If you look at the overall schedule of the World Preliminary Round, there is no point in the game between the Chinese team and the Saudi team before the start, because the Chinese team has determined that it cannot qualify, the Saudi team has determined the qualification before the game, but if you look at the first game after losing to the Vietnamese team, this game is still meaningful, after all, the team did not lose, the opponent is still Saudi Arabia, who has participated in the World Cup, the players have also seen the fighting spirit, so the draw of this game, in fact, is a bit helpless, Criticism and praise are not suitable for the performance of this team in this game, but this game should let people see the gap between the Chinese team and the Asian strong team, and also let people see the tactical play style suitable for the current national team.
Li Xiaopeng finally chose Li Tie's idea of playing Australia, that is, the idea of defending 541 and attacking 343, and the result was most of the time the defensive position of 541 or 550, which proved to be a successful tactic
Li Xiaopeng finally used Li Tie's tactics, this tactic is to draw Australia, this game is also a draw with the Saudi team, and the process is really almost the same, are relying on a lucky penalty equalizer, so that the opponent looks a little impatient, but there is no time to score, so this tactic is now the Chinese team in the Real Contest in Asia the most suitable tactics, Li Xiaopeng is actually because after losing to the Vietnamese team, only to find that his original tactics are too idealistic, this is not bad, If you continue the tactics of Li Tie before, you should not lose to the Vietnamese team, this may be the idea of many national team coaches in the future, of course, playing the general team, may not need such a tactical way of playing, but playing the top 12 matches, can only use such a tactical idea, or successful, at least there is no fiasco.
So Li Xiaopeng is compromised, although it is rumored that before the use of 343 tactics, but the actual game is to do a good job of defense, first do not lose the ball mainly, the loss of the ball in this game seems to be a problem of defensive position, but the opponent is also a waste of a lot of opportunities to score, but several times the opponent's shooting opportunities, the Chinese team defenders are in the defensive position, this is also the key part. Therefore, this game is more certain of the idea of the Chinese team to play a strong team in the future, that is, intensive defense, and if you have the opportunity to score a goal, you can score a goal, otherwise it is the idea of conceding fewer goals.
This game can still be seen that young people are still not good, veterans are still easy to use, this is very troublesome
If you look at the performance of the whole game, the performance of young people can only be said to be passed, not as good as many people say, but why do many people say that the performance of these young people is very good, because there is really nothing to praise, Zhu Chenjie's penalty score, can also show that his level is good, at least a big heart, but the overall performance, Zhu Chenjie actually performed well in this game, or based on having two old centre-backs to help defend, this is also the key to this game. In fact, this game has seen Zhang Linpeng appear in the key defensive position many times, Zheng Zheng carefully looked at the whole field, but also appeared in the key defensive position many times, these two veterans are also the key to conceding fewer goals in this game, Zhu Chenjie if not scored a penalty, this game is destined to be criticized, after all, the team's loss of the ball, or the corner of the defensive position has a problem, the central defense position is also an important reason.
Zhang Yuning only had about 60 minutes of physical fitness in the game, and his performance was good, but it seemed that Zhang Yuning was also defending in the penalty area, and the result was a failure. This game he spent most of his time helping the team defend, it is not easy, but the team really has no way to pass the half, there is no way to play offense, Zhang Yuning's overall performance is very general, after all, he is a center, so these two people can perform, but far from being recognized by many people. The performance of the substitutes Gao Tianyi and Dai Weijun was good, and the players who came off the bench did not perform well.
Many people criticize the performance of Arthur Junmin and Yu Dabao?
It is true, Arthur Junmin performed generally, but this position is right, playing full-back, it is obvious that the team needs this veteran to help the team defend in the first half, Yu Dabao is a substitute for the center, many people say that he is walking, but the team has not created any chances to score, Yu Dabao himself is also very awkward, but what if the penalty was created by Yu Dabao? Maybe the performance of these walks will not be criticized, so this is also the key. Yu Dabao still has its own role in the appearance, after all, this is an experienced player, and the appearance of Arthur Junmin is also of this significance, in the case of a lot of pressure on the team itself, these two veterans appear to stabilize the military's heart.
You can criticize these two people now, but when you go to the Asian Cup, you may find that the rest of the players are not as good as these two, and then when the World Preliminaries, that is, the 2026 World Preliminaries, you will find that the rest of the players are worse, this is the reality, this game is actually based on the experience of the veterans, and finally draws, the young people are auxiliaries, if it is the young people in this game plus the players of the U23 national team to form a team, it is impossible to draw.
So this game is really a game, there is nothing to say, the balance is the punishment of the Saudi team to waste the scoring opportunity, in fact, look at the game to know, the Saudi team is really interesting, a lot of good scoring opportunities, is not to score, so that the national football team has the opportunity to equalize, the team level gap is still very large.