Don't play chess with stinky baskets, that's what a qualified coach should say! Leading the team to West Asia to play the Dubai Cup, U23 national football coach Jankovic elaborated in detail on his experience in finding a warm-up opponent in the warm-up match against the UAE powerhouse Wahda team, thinking that if you want to find a strong team to play, the warm-up game to play the weak team 5-0, and then said that it is meaningless for me to lead the team well.
Jankovic is a coach who knows how to encourage and motivate his players.
In the dressing room, he asked the players who were about to play to focus on football and not be eligible to be distracted, "Now you are wearing the national team uniform, everyone is staring at you and want to know what level you are." 」 Come on, come on! ”
In the first half, the U23 national football team fell behind 0-1, and at half-time, Jankovic once again inspired the players: "The lads don't give them a chance, give them pressure to weaken, we play no problem, 45 minutes is enough time, force them, we want to score." ”
Before the players walked to the pitch again, he also clapped his hands one by one at the entrance of the dressing room to the departing players. In the end, the team scored a goal in the second half to equalize, and the two sides shook hands and made peace.
Wahda is currently the second-ranked team in the UAE top league standings, the strength is not weak, and playing a warm-up game with such a team can be described as a great benefit for the U23 national football team, which urgently needs a warm-up match.
Why did the U23 national football team find this team to play a warm-up game? Why take part in a warm-up friendly like the Dubai Cup? Jankovich spoke his mind.
At a pre-match preparation meeting, Jankovic talked and said: "Now look for warm-up opponents, I don't want to find those weak teams anymore." We play a 5-0 in the lower leagues and then say 'I brought well, I won 5 goals', it doesn't make sense. If you don't look for such an opponent, find a strong team to play. ”
As the saying goes, play chess with the stinky basket, the more you play, the more smelly it gets! Jankovic's words are simple and domineering, saying the truth of competitive football - if you want to become stronger, you have to play more with strong teams.
Can't help but think back to our lovely national football team, this World Preliminary Tournament so far, can not find a decent warm-up opponent, in addition to playing domestic clubs, or domestic teams, the value of exercise is too low, it is no wonder that in the top twelve was eliminated early.
From Li Tie to Li Xiaopeng, the national football team has been undefeated in the face of domestic teams, not only winning more and drawing less, but also many games are big victories.
During this period, the results of the warm-up match of the national football team were brilliant: 3-0 Shandong Taishan, 4-1 Shanghai Haigang, 4-0 Shanghai Shenhua, 5-1 Huaxia Happiness, 5-0 Changchun Yatai, 8-0 Shenyang City Team and so on. Whether it is Li Tie leading the team or Li Xiaopeng taking office, the national football team is almost invincible and invincible in the warm-up match.
Some people say that most of the warm-up opponents of these national football teams are Chinese Super League teams, not low-level league teams. But there is no doubt that when these Chinese Super League teams and even championship teams face the national football team, they will retreat and dare not kick with real knives and guns, for fear of causing injuries to the international team.
And sometimes, in order to achieve the purpose of training the national football team, the team also intends to imitate the playing style of the national football opponents, such as Changchun Yatai, who recently warmed up with Li Xiaopeng's national football team. In this way, the strength of natural Changchun Yatai will be greatly reduced, and the strength will drop by 1 to 2 gears.
In this year's top 12 competition, the reason why the national football team did not play a normal level has a lot to do with the lack of high-quality warm-up matches. Perhaps Jankovic also saw this and deliberately found a strong team to warm up and avoid repeating the mistakes of the national football team.
Many people say that local coaches are different from foreign coaches, but where the differences are, no one can say specifically. Many times, there is no need to talk too much about the big truth, some things are subtly changed by the players, and building a team has a lot to do with the coaching style of a coach.
The temperament of the coach is different, and the temperament of the team is also different. Why do some teams look vibrant and scrappy? And some teams are dead, and the players are generally not confident? There are many problems that our local coaches need to think about and explore.