I expected that the national football team would lose, but I did not expect that the national football team was flat! Not only was it flat, but even the commentator called out surprises throughout the game. Li Xiaopeng made a series of strange moves in this game, and the sword took the side of the front, not taking the usual road. In the final stage of the game, the Saudi team was also confused, what trick did the Chinese team use?
The first leg of the meeting between the two sides was a 2-3 defeat of the national football team, and now it is a 1-1 draw, and the national football team seems to have improved.
Summing up the 1-1 draw between the national football team and saudi Arabia, Li Xiaopeng sacrificed four major strange moves.
First move: Formation Confusion
Before the start of the game, the starting 11 players of the national football team came out (below). In this list, it seems that the national football team uses a 532 or 352 formation, but in fact, in terms of the position of the players on the field, it is more like a 541 formation.
Zhang Yuning single-handedly played a single striker, as a winger Liu Binbin did not stand in the forward line like Zhang Yuning, but retreated to the midfield line, alongside 3 midfielders such as Arthur Junmin.
So if you just look at the list of the starting 11, even the opponent Saudi Arabia is likely to think that the national football team will play the 532 formation, but in fact, the national football team is playing the 541 formation. Li Xiaopeng's move of shaking a false shot confused his opponent.
The reason why the first half is mainly defended, Li Xiaopeng's plan may be to ask the national football team to resist the pressure first and try not to lose the ball, and then wait until the second half to win by surprise.
In the first half, Li Xiaopeng's plan was almost completed, but unfortunately the deadlock was broken by the Saudi team at the last moment. Due to the backward score, the first change was made at halftime, and there were successive substitutions from the beginning of the second half.
Second move: no front
Do you also dare to use "no front"? Among the previous managers of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng may be the first person who dares to use the fashionable tactic of "no front".
On this expedition to West Asia, Li Xiaopeng only brought 3.5 forwards: Zhang Yuning, Liu Binbin and Tan Long, and the remaining 0.5 forwards referred to Yu Dabao. In this game, Zhang Yuning and Liu Binbin started, Yu Dabao came off the bench, and Tan Long did not get the opportunity to play from beginning to end.
Perhaps dissatisfied with the performance, in the 59th minute Li Xiaopeng replaced Liu Binbin with midfielder Gao Tianyi, and the number of forwards in the national football team on the field changed from 2 to 1.
The game time is getting less and less, and the national football team has not seen the goal for a long time! In the 76th minute, Li Xiaopeng decisively replaced Zhang Yuning and replaced him with Zhang Yuning's teammate Yu Dabao at the club.
Replacing all the forwards, Li Xiaopeng's substitution is very bold, which is equivalent to the national football team playing a "frontless team" on the field.
Third move: The defender temporarily acts as a striker
Strictly speaking, Yu Dabao is a central defender. After Li Xiaopeng made this substitution decision, the commentator in the live broadcast room also expressed his confusion, saying that he knew that he should have brought a few more forwards in the first place, and he would not be in such a situation where no one can use it now.
Without using the forward Tan Long, but using Yu Dabao, who has played forwards in the past, Li Xiaopeng is very bold.
What is even more unexpected is that Yu Dabao did not run to the defensive line after playing, but frequently inserted himself into the front court to participate in the attack.
The previous three tricks said strange and strange, and it can be explained if it is not strange, but only the fourth move absolutely makes most people call out surprises.
Fourth move: The youngest defender in the team takes a penalty
Although the national football team still has Yu Dabao's half of the forward available on the field, Li Xiaopeng is a strange move, not using the former national football forward "Fu General" Yu Dabao to take penalties, but sending the youngest center-back of the team, Zhu Chenjie, to play.
When Zhu Chenjie stood in front of the free throw point, the two commentators were deeply surprised: "Hey, is it Zhu Chenjie?" "Oh hehehehehe Is this an intentional pre-match arrangement? Or is it a temporary idea? "We thought it would be yu Dabao who was on the bench!" "Even if the opposing goalkeeper doesn't know Zhu Chenjie anymore, he knows that he is a defender."
Then what was even more surprising was that Zhu Chenjie not only had a short running distance, but also calmly kicked the ball into the opponent's goal, without the slightest sense of tension.
After the game, when the reporter asked Zhu Chenjie this question, the 21-year-old center-back said that in his usual training, Coach Li trusted him and arranged for him to play penalties. I see!
In the case of being very unpromising and full of difficulties, Li Xiaopeng's coaching team was painfully determined, and this time made full preparations and also received good results. Although it did not win, at least 1 point was scored from the Saudi team, and the team's performance dared to fight, which was enough. Playing like this, this team is worth looking forward to.