On February 1, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round of 12 in the Asian Zone, the Chinese men's football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, officially missing the 2022 World Cup! Compared with the 3-2 victory in the first leg, the performance of the national football team in this battle is really unacceptable.
In the face of Vietnam, which lost all 7 games, the national football team was already 0-2 behind in the opening 16 minutes, and the defensive loopholes can be said to be exposed. And Li Xiaopeng's "strongest offensive formation" also did almost nothing, and Alain and Luo Guofu were replaced in halftime.
Although Zhang Yuning scored 1 goal on the bench in the second half, he was offside first and the goal was invalid. And Yu Dabao and Liu Binbin also failed to save a bit of face for the national football team, but Vietnam shot a long-range shot at the next city. It was not until the 98th minute that Xu Xin pulled a goal back, and in the end, the national football team could only swallow the bitter fruit of the 1-3 fiasco.
The data shows that the national football team has a possession rate of 57% in this game, 10 shots on goal (7 in the box, 3 outside the box), 5 shots on target, but only 1 goal is scored. What about Vietnam? 6 shots and 4 positive shots, he scored 3 goals, and 2 scoring opportunities were seized.
What about the first leg of the match? Under the leadership of Li Tie, although the possession rate of the national football team is not as good as that of the opponent, it has scored 3 goals with 11 shots and 4 positive shots, and has obtained a total of 7 scoring opportunities, which is very efficient. Vietnam, on the other hand, shot 5 goals from 13 and scored 2 goals, but actually only had 1 chance to score.
The two games against Japan also had stark contrasts. In the second leg, Li Xiaopeng's team had 37% of the ball, only 2 shots on goal, no shots on target, and 0 scoring chances. The opponent shot 6 straight, scored 2 goals, got 3 scoring chances, and the final score was 0-2.
What about the first leg? Li Tie's team also had 3 shots on goal, although it was also 0 shots on target and 0 scoring opportunities, but the second half performed significantly better; Japan was 18 shots and 3 positive, got 2 scoring opportunities, scored only 1 goal, and the final score was 0-1.
In consecutive battles against Japan and Vietnam, Li Xiaopeng lost two consecutive defeats with an aggregate score of 1-5; Li Tie was 1 win and 1 draw, with an aggregate score of 3-3. So, is Li Xiaopeng really stronger than Li Tie? At least these two games, we did not see it, and may come to the opposite conclusion.