After many changes, the AFC finally officially announced the start time of the ninth round of the World Preliminary Round, showing that at 11:00 p.m. Beijing time on March 24, China would face saudi Arabia at its nominal home. This is a boon for fans, which means that they don't have to stay up late to enjoy a high-quality asian-level top-level match, which is also cCTV5 live.
In fact, in the previous AFC news, is to put the match between China and Saudi Arabia at 0:00 a.m. on the 25th, the Football Association is taking into account that the local temperature in the UAE will be relatively high, so it is placed in the evening, but this node is quite unfriendly for Chinese fans, to know that in China, the base of national football fans is very large, although there are some pseudo fans, after the national football world preliminaries out of the no longer pay attention, but more hardcore fans, are still looking forward to seeing the national football team after losing to Vietnam, can usher in the first victory of the New Year.
Perhaps the Football Association took into account such a situation, and finally coordinated with the AFC, chose to move the opening time forward by an hour, to 23:00 on The evening of March 24, so that even if there are fans who have the task of going to work or going to school the next day, then at least watching a half of the ball can still be enjoyable, if the first half of the national football team played very well, perhaps more fans can rekindle confidence, pay attention to the performance of the national football team, if the game is not good, directly turn off the TV at the end of the half, and do not affect the rich life in the second half.
At present, Li Xiaopeng is carrying out intensive training work in Haikou. It is said that the direct adoption of a fully militarized closed management is to cure the laziness of these national pigs, reduce the lazy meat on their bodies, and let them become human again. During training, Li Xiaopeng was particularly fond of the formation of three defenders, and the midfield arranged five players in a row, leaving only two counterattack points in the front court to harass them. Obviously, Li Xiaopeng wants to focus on defense while actively responding to the FA's goal, which is to refuse to crash.
After being feared by Japan and Vietnam, Li Xiaopeng is emulating the playing style of Li Tie's time, that is, defending with all his strength, and the primary purpose is to concede fewer goals. Although this tactical play is more ugly, but in the root of the elimination of the recurrence of the fiasco of the national football team, after all, the hoarding of 9 players to stay in the backfield defense, only two forwards in the front of the harassment, this is a very stable and pragmatic approach, I believe Li Xiaopeng is also well aware that even if the scene is ugly, it is better than being scored two or three goals per game, if you can force Saudi Arabia with an iron barrel formation, it is also a good result.
It can be said that this game can be expected, in history, the national football team in 1981 once beat Saudi Arabia with a score of 2-0, the 1997 World Preliminary Round national football team won 1-0, the 2015 Asian Cup on the national football team is also a 1-0 win, so compared to Japan, South Korea and other teams, Saudi Arabia is still more playable. Especially in the case that Li Xiaopeng emphasized that defense is the main tone, the Saudi team will also take the national football team, and in the case of their increasingly impatient mentality, it is the best counterattack opportunity for the national football team.