In the Round of 12 of the World Preliminary Round of Asian Zone, the two weakest teams in the group meet. Vietnam, which has lost seven consecutive games, faces China at home at 20:00 on the first night of the Chinese New Year. In the first game after the new coach Li Xiaopeng took office, the national football team lost 0-2 to Japan. This time against the Vietnamese team, can Li Xiaopeng and the players give the first gift of the Year of the Tiger to the fans across the country? CCTV5 will broadcast the game live at 20:00 p.m., and presumably the ratings will be very high.
After the first seven rounds of the group stage, the national football team only scored 5 points, temporarily ranking second to the bottom of the group. Home team Vietnam is even worse, losing seven consecutive points and currently in the bottom of the list. It is worth mentioning that of the 4 goals scored by the Vietnamese team in front, 2 of them were scored when facing the Chinese team. The only victory won by the Chinese team was also achieved by the Vietnamese team.
After Li Xiaopeng replaced Li Tie as the national football team, the national football team did not show a significant improvement in strength. Li Xiaopeng's use of Zheng Zheng as the starting left-back in the last game when he was in Luneng also proved to be a missed move, the elderly Zheng Zheng was both old and slow, and repeatedly became the focus of the Japanese team's attacks, which also caused Wang Shenchao and Arthur Junmin to often come to supplement the defense, resulting in leakage in other positions of the Chinese team.
This time against Vietnam, Lo Kwok-fuk, who was suspended in the last game, will definitely get the starting position. The bison, who have a very tough and very hard style on the field, can play a lot, which is very effective in improving the morale of the national football team. Judging from the first 7 games, Luo Guofu's appearance is the style of other players on the field, and his one-on-one attack and defense are also concerned by other Asian opponents. In this game of the Vietnamese team, two defenders could not play because of the new crown infection, which is good news for the national football team.
Because it is necessary to win the away game, coupled with the basic hopelessness of qualifying, Li Xiaopeng is likely to send more young attacking players to the starting lineup in this game. Like Dai Weijun and Wei Shihao, who came off the bench against Japan in the last game, they may get the opportunity to start. And Wu Lei, who has a mediocre performance, may also be replaced by Liu Yang in the starting position. However, if Wu Lei is placed as a substitute, it may be a blow to his confidence in playing La Liga.
This game will start at 20:00 on the evening of the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the CCTV5 channel will start broadcasting the game live at 19:30. According to the show trailer, the famous He Wei and Gong Lei will explain the game.