The war in the round of 12 is rekindled, and the national football team touches the Japanese men's football team again, the importance of this battle is self-evident, and the difficulty is also placed in front of the stage, so the fans' mentality towards this game is also quite complicated. At the pre-match mobilization meeting, the new coach Li Xiaopeng said three worthy things, encouraging the players to work hard to play a game that did not leave regrets for themselves and did not add to the fans.
After more than ninety minutes of fighting, when the referee blew the final whistle, the score between the two sides was fixed at 2-0. It doesn't seem to be much different from the 1-0 in the first leg, but the scene is really too ugly. The man, who was praised by Milu as China's most likely world-class coach, failed to stage a magical scene after all, and Professor Li's national team coaching debut was unsurprisingly opened the door. However, in the face of the cruel facts, we cannot bear to be too harsh on Li Xiaopeng's guidance, after all, the gap in strength between the two sides is visible to the naked eye, and the gap in strength cannot be erased by relying only on means such as platooning, pre-match encouragement, and media momentum.
In this campaign, Professor Li was determined to discharge the 4231 formation, hoping that the double backs of Wang Shenchao and Xu Xin would increase the mobility of the midfield, improve the coordination effect of the overall defensive line, and use his own characteristics to organize a decent defensive counterattack to bring a glimmer of life to the current predicament, rather than one by one posing as a five-back to die.
However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is really bone. The opening national football team fell into a complete passivity, and the scene once turned into a half-time offensive drill for the Japanese team. The double back is almost completely useless, and only Arthur Joon Min can hold the ball slightly in the front court and barely organize a little attack. Known as the hope of the national football team, the king of wuqiu needs to participate in the defense of the wing according to the requirements of the head coach in the club, and did not expect to be so far away from the goal in the national team game. In short, there is really no hope of winning – when the player with the most passes on his side is his own goalkeeper, it means that even playing the ball through the half seems to be a luxury.
What's worse is that Wang Shenchao's unlucky handball caused the Chinese team to lose the city gate early, which disrupted Professor Li's overall layout. In the first half, the possession ratio of the two teams was almost exaggerated to 8-2, the Japanese team shot 3 times in 10 shots, the national football team did not have a single shot opportunity, and the corner was also 0-7 in an overall disadvantage. In the second half, although the play of Alain, Wei Shihao and Dai Weijun slightly reversed some decline, it was ultimately a drop in the bucket and unable to return to the sky.
To be fair, did the Japanese team really play well? Zhang Luping, a well-known commentator of the "Sports Weekly", said that "the Japanese team played without any efficiency." With the advantage of the scene and a total of 6 shots on target, or with 1 penalty to get 2 goals, the Japanese team's "weak edge" stubborn disease still exists, but even so, the gap between the two teams is still bigger than we think.
Of course, we did not gain nothing in this battle. Dai Weijun in 99 years and Zhu Chenjie in 2000 have a bright play. In the middle of injury time, Xiao Dai faced Maeda Dairan's beautiful stop ball in the middle circle and changed to get rid of the Asian-level wide-ranging transfer ball that was sent later, which made many fans have hope in their eyes - the spark of stars can burn the plains. Xiao Zhu's spiritual solution on the field also made everyone firm in their determination that young players must go out, stay in the ocean, and exercise in the fast-paced high-level league!
In the post-match interview, coach Li Xiaopeng took the initiative to take responsibility for the loss, and said that the next game to play Vietnam will put in 200% effort. In fact, after losing this game, because the point gap with the second-place Japanese men's football team in the group was widened to 10 points, with 3 games left, the national football team has lost the opportunity to directly advance. As for the chance to play the play-offs, the point gap with Australia is 9 points, and there is a theoretical possibility.
So, once again, we came to the familiar game of fighting for honor. Against Japan, we can blame the lack of strength and the gap is too large. In the face of Vietnam, the national football team has no excuses. Considering that 5 days later is the first day of the Chinese New Year, I hope that Professor Li and his disciples can fulfill their promises and not add to the blockage of fans across the country. Team China, come on!