The "Naturalization Dafa" is also difficult to save, where is the national football road that has once again collapsed?

In the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Russia, the national football team defeated Qatar 2:1 away. Unfortunately, despite getting 3 points, due to too many "digging pits" in the early stage, Lippi still has no way to help the national football team create a miracle. But from another point of view, after many years of returning to the top 12, the national football team rose to the back in the face of an unfavorable start, and finally achieved 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses with 12 points, only 1 point away from participating in the play-offs; even from the South Korean team, we are only 3 points away.

It is precisely for this reason that although it is not possible to qualify for the World Cup again, the fans of national football still get a little solace - this consolation makes us rekindle our expectations for the Qatar World Cup 4 years later.

Unfortunately, the national football team failed to give the fans a perfect return after 4 years. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifier Round of 12, the national football team only achieved a bad result of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses in 10 matches, and the points were only half of the previous session, and the death penalty was announced early.

You know, in order to increase the weight of the Impact world cup, the national football team did not hesitate to withstand the pressure and sacrificed the "naturalization Dafa" with mixed reputations. However, such a major investment still has no way to bring a bright road for the national football team, Li Tie's stubbornness, Li Xiaopeng's conservatism... Is it naturalized incompetent, or is the tussaud worried? Where will our national football team go?

If you want to use one word to describe the national football team of this year's top 12 matches, the author feels that the word "chaos" is the most appropriate.

From the expectant Li Tie to the dismal end of the Li Xiaopeng era, the national football team has given us hope, but most of them are squandering the enthusiasm of fans. 10 games and 10 lineups, the main framework is wobbly, the tactical system is chaotic, the naturalization event is up and down, the off-field news is disturbing... The problem of the national football team is obvious, and the simple naturalization cannot even cure the symptoms, let alone the great achievement of impacting the World Cup finals.

On the whole, the Qatar World Cup, which has been planned for many years, has finally become an unattainable target. Whether it is the defeat of the Football Association or the collapse of the tactical system, this dismal round of 12 tells the world that time may change a lot, but it cannot be an excuse to expect the rise of the national football team. Continue to develop according to this trajectory, and the only thing waiting for the national football team is the final outcome of "no face in the face".

【I】

Due to the epidemic, the progress of the top 40 of this World Preliminary Tournament has been slow, even spanning several years. After the national football team lost 1:2 to Syria in the first leg, the always calm old coach Lippi was rarely angry at the post-match press conference and publicly announced his resignation. Subsequently, Li Tielin, who had worked in the coaching team of the national team, was appointed to lead the national football team through the difficult epidemic period.

Although the 1:2 defeat to Syria dragged down the national football team's forward steps in the top 40 matches, considering that the overall strength of the national football team in the group was better after all, Li Tie adjusted the tactical deployment of naturalized players in time after his arrival, and adopted a more reasonable tactical policy in the face of different opponents, using a wave of consecutive wins to steadily lift the national football team into the top 12.

In the first battle against Australia, public opinion has infinitely expanded the decline of the Kangaroo Army in recent years, which seems to give the national football team an "opportunity". But what is surprising is that even if Australia declines, it still has a very obvious strength gap with the national football team, the "iron army" that played offensive football in the first game quickly collapsed, and the beauty of defeating the Syrian second team 3:1 in the final round of the 40 round could not be staged again, and the national football team suffered a 0:3 defeat in the first game of the 12 rounds.

0 shots on target, 38.7% possession... The national football team woke up the fans' dreams with the biggest defeat in the world preliminary stage of the team, and Li Tie also gave up the offensive system that he focused on building in the late stage of the round of 40 and began to put the defense in a more important position more pragmatically.

Li Tie's "curled up" approach has caused many fans to be unhappy, and since there has been no improvement in record on the basis of steady counterattack, criticism of Li Tie has struck like a sea of people. But objectively speaking, for the national football team at this stage, the so-called offensive football is not realistic, and a solid defense may lose its ornamentality, but it is indeed the only way to improve the performance.

