Reporter Chen Yong reported that at 00:00 Beijing time on March 30, the Chinese national team against the Oman national team, which is the last game of the round of 12, the winner or loser has nothing to do with the ranking, but the game is not meaningless.
In 2010, Shandong Luneng Taishan, zheng Zheng, who was in the 1989 age group, first competed in the professional league, when he was 21 years old, and then became the best newcomer; and Wang Tong, who was only 17 years old and born in 1993, also ushered in his professional league debut, they were all champion players, but Liu Binbin, who was also 21 years old at the time, had not yet been selected for the Luneng first team. The champion manager of the Luneng team at that time was the current Oman coach Ivankovic.
In August of that year, Li Xiaopeng became the coach of the Chinese women's football team; that year, Zheng Zhi returned to join Guangzhou Evergrande; that year, Li Jinyu retired at the end of the season and then joined the Chinese women's football coaching team coaching team coached by Li Xiaopeng.
12 years later, Zheng Zheng met his mentor again, and the former Luneng coach Li Xiaopeng also met the former Luneng coach Ivankovic - where life did not meet, and in addition to Zheng Zheng and Li Xiaopeng, there was Also Li Leilei, who was the goalkeeper of the Luneng team and is now the goalkeeper coach of the national team.
The battle between China and Argentina on the evening of March 30, this is the final battle of the round of 12, the victory or defeat has nothing to do with the ranking, but the victory or defeat is not meaningless, the current Asian ranking of the Chinese national team is the ninth, Oman is exactly the tenth, if the national football team is unbeaten, it will maintain the ninth position, but if the national team loses to Oman, the Asian ranking order of the two teams will be transposed.
"Every game of the national team is important and we have to do our best to show our level. I hope the players will be able to free their hands and feet tomorrow and play a game of their own, without any distractions. At the pre-match press conference on the 28th, Li Xiaopeng said. Li Xiaopeng also said: "For many veteran players, this is their last opportunity to represent the national team in the World Cup qualifiers, I hope they can enjoy football, everyone should cherish." I hope that the whole team can have a good play and can achieve good results. ”
As for the situation of the team, Li Xiaopeng introduced: "There have been some injuries in the team, and at least two positions will be adjusted accordingly. Injuries in this intensity of the game are expected. The biggest difficulty in replacing the players is to adapt to the rhythm of the game, and the strength will not be too much of a problem. ”
At the end of the press conference, talking about the national football team's lack of access to the World Cup, Li Xiaopeng also admitted that it is not strong enough, which is a real description of Chinese football, but for this game, the national football team against Oman, strength is not a problem, the most critical thing is the team's fighting spirit and winning confidence.
In the previous round of 12 matches, Oman won 3, drew 2 and lost 4, defeated Japan, doubled Vietnam, and drew with the national football team and Australia, scoring 11 points. As for the national football team, it only defeated Vietnam and drew oman, Australia and Saudi Arabia at the same time, and only scored 6 points.
The gap seems to be more obvious, but objectively speaking, the strength of the national football team and Oman is actually between Bo Zhong, and the reason why the national football team is 5 points behind Oman stems from the abnormality of the team's preparation and the special situation of the team.
From the perspective of historical confrontations, the Chinese team and oman team have played 7 games, and the Chinese team has the advantage of 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Of course, as far as this game is concerned, the national football team away to Oman, this pressure is still very large, before that, the national football team in the middle of the position to draw Oman, as far as the field situation at that time, the strength of the national football team is at least not weaker than Oman, if the tactics are appropriate, the national football team can actually achieve victory.
Comprehensive analysis of the current strength of the national football team, about the level of 8 to 9 in Asia, significantly lower than Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia, against Syria, Uzbekistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and other teams also have no advantage, but against Thailand, Oman and other national teams, the national football team is at least not in the ascendant.
Interestingly, before the national football team meets Oman, the Chinese U23 national team will participate in the final round of the Dubai Cup. In the first two rounds of the game, the Chinese U23 national team won 1 win and 1 loss, scored 4 goals and conceded 3 goals, and the goal difference was 1 goal, of which the second round of U23 national football team defeated Thailand U23 4-2, which greatly improved morale.
According to the rules of the game, the U23 national team entered the three or four finals after two matches, and the opponent was precisely the first opponent of the U23 national team, the UAE U23 national team.
The first game against the UAE U23 team, the U23 national football team did not adapt to the rhythm of the game, 0-1 loss, but this time the two sides again met, China's U23 national team with a 4-2 victory over Thailand U23, it is possible to play a different game.
At the time of the downturn in Chinese football, we look forward to the excellent performance of the Chinese national team and the U23 national team.