In the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, although the Chinese team has been eliminated, there are still two rounds to be played. To this end, the new national football training list has been announced. For this issue of the training list, seeing that Wu Lei, who sat on the bench in La Liga, was not called in, many people thought that Li Xiaopeng really had courage. But is that really the case? The analysis of this article believes that Li Xiaopeng is actually still doing a senseless way to save face.
After losing to the Vietnamese team, the Chinese team did not even have the last glimmer of hope, even if the next two rounds of big victories over the opponent, it would not help. Therefore, the last two rounds of matches against Saudi Arabia and Oman respectively, the Chinese team is purely fighting for honor.
However, after the current Chinese team lost to the Vietnamese team, is it still necessary to fight for honor? Because, that loss, is already losing barefoot, already lost face. Since all the faces have been lost, where is there any face to speak of? Therefore, the last two rounds of the game, for the Chinese team, are just the completion of the event. Such a game, without summoning Wu Lei, let him sit on the bench of the Espanyol team and wait for the opportunity, it seems reasonable. Therefore, this period of national football training does not summon Wu Lei, not Li Xiaopeng is bold.
In fact, the best way for Li Xiaopeng to save face is not to gather veterans such as Wang Dalei, Wang Shenchao, and Zhang Linpeng, let alone to summon naturalized players such as Axon and Alan. What he should really be bold to do is to do nothing, completely abandon the veterans, mainly young players, when to lose this World Cup qualifier, when should he start to prepare for the next World Preliminary Tournament, this is what Li Xiaopeng should do, but also he should save face.
The last two rounds of the game do not matter whether they win or lose, what is the use of summoning Zhang Linpeng and Wu Xi? Are they still expected to play the next World Qualifier? Obviously not. Since they can't hold out for the next term, why don't they take the opportunity to abandon them now?
It can be said that no matter how the Chinese team performed in the last two rounds of the game, after the end of the tournament, Li Xiaopeng has no strength to prove that he can continue to serve as manager. He wants to take charge of the national football team, and the smart thing to do is to start from the last two rounds of competition, reuse young players, and hone the technical tactics from now on.
As long as the performance of the young players in the last two rounds makes people see hope, and the overall technical and tactical skills of the team can see hope, Li Xiaopeng will have the qualifications to continue coaching. Otherwise, the current national football training list can prove that he will continue to lose face.