In the focus of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-2 to Japan. The gap between the two teams is all-round, and the loss is reasonable, but it has to be said that Li Xiaopeng's coaching performance did not bring surprises.
Changing Array: Why did Li Xiaopeng use 4231?
In the first leg against Japan, Li Tie used the 532 formation, with Wang Gang and Wang Shenchao acting as wingbacks, and protecting the entire defense line together with the three center-backs. But at that time, throughout the first half, the national football team was completely passively beaten, and the result was 0-1 behind. In the second half, Li Tie sent Alan, Luo Guofu and Arthur Junmin to play 424, but it received some results, and the attack also had some threats.
Li Xiaopeng made his debut against Japan, and the pre-match media generally predicted that he would follow the five-guard system cautiously, but the first surprise was 4231! Wang Shenchao changed to playing at the back, Arthur Junmin as the left forward, Wu Xi as the front back, and Zheng Zheng playing at the left back. What is the purpose of such a change? Obviously, the new national football coach does not want to be too conservative.
In theory, Zheng Zheng has a certain ability to play the ball in the backcourt, Arthur Junmin can hold the ball and control the ball, Wang Shenchao kicked the back in the Shanghai harbor, and is not unfamiliar with this position, plus Wu Xi and Xu Xin, Jiang Guangtai and Zhu Chenjie, Li Xiaopeng wants to enhance the organizational ability of the midfield, do not repeat the mistakes of blind passivity in the first leg. If the ball can be successfully scored in the backcourt, then center Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei, who is buried on the right side, may be able to get a chance.
The reality is harsh: the offense is ineffective, the defense is blown up
However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is very cruel. In the face of Japan's high-level pressing, the national football team exposed the weakness of the unsolid technology under the feet and the slow pace of playing, too many back passes, too many passing mistakes, and it was impossible to organize the attack.
Bigfoot forward to find Zhang Yuning? Due to the absence of Kenyo Fuan and Maya Yoshida, the Guoan striker won 7 of the 10 air confrontations, but one, the teammates were too far behind to follow up in time; the two, even if they got the second point, after being pressed, they could only return to the midfield.
Arthur Junmin, who had high hopes, was put on the left side of the road instead of the middle of the road he played in Wuhan. On the offensive end, as a full-back, he lacks speed and the ability to break through individually, and the narrow space on the flanks limits his technical and passing ability. So there were only 12 successful passes and no successful breakthroughs.
On the defensive end, Arthur Junmin needs to retreat to protect the defense line, but the left side of the road he and Wang Shenchao and Zheng Zhengzhen defend is the main attack point of the Japanese team, and the problem is also here.
The first goal was conceded, left-back Zheng Zheng closed too much inside, giving up all the outside line; Arthur Joon Min returned to the defense to stare at Junya Ito, and as a result, Hiroki Sakai was completely unguarded. When Arthur Junmin ran over to find Hiroki Sakai, Ito Jun was also emptied. Wang Shenchao hurried over to make up for the defense, and finally sent a handball foul.
The second goal was conceded, Ito Jun was also ambushed on the right side of the penalty area, Wang Shenchao was completely defenseless against him behind him, Zheng Zheng and Zhu Chenjie were completely attracted by Maeda Daran at the front point, and the result was a clean leak.
Substitution: Alain has a role, playing Vietnam 2 naturalization must start
In the 56th minute, Li Xiaopeng replaced Zhang Yuning and Arthur Junmin with Alain and Wei Shihao. In the first leg, Alain came off the bench and showed the ability to carry and divide the ball on his back. In this game, the first shot of the national football team also came from his contribution: he was fouled with the ball himself, and created Wei Shihao's free kick.
As the top scorer in the Europa League, Alain's comprehensive ability is the most comprehensive of all the players in the front, 7 face-to-face confrontations, 5 successful air confrontations, 1 breakthrough success, but also shows that he is more suitable than Zhang Yuning as a center forward, so against Vietnam, he must start first.
Of course, just one Alain is not enough. Wei Shihao could not hold the ball, all 2 breakthroughs failed, and only 1 of the 4 confrontations was successful. Wu Lei is also based on running without the ball, and the national football team needs a ball point in the front court, so against Vietnam, Luo Guofu, who has returned from the ban, must start and partner with Alain and Wu Lei to the front, so that there is a chance to score and win.