At 8:00 p.m. on February 1st, the Huang Jing slot time of the First Day of the Chinese New Year, the national football team will face Vietnam at the Mei Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, which is the first and second-to-last match of Group B in the round of 12, in the previous game, the national football team narrowly won the opponent 3-2, this time to the away, the national football team really did not necessarily win this battle of honor.
Although the first 7 matches of the national football team are the same as the 2018 World Preliminary Round, due to the large difference with the first three points, it has basically bid farewell to the World Cup held in Qatar this winter, while Vietnam is the team with 7 wins, 0 wins, 0 draws and 7 losses in the group, becoming the first team in the Asian Top 12, and the national football team and Vietnam have become the difficult brothers of Group B. Because of the special time node of this game, Vietnam is also the first day of the Chinese New Year, so the Vietnamese media has published a number of articles before the game that are bound to get points at home, which is a game that both sides cannot afford to lose.
According to South Korean media reports, Vietnamese coach Park Heng-suk has a poor performance in the team, and if he loses to the Chinese team again in the next game, he will risk being dismissed. In the previous Round of 40, Vietnam's performance has been stumbling, and in the final second game, it has not been able to open the gap with Malaysia. In the life-and-death battle with Malaysia, Vietnam won by relying on a fake penalty, and such a disgraceful way of qualifying was also criticized by many fans. Since entering the round of twelve, they have not won a single game, not only are they at the bottom of the points, they are also the team with the fewest goals scored and the most conceded. However, we should pay attention to the fact that the Vietnamese team only scored 3 goals in total in the round of 12, 2 of which came from the Chinese team, which is the source of confidence for the Vietnamese team to win the national football team, now let's review the first leg of the two sides.
In the previous match, the national football team defeated Vietnam 3-2, and Wu Lei's Mei Kai saved the Chinese team's life twice. Although it is in the lead in the score, it is not very ideal in terms of data. The first leg of the national football team is all superior to the national football team in the key offensive data of possession rate, number of shots, number of shots and corners, and from the perspective of the concentration area of the game process, only 19% of the time, the ball appears in Vietnam's defensive third zone, and most of the rest of the time appears in the midfield and the half of the national football team. And this is still the data played on the road, the Vietnamese team will be stronger at home. In the previous 3 home games, Vietnam is a 0-1 small loss to the opponent, home against Japan, Vietnam's possession rate is 33%, a total of 6 shots, home against Australia, Vietnam's possession rate is 30%, a total of 11 shots, home against Saudi Arabia, Vietnam's possession rate is 36%, a total of 7 shots, and the first leg of the national football team is the only game in which Vietnam has an excellent possession rate.
This time back at home, the Vietnamese team will most likely take the initiative to attack the posture, after all, they can only shrink in the face of strong teams, and face the national football team can start to play pass control. Although the head coach is Korean, they play Japanese football due to the size of the players, and the Vietnamese team is widely considered to be a low-end version of the Japanese team. Before the start of this game, the national football team ushered in the old good news, the main center-back of the Vietnamese team, Gui Yuhai, was infected with the new crown and could not play, and he was the Vietnamese defender who had the most times to break the siege in the previous game against the national football team.
Facing the Vietnamese team, which lacks the main center-back, Li Xiaopeng said that he would arrange Lo Guofu into the starting lineup. In fact, it is not difficult for the national football team to defeat Vietnam, as long as it is enough to make good use of Zhang Yuning' point. In the main back line of the Vietnamese team, except for Gui Yu overseas, the rest of the players are basically about 175 in height, and it is the safest way to smash the head against the team with inferior physical conditions. The wing starters Luo Guofu and Alan made a breakthrough, and Zhang Yuning in the middle waited to grab the point. As long as the midfield of the national football team is not out of control, there is not much of a problem in winning, but if the national football team insists on going to the ground, then the first day of the New Year may really add to the blockage for the fans.