only qualify in theory. To use an inappropriate metaphor, the national football team led by Li Xiaopeng is like a vegetative person.
Li Xiaopeng said that he hopes that the national football team will not add to the fans during the Spring Festival and continue the suspense. That is to make the national football team wake up, even if it is finally lost, we must also see the team's fighting spirit, fighting spirit, and hope to bring fans. Of course, at least on the Japanese team to take points, the national football team will continue the suspense until March is possible, once lost, the New Year's Day is a high probability is the "out of the day" of the national football team.
When Lippi took over the national football coaching whip, the team still had 6 rounds of games to play, when Li Xiaopeng took over Li Tie's mess, the national football team was already "terminally ill", for Li Xiaopeng, who faced too many difficulties in his debut after taking office, it was already worthy of respect to have the courage to "shoot" at this time node. Even if it is not defeated by Japan, or even defeated by its opponents, I hope that all walks of life can be merciful.