On January 31, Beijing time, the Pre-match press conference of the Chinese men's football team away to Vietnam in the Round of 12 of the World Preliminary Tournament was held, and the national football coach Li Xiaopeng confirmed that Luo Guofu started, hoping that the players would be more confident and beat Vietnam on the road, and pointed out that the 3 characteristics of the Vietnamese team were worthy of recognition. Before the game, Li Xiaopeng also supported Wu Lei, bluntly saying that his state was improving and hoped to score goals in the game.
The national football team arrived in Vietnam on the 28th, and on the 29th and 30th, it has been training in Vietnam twice. On the 31st, the national football team will conduct pre-match training, and the pre-match press conference will be attended by Li Xiaopeng and Luo Guofu. Luo Guofu returned from this game, and he has a good chance of starting. The national football team still has a certain advantage against Vietnam, the first leg is also a 3-2 win, the match is arranged on the first day of the New Year, the national football team also attaches great importance to it, expressing the determination to win.
At the pre-match press conference, Li Xiaopeng confirmed the debut of Luo Guofu and said bluntly: "At the same time, I also use the name of Guofu to wish the motherland prosperity and peace." Regarding the overall performance of the Vietnamese team, Li Xiaopeng said: "The content of the Vietnamese team's 12 round of 12 matches should be respected by all the teams, they fought from the first minute to the last minute, I hope our players will be more confident and beat the Vietnamese team on the road." ”
Judging from the current situation, the national football team competing for the third place in the group is only theoretically possible, and if it cannot defeat Vietnam, it will completely fail to qualify. Some Vietnamese reporters mentioned whether there will be pressure to compete for the 3rd place, to which Li Xiaopeng's answer is very simple: "The national team game, even if it is a warm-up game, is also very important, we will not consider group points, we will focus on this game." ”
As Vietnam also celebrates the Spring Festival, the match is also important for Vietnamese fans, with 20,000 fans expected to enter the game. As for the advantages of the Vietnamese team, Li Xiaopeng also gave his own views: "The overall organization and foot rate of the Vietnamese team, including their ability to control the ball, are worthy of recognition. ”
In the last game between the national football team and Japan, Wu Lei started, the overall performance was not ideal, and the post-match rating was not high, which also had something to do with his lack of stable playing time in Espanyol. For Wu Lei's state and use of him, Li Xiaopeng said: "Wu Lei has improved his state through these days of training, and the scoring rate in training is very good, and I hope he can score goals in the game. ”
Lo Kwok-fu and thanked Li Xiaopeng for giving him the opportunity to play against Vietnam, and the game will be fully committed. For the problems and remarks of his return to the team, Luo Guofu apologized again: "Regarding the problem of fatigue on the journey, I think it is not a problem, if the journey is longer, there is no problem, after coming to the national team, I see that the spirit of the national team is very good, a good team atmosphere, once again thank the leaders of the association, thank you Li Dao, here to the association leaders and the staff of the national team to say sorry, due to my personal reasons, said some inappropriate words." ”