I believe that many national football fans did not have a very happy Spring Festival in 2022, because just around the first day of the Chinese New Year, our national football team achieved two consecutive defeats in the World Preliminary Tournament. First away to Japan 0-2, only 2 shots on goal, and then on the night of the New Year's Day away to Vietnam 1-3, the national football team most of the time was 0-3 behind, only in the last moment to score a goal to save some face. But the defeat still created a history, that is, the first time in the history of the national football team lost to vietnam.
Of course, losing is not terrible, what is terrible is that the process of losing is even more desperate. Our national football team did not have a few decent opportunities in the whole game. The attack was completely contained by the other side, as long as the ball was taken, it would be surrounded by people, and the opponent's attack was half a beat faster than ours, so they easily got the absolute chance to score, and then scored 2 goals at the beginning of the first half to establish the victory. Therefore, the attack can not be attacked, the defense can not be defended, coupled with the early two goals behind, the Chinese team has a mental problem, began to be impatient, and this impatience also accelerated the defeat of the Chinese team, and the final result is a humiliating 1-3.
Of course, in fact, many fans are ready for the national football team to lose to Vietnam, because the current national football team can be said to be full of difficulties. The first is to change the coach on the front, and the change is still the coach Li Xiaopeng, who is not good at fighting fires, and it is difficult to integrate the lineup in a short period of time. Secondly, the naturalized players who could have brought some help to the national football team were basically useless this time, although Alain and Luo Guofu came to the training team, but it is a pity that they did not train systematically in Brazil for more than a month, so their state was completely empty. Finally, there are our internationals, who have not rested for almost a whole year, and then experienced a very dense schedule in the Chinese Super League, their physical fitness and form are not very good, and even many fans have injuries. And the most crucial point is that our squad is already badly aged, and the average age is close to 30 years old. After they have passed through the boat, it is more difficult to recover their physical strength and state.
So in the end we saw that not only could we not play the opponent on the field, but even the fighting spirit that the women's football team had was difficult to see. Everyone seems to be unable to face this game, which is also the most disappointing place for the majority of national football fans. So this is actually an alarm, the alarm is that Chinese football needs fresh blood, needs more energetic energy, so that our combat effectiveness can wake up.
Of course, many fans know that our Chinese football is facing a serious talent gap, and basically the Mesozoic generation is in a state of absence. But in fact, Chinese football is not without good young players, but in the league these young players do not have the opportunity to play, they lack high-quality game training for a long time, and over time, potential players will become ordinary players, even less than the ordinary players before. The second is that whether it is a club or a national team, our coaches are very cautious about adapting to young players, because the pressure on their performances is so great that they will leave the class when there is no need for a game, and the sound of the class will come in waves, because the number of Chinese fans is really large.
Therefore, many young players who play in the league and even play well have not been able to enter the national team. A typical example is Tong Lei, a right-back who currently plays for Dalian Renren. Born in 1997, Tong Lei is the leader of Greentown's age group, and he is also the absolute main force of the 97 National Olympic Team. When the magical coach Hiddink coached the national Olympic team, he was so obsessed with using players in Europe that he only had a special love for Tong Lei, and Tong Lei's position was almost unshakable. Of course, Tong Lei's performance is also good. He not only has speed, dare to break through, and can quickly insert assists in the right-back position, but also defends actively and has good confrontational ability. In short, it is to be able to attack and defend. And because of his youth, he is currently very capable of running up and down, and at the same time he is also very confident in his feet, dares to cooperate with his teammates on the side, and often plays some wonderful combinations. And in the past two seasons, Tong Lei has performed very well in Dalian, and his breakthrough on the right side has almost become a sharp dagger for Dalian people to score. Especially this season, Dalian people are so difficult, lack of major generals, lack of skills, he still sent 3 assists.
However, Tong Lei, who performed well in the league, was unable to enter the national team for a long time. Even if the national football team has been short of people on the right guard, Li Xiaopeng has selected 52 people in one go, but there is still no name for him. This also makes many fans wonder, are local coaches looking down on Tong Lei? The answer is definitely no. Just recently, the Chinese men's football team recruited 10 players into the big list. And Tong Lei's name is impressively listed, which is also Tong Lei's first entry into the national team list.
There may be fans who sigh that this world preliminary round has been eliminated, and finally thought that we still have such a good young player available, is it a little late? In fact, it seems that it is not too late, because if there is no defeat in these two games, we will not see Zhang Linpeng's state problems on the right back, and the combination of Jiang Guangtai and Zhang Linpeng in the center-back position is full of loopholes, and the young Zhu Chenjie is frequently beaten behind. In addition, Tang Miao and Wang Gang, who have performed well, are injured, so this position must be a newcomer, and Tong Lei is the best option. Therefore, Tong Lei is the national team that enters the most needed time, and his national football trip is very promising.
Are you optimistic about Tong Lei's performance in the national team? Do you think that if Tong Lei plays on the right side and Zhang Linpeng returns to the combination of center back and Jiang Guangtai, the back line of the national football team will be better than the previous two games? In addition, Dalian people are demoted, do you think Tong Lei should go to stay in Yang? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!