Against Australia, the national football team can not be said to be trying their best to win the opening, but the unrealistic tactical system not only failed to exert the due strength of the national football team, but also gave Australia more offensive gaps. As the oldest team in the round of 12, the physical problems of the national football team have been exposed in the top 40 matches, and in the face of a more powerful opponent, the national football team is difficult to complete the physical requirements of Li Tie's high-level pressing tactics, and there is a serious disconnect in less than 20 minutes.

In this context, the slightly rough technical problems of Australian players have been covered up, and the serious disconnection in the midfield of the national football team has made Australia's attack feel like no one, and can only rely on extremely dangerous defenders to face the defense to solve the problem. The overall front is on the verge of collapse, the national football team not only did not fully play the advantage of high-level pressing, but let the defensive line of the united wills disappear, Australia's simple and clear offensive routine has more room to play, Rao is Yan Junling in the league has a good play can not stop the other side's wave of attack.

【II】

After the first battle suffered a heavy blow, Li Tie realized the huge gap between ideals and reality. High-level pressing + offensive football is certainly enviable, but it is indeed not a skill that the national football team can master at this stage. Weighing the pros and cons, the unlikable but more pragmatic low-post defense was put back on the stage, and since then, whether against Japan or Saudi Arabia, the national football team has resolutely implemented this set of tactics for most of the time.

Regarding the low-post defense of the national football team in this round of 12, the 0:1 defeat to Japan in the second round of the round of 12 can be described as a clear case. Perhaps because the impact of the 0:3 fiasco in the first game was too profound, Li Tie completely denied his previous tactics when facing Japan, and adopted a set of "pure pendulum bus" tactics that are very rare in world football.

In short, the national football team almost completely abandoned the attempt at the offensive end, and the so-called counterattack had no obvious rules to follow, relying more on Wu Lei's speed and Axon's fulcrum to "try luck". This tactical system of almost pressing all the treasures on the defense has achieved some success, as evidenced by the Fact that the Japanese team attacked the entire game but scored only one goal. But from another point of view, this tactic also has a fatal flaw - once the goal is conceded, even if you want to start fighting back, you can't start.

In the 39th minute of the match, the Japanese team knocked the door of the Chinese team. At this time, a difficult problem was placed in front of the Chinese team: should it continue to defend, or let go?

For Li Tie, the defeat in the first battle gave him a blow, and the consequences of fighting with asian teams have been well known. Today's Australia is not even a first-class team in Asia, and it can easily destroy the national football defense, not to mention Japan, which has already reached the round of 16 on the World Cup stage. Therefore, even after falling behind 0:1, Li Tie is still determined to put defense in a more important position.

Regarding the problem of the score behind, Li Tie hoped to find opportunities through substitutions after 60 minutes to take advantage of the japanese team's physical vacuum. In the 61st minute of the game, two naturalized players, Alain and Luo Guofu, appeared successively, demonstrating Li Tie's determination to strengthen his attack. From another point of view, the national football team's offensive rules are chaotic, the midfield lacks transmission ability, and the basic skills are more general, resulting in frequent goals in the face of Japan's rapid pressing. Even if a number of offensive players can be piled up in the front court, the attack of the national football team is still a stagnant water, and it is not even possible to penetrate deep into the half of the Japanese team.

The question of attacking and not attacking is also evident in the away match against Saudi Arabia. Against Japan, Li Tie's "three-guard" bus had an effect, but it still failed to help the national football team gain points. Away to Saudi Arabia, Li Tie boldly used Chi Zhongguo and young young player Zhu Chenjie, hoping to strengthen the defense of the midfield and the backfield, and gain points in the key battle away to Saudi Arabia.

But from the overall effect, Li Tie's move is also a helpless compromise made in order to strengthen the defense. As the captain of the national football team, Wu Xi, appeared in a more advanced position, the previous organizational scheduling in the back position no longer existed. Although the naturalized center Axon performed mediocrely, he could become a bridgehead on the counterattack line of the national football team, and against Saudi Arabia, Li Tie chose to refrigerate Axon, which to a certain extent led to the team's lack of elasticity at the defensive counterattack end, and could only fall into a very passive defensive situation.

The final result is not surprising at all, the three sappers composed of midfielders show li tieli's determination to keep the start, and then replace the attacking player in the second half to seek a counterattack. This tactical idea is actually a kind of compensation for the failures of the previous games, but Saudi Arabia's adjustment is more practical, and the combination of concise and effective side-in-the-side is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow for the national football team that is not strong on paper, and the early backwardness makes Li Tie's wishful thinking empty again, and finally can only helplessly hand over the offensive banner to the naturalized players.

【III】

Li Tie's real change came after the battle against Saudi Arabia, the cruel three consecutive defeats made the chances of the national football team have been slimmed out, and the major pressure made the young marshal have to consider another tactical change. Against Vietnam, which is recognized as the weakest on paper, Li Tie realized that he could no longer blindly conservatively swing the bus, and chose to vigorously promote the technical midfielder and give more trust to the naturalized players, which is also the origin of the 424 lineup against Vietnam.

The combination of Axon and Zhang Yuning's double center is obviously a special arrangement of Li Tie in order to target the lack of physical fitness of Vietnamese defenders, Liu Binbin and Wu Lei have obvious speed advantages, and have a certain ability to break through, and can also create more opportunities for teammates in the middle of the road. This tactical style of play was evident in the match against Vietnam, and although the opponent scored two goals in the end, the excellent combination of the national football team in the side still exchanged three goals.

With the first three-point game of the round of 12, the once decadent spirit of the national football team has been restored. Whether it is against Oman or Australia, the national football team has more offensive arrangements while paying attention to defense, similar to the previous blind stubborn situation. Although it failed to get three points, the change in the national football team on the offensive end is obvious, and the opening record against Oman and the full pressure on the later stage of the Australian game have proved the success of the national football team after the tactical reform.

Unfortunately, this short-lived success disappeared too quickly. Due to complicated off-field reasons, Li Tie's fate with the national football team had to end early, and Li Xiaopeng, who also had coaching experience in Wuhan, hung up and became the new manager of the national football team.

【IV】

Against Japan, Li Xiaopeng knew that the gap in strength was huge, but he was not willing to give up hope easily. Li Tie's failed five-back product in the first leg was abandoned, and 4231, which performed well against Oman and Australia, was put on the date.

However, from the final result, due to poor personal strength, Li Xiaopeng's backcourt combination with high hopes did not perform well and was not able to withstand the heavy responsibility of resisting the japanese border-center combination. In terms of offense, although the naturalized players have bright spots, it is still difficult to meet people's expectations, and Wu Lei's counterattack sprint has also lost its sharpness under the careful conduction of Japanese players, and overall, the actual situation of the national football team has not changed much.

When Zhang Yuning went down due to lack of physical fitness, the problem of the weak reserve of national football personnel was completely exposed. Axon was unable to support the away game, while other local players had a large gap in strength and could not be competent, and the national football team fell into an embarrassing situation where no one could use it. Although Li Xiaopeng has rich experience in defensive counterattack in the Chinese Super League, he must also build on a sufficiently strong fulcrum, and in the face of the talent-poor national football team, this "old good man" is really sad.

With such helplessness, the national football team ushered in the second leg of the competition with Vietnam on the first day of the New Year. Compared with the first leg, the national football team suffered a loss of naturalized players, Axon could not come to the away game so that the national football team lacked a key fulcrum, while Luo Guofu, Alan and other people did not participate in formal training for a long time, and lacked time to practice with the team, and the performance on the field did not meet people's expectations. From tactical design to personnel use, Li Xiaopeng's policy was completely defeated in this game, and finally created a humiliating battle in the history of national football - 1:3 defeat to Vietnam.

Looking up and down, the national football team has a clear ball control advantage against Vietnam, and the possession rate of more than 60% in the first half should have been exchanged for more offensive opportunities, but in addition to Dai Weijun, the rest of the midfield offensive players can only conservatively swim around their own positions, and cannot bring more creative changes. At the same time, due to the poor sense of cooperation, the national football team has no way to play a smooth attack similar to Vietnam in the front field, and the mechanical pass control is more like a helpless move to waste time.

When the score fell behind, the national football team was both anxious and helpless. On the one hand, Vietnam has always firmly implemented a stable defensive counterattack, and the lack of discipline of the national football team is difficult to knock on the opponent's door, and there is even no way to transmit the ball into the opponent's defensive zone. On the other hand, the large-scale attack of the national football team will inevitably lead to the rear air raid, and the defensive line that is frequently flawed has collapsed under the attack of the Vietnamese counterattack, and the final 1:3 defeat is not surprising at all.

After the fiasco against Vietnam, the national football team was criticized across the board. Since it has been determined that he will not qualify for the World Cup finals, Li Xiaopeng has adopted more training ideas in the last two games, and absolute main players such as Wu Lei have not been selected to the final lineup, and the naturalized players who have performed as a whole have been abandoned, and even Jiang Guangtai, the core of the national football defense, has not been able to start the lineup for a long time due to injury problems.

Although the 1:1 Saudi Arabia once gave people hope, the 0:2 defeat to Oman in the final round still reflects the large-scale offensive and defensive loopholes of the national football team. Whether it is the lack of strength on the offensive end or the confusion on the defensive end, it seems that it is difficult for this national football team to see the right way forward. But from another point of view, because the lineup has not been clear, and the tactics have been repeatedly changed under the tutelage of the two head coaches, it is indeed very difficult for the national football team to achieve good results under such pressure.

【Conclusion】

Although the overall collapse of the squad tactics is obvious to all, it has to be said that the difficulties experienced by the national football team in this round of 12 cannot be ignored. Due to the epidemic problem, the national football team has no way to play the home game at home, so the AFC's top 12 schedule can be described as the "first blow" to the national football team, the interval between the 3rd and 4th stages is more than two months, and the national football team under Li Tie's state has rebounded into a trough.

In addition, naturalized players have not received formal training for a long time after returning to Brazil, and neither physical fitness nor tactical awareness has been clearly maintained. At the same time, the dissatisfaction exposed by Luo Guofu on social media has caused the off-field news of naturalized players of the national football team to rise sharply, Fernando, who "only hears his voice and does not see his people", leaves the team early because of "family reasons", Axon cannot come to the away game because of the new crown infection, and the performance of Luo Guofu and Alain has declined significantly, and the use of naturalized players by the national football team has mostly failed.

At the tactical level, Li Xiaopeng has his own unique understanding, on the one hand, he is willing to use more extreme swing bus tactics when facing strong teams, whether it is 541 or 532, which may be able to form a sufficient defensive numerical advantage in the backcourt, but overall, the current strength of the national football team cannot form a coordinated backcourt defensive system, and the sharp defensive counterattack tactics cannot be developed.

After the dismal end of this trip to the top 12, it is still unknown where Li Xiaopeng's coaching position will go. From the perspective of external public opinion, more people are dissatisfied with the poor performance of the tushuai in the trip of the top 12, hoping to determine a clear tactic for the team through the foreign coach and fight for it for a long time. But from the author's point of view, the manager's tactical choice is important, and "how many dishes are in the pot" is also a key link in winning.

During the Li Xiaopeng period, the national football team suffered major turmoil, and the poor performance of naturalized players and repeated absences made it impossible to determine the main lineup. Coupled with the fact that the national football team had already decided to go out early at that time, the players must have the negative impact of mentality, and although the final collapse was infuriating, it was also a common sentiment from a certain point of view.

Pushing back to everything again, the national football team needs to urgently consider several questions at the moment: First, do we still want to adhere to the road of naturalization? Is it advisable for the league to make way for the national team? Should the team find a coach who can coach the national team for a long time? Fourth, how should the problem of youth training after decades be improved?

Only by solving these problems will the performance improvement that fans are thinking about become possible. Whether in the past or in the present, no matter how bad the performance of the national football team is, it has never lacked the expectations of the people of the whole country. Just like today's confusion, the national football team has once again fallen into an "unprecedented" rout, whether it is willing to be silent or dare to innovate, the management needs to make a judgment as soon as possible.