Why didn't the Chinese team stick to the path of "Asian head team" that year?
Because I don't have the ability to do it!
First of all, football is not a project of "headache and foot pain", which can also be seen from the detours that Chinese football has taken in recent decades.
Secondly, even if you continue to "count two points for the header" and build the national football team into a "head team", your basic skills, physical fitness and tactical execution ability are too poor, and you don't even have a basic passing opportunity, how can you have a chance to head the ball?
I remember in the