After the end of the second round of the world preliminary tournament between the national football team and Japan, our national football team has no suspense to gain a 0-2 loss, from the score alone, this game seems to be not too ugly, at least in line with the fans' expectations for their own teams before the game, as the national football team lost the seventh round of the World Preliminary Round, the national football team completely lost the possibility of participating in the play-offs, in the case of falling behind the third place in the group by 9 points, the national football team can prepare for the 2026 World Preliminary Tournament in advance. This scene is so similar to several World Cup qualifiers in the past, from 2002, after the national football team participated in the World Cup of that year, the qualifiers of each World Cup, domestic fans are containing hope, from the opening battle to the key battle, and then to the backwater battle and the battle of life and death, and finally there is a battle of honor, the annual plot and routine are so, the only difference is that the players on the court will have some changes every time, but these different faces have staged the same plot in twenty years.
In order not to add to the fans' blockage during the New Year, the leaders of the Football Association are really well-intentioned
In fact, as early as after the national football team and Australia drew, domestic fans have been prepared for the national football team, that is to say, in the eyes of 99.999% of the fans, when the national football team draws with Australia from the moment, there is no longer any hope for the national football team to qualify. It is precisely because of this that the Football Association dares to change the coach in the last stage of the World Preliminary Round, which is about to start. In the view of the leaders of the Football Association, instead of holding these illusory opportunities to continue to support Li Tie, it is better to change the team and please the fans and media. The most important thing is that no matter what the result is, don't add to the blockage of domestic fans during the New Year, which is also a well-intentioned one.
The so-called probability of the national football team qualifying, is only the fans themselves to feed themselves a painkiller, even if the national football team can defeat Australia, and then defeat today's Japan and Vietnam, the national football team can not 100% get the qualification to participate in the World Preliminary Tournament play-offs, Li Tie's hands 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, has left too much homework, a summer vacation homework, a night of time is no way to make up, everyone is aware of this, but no one is willing to break this layer of window paper in advance.
It is said that the national football team is not as good as Japan, how big is the gap between the two?
This game between the national football team and the Japanese team, the attention of domestic fans can be described as extremely low, and even many people know after the game that January 27 is actually the day when the national football team and the Japanese team play a game, and the fans who know and pay attention to this game have also determined before the game that the national football team can lose this game without being too ugly. The reason why everyone has no confidence in the national football team is mainly because the gap between the strength of the national football team and the Japanese team is not only the difference in the value of the 11 players on the field, but the gap in the maturity of the football systems of the two countries, which is also reflected in the dimensions of talent reserves and youth training systems.
Before this game, Wu Lei, the only international student in the five major leagues of the national football team, has not been given a substitute opportunity in seven consecutive rounds of competitions, while the Japanese side has more than twenty first-team players staying in Europe, AndiGua Andi Andi Fuan Jianyang and others have taken on the role of team leaders in the top european leagues. It is quite possible that the Japanese coach is thinking about how to warm up the players through this game.
For the gap between the two sides, in fact, only two sets of data are needed to clearly explain, first of all, the total value of the Japanese team's players in this game has reached the level of 44.9 million euros, which has almost reached the level of the value of European second-tier league teams, while the national football team plus Wu Lei, who is worth more than two million euros, only has a total value of 8.48 million euros, perhaps this figure also has some moisture.
In addition, the naturalized players of the national football team and Wu Lei and others are nearly thirty years old, the average age has reached 29.3 years old, while Japan is 28.6 years old, this age is just in the peak period, whether it is the technical and tactical state of the players, or the age structure, the Japanese team is undoubtedly more advantageous. In the case that almost all the statistics of the Japanese team are better than ours, some people say that even if the number of injured soldiers in the Japanese team accounts for half of the total number of players, it can beat the national football team. Although this statement is exaggerated, it reflects the facts to some extent.
The players in the front court are collectively dumbfounded, and the backcourt has become the only bright spot in the national football team
Judging from the platoon deployment of Li Xiaopeng in this game, it is obvious that it took a certain amount of thought, at least this Li guide sent a most suitable lineup in the absence of most of the naturalized main forces, especially in the construction of the defensive system, it can be said that a lot of effort was poured in, this set was identified as a 532 formation, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning partnered in the front, Song Junmin was behind the strategy, the backcourt Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, Zhang Linpeng sat in the town, the lineup matching could not see what grooves there were, the only thing worth paying attention to was that Alain, who had previously returned to the national football team, was placed on the bench, but given his current competitive state, the move was reasonable.
After the start of the game, the national football team was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of possession, the Japanese team's possession rate reached 70%, while the national football team's possession rate did not exceed 30%, especially at the offensive end, the entire first half of the national football team was not able to complete any shot on goal, and due to
Wang Shenchao's handball, the Japanese team won a penalty opportunity, in the process of taking a penalty, Although Yan Junling's direction was correct, the ball still flew into the goal, and the Japanese team took the lead at the beginning, and then began to continue to launch an onslaught on the backfield of the national football team.
What people did not expect was that the joint efforts of Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Guangtai became the main force restricting the Japanese team's attack, and the two men completed a total of 7 clearances, 3 interceptions plus 2 blocks, in addition, Zhu Chenjie, who has always been known for his tough defense, also came up with 4 tackles and did not foul, which is very praiseworthy.
In addition, Dai Weijun, who was previously expected by the fans, also performed amazingly, but unfortunately, he was too young, in front of the Japanese team's defense line, Dai Weijun launched a fierce impact on the opponent on behalf of the national football midfielder, but unfortunately the attack did not work.
Twenty years ago, the national football team could make the Brazilian goalkeeper break out in a cold sweat, but now it makes the Japanese goalkeeper cold
In this game, the national football team's shooting data is 0:9, and the number of corners is only one in China, while the Japanese team is double digits, such a game can not help but remind people of Fan Zhiyi's "World Cup meritorious players" data performance.
The author vaguely remembers that in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the national football team and the Brazilian national team staged a contest, although the national enough to lose 0-5 to Brazil, but the whole game, the national football team is not powerless, the Brazilian team goal has been threatened many times. However, after twenty years, the national football team, which could still make the Brazilian goalkeeper break out in a cold sweat, has made the Japanese goalkeeper at home freeze into a cold, and the Japanese goalkeeper basically has no sense of existence in the whole game.
There is still Wu Lei today, who can we rely on in the future?
In fact, the loss of the national football team to Japan this time was not a surprising and sad thing, because our strength was not good, and it was normal to lose. It is important that everything can make a comeback as long as there is hope. However, the most embarrassing thing is that the current group of national football players selected by Li Xiaopeng seems to be the strongest lineup we can get our hands on, and what is even more worrying is that among the national football players, Wu Lei is 31 years old, and after four years, if there is no accident, the national football coach, whether he wants to or not, needs to find a successor for Wu Lei at that time, but in the current situation, whether it is Wu Lei in the front line or Wu Xi and Song Junmin in the midfield, they are facing the dilemma of no successor. The original thin lineup of the national football team is facing the fault of talents. That's what we're worried about compared to losing a game or two. Chinese football has been carrying the burden of the World Cup for twenty years, and we have looked back and we do not know where we are.