No surprises and no surprises! In this round of 12, the national football team lost 0-2 away to Japan, and suffered a double kill from the opponent, and the hope of qualifying was minimal. As the debut of coach Li Xiaopeng, he made his own changes in the starting lineup, in which Zheng Zheng played as a left-back, Wang Shenchao, who used to play this position, moved to the midfield as a back, Arthur Junmin also returned to the main position in the midfield, and other positions continued to use the usual main players of the Li Tie period.
Even before the game, the Japanese coach said that he did not know the tactical playing style of the new national football coach and was relatively unfamiliar with Li Xiaopeng. However, the gap in strength still allows the Japanese team to break through the door of the national football team without spending too much time. In the 11th minute, Jun Ito also burst into the box on the left side, and when he crossed the ball, Wang Shenchao, who was in place, was ready to tackle the ball, but the ball just hit his arm, and the referee blew a penalty for the Japanese team. The ball was scored by Da Qiang Yongya, and the national football team quickly conceded the ball at the beginning.
The most embarrassing thing is that the first leg of the match against the Japanese team was also scored by Junya Ito and Ōkyo Yongya, and the defender who was passed by Jun Ito at the time was Wang Shenchao, and the two games had exactly the same plot. After the goal, the Japanese team continued to put constant pressure on the national football team, fortunately, their many shots were either saved by Yan Junling or blocked by the national football defender, and they did not have to be pulled apart in the first half.
As a result, this half-court data is heart-wrenching, the national football team only has a ball control rate of 29%, several major offensive data such as shooting corners are all zero, and even the opponent's penalty area has not entered. Some fans joked that the tactic of the national football team is to freeze the opponent goalkeeper Kwon Tian Shuichi.
Back in the second half, the national football team was the first to be transferred, and Wei Shihao and Alain came on as substitutes. But the national football team, which hoped to fight back, was soon caught with the defensive loophole. In the 61st minute, Nakayama's cross from Taibian road was met by Jun Ito in front of the penalty area, and he completed his shot and assist in the game. It is also worth noting that the defense of this ball has 5 defenders in the box, and the opponent has only 3 offensive players, and we are just like being stunned by the point hole.
Then the national football team took back some attacks driven by Alain, and in the 69th minute, Alain created a free kick opportunity in the front, Wei Shihao took the penalty and shot directly at goal, but unfortunately the ball was slightly offside. Wei Shihao then continued to become the protagonist, he clashed with the opponent's number one star Takumi Minamino in a midfield battle, fortunately under the eyes of the referee, the contradiction was not further escalated.
I believe you still remember that in the Asian Youth Championship eight years ago, when the national youth team led by Wei Shihao met the Japanese team led by Takumi Minano, with Wei Shihao's pass and shot, the national youth defeated Japan 2-1, which was also the only time that the national team at all levels had defeated the Japanese team in the past ten years. But now, after many years, the two have met for the first time in the national team game, 1 has played for the top giants Liverpool, but Wei Shihao is still in the Chinese Super League.
The next game did not have too many waves, the national football team wanted to attack but there was no way, Japan also won the game and did not continue to attack, the result of the national football team away 0-2 defeat to Japan.
As Li Xiaopeng's debut, there are really not many bright spots in front of the powerful Japan, the naturalized players are still the only one to rely on, the ability of Jiang Guangtai at the defensive end is still outstanding, the most flashy scene is in the second half, facing Junya Ito's overtaking, Jiang Guangtai turned around and chased back, dead to stop the ball. On the offensive end, after Alain came on the field, he created several free kicks in the front, all of which were bought by individual ability, although he has not played for several months, but it seems that he is in good shape.
Perhaps the takeover time is too short, compared with the predecessor Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng did not play anything of his own, but fans know that no matter which tushuai is looking for to take over now, it is actually a scapegoat. However, Li Xiaopeng's attitude was still better, and he said after the game that it was his responsibility to lose the game and apologized to the fans.
After losing this game, the 2022 World Cup is gradually drifting away from us, due to another game in the same group, Australia beat Vietnam 4-0, and now the third-ranked Kangaroo Army points have reached 14 points, while we only have 5 points, and the Chinese team wants to compete for the third place in the group to qualify for the play-offs, it needs to meet two conditions: the last three rounds of the national football team win all three rounds, Australia is all defeated, and the current gap of 15 goal differences is made up. That is to say, the worst plan, if the national football team can't win Vietnam on the first day of the New Year, or Australia faces Oman to get points, it means that we will be completely out.
In order not to add to the blockage in the Spring Festival, the national football team announced immediately after the game that the whole team will leave for Vietnam tomorrow to prepare for the next game, even if we really have to go out, we hope to leave with a victory.
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