At 18:00 Beijing time on January 27, the Chinese men's football team ushered in the 7th round of the round of 12, away against Japan. In the end, the national football team lost 0-2. In another match in the same group, Australia beat Vietnam 4-0. In this way, with 3 rounds left in the round of 12, the point difference between the Chinese team and the third place in the group has reached 9 points, basically bidding farewell to the Qatar World Cup in advance.
The forward force is significantly weakened
In the first 6 rounds of matches, the Chinese men's football team won 1 win, drew 2 and won 3 wins, accumulating only 5 points, 7 points less than the Japanese team. The score is the most direct reflection of the gap in strength, and in the Asian context, the strength of the Japanese team is beyond doubt. Whether it is the team's world ranking or the number of overseas players, it is much higher than the Chinese team. The national football team has only one international player, Wu Lei, and the Japanese team has as many as 16 players. Coupled with the return of a number of players playing in the five major leagues of the Japanese team that played at home this time, the pressure on the national football team is very large.
Moreover, more critically, the overall lineup of the national football team this time is not as good as last year.
The first leg against Japan in Doha was the second round of 12 match of the national football team. At that time, the team's lineup was undoubtedly more complete, not only were all the naturalized players present, but the overall state of the team was also better. But then-manager Li Tie's stubborn stubbornness and conservative use of Alain and Luo Guofu were questioned after the game. In that game, the national football team had as low as 30% possession, and there were 3 shots on goal, and none of them were on target. In the end, the national football team lost 0-1 and suffered two consecutive defeats in the round of 12. This time, the new coach Li Xiaopeng has a lot less offensive trump cards in his hand than the last time. Wu Lei has scored 12 goals in this qualifier, and has scored 4 goals since the start of the round of 12, but the top scorer of the national football team has not appeared in 7 consecutive rounds in La Liga, and the short Copa del Rey appearance time has no chance; in terms of naturalized players, Axon and Fernando are absent, Luo Guofu has accumulated yellow cards and suspended, Alain has been in poor condition after nearly 40 hours of long journeys, and has been lacking systematic training before, which can not meet the standard of starting. In this case, Li Xiaopeng could only send Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei to partner to attack the Japanese team's back line.
Conceded the ball as soon as he came up
Although the strength of the front line has weakened a lot, but because once he loses, he will basically lose the qualification for the World Cup in Qatar, so Li Xiaopeng still has a relatively positive 532 formation. In addition to Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning leading the front, Wu Xi, Arthur Junmin and Xu Xin sat in midfield, hoping to break the Japanese team's goal through effective passing. In order to consolidate the second place in the group, the Japanese team also went all out in this game, discharging the 451 formation, of which Daisuke was also at the front, and Takumi Minamino and Endo led the midfield.
After the opening, the national football team was in charge, and the Japanese team controlled the game. In the 12th minute, Jun Ito also burst into the penalty area and crossed with his feet at the bottom line, Wang Shenchao fell to the ground to defend, but the ball touched his outstretched left hand, the referee awarded a penalty, the national footballer surrounded the referee to explain that it was useless, and the referee upheld the penalty. In the end, Daisuke also scored a penalty to help Japan take a 1-0 lead.
Since then, the national football team as a whole has still been seriously suppressed by the Japanese team. Statistics in the first half show that the national football team's goals, shots, shots, corners, and passes are all 0, and not even once has it ever entered the opponent's penalty area.
You really can't win an opponent
The game entered the second half, and the national football team was still fully passive. In the 60th minute, Yuta Nakayama crossed from the left and Jun Ito scored with a header that Japan locked in at 2-0.
In terms of strength, it is reasonable for the national football team to lose. In the whole game, the Chinese team only had 2 shots on goal and did not shoot on target. The Number of Shots on goal by the Japanese team reached 16, and the number of shots on target was 6. In addition, the two teams also had a 37% to 63% possession ratio. At the press conference held at the scene after the game, Li Xiaopeng apologized for the first time, he bluntly said at the press conference that he was very sorry for losing to the Japanese team, and he was fully responsible for the loss of the game, and all the players had done their best. "Because the Chinese team has not played a warm-up game for a long time, we are ready to use 20 to 30 minutes to adapt to the rhythm of the game, and the whole effect in the first half is not particularly good. It was 2-0 in the final stages and our hopes of equalising were slim. Li Xiaopeng said.
After losing the match with Japan, the point gap between the national football team and the third-ranked Australian team in the group has reached 9 points, and with only 3 rounds left in the round of 12, the national football team has basically declared that it has not been able to participate in the Qatar World Cup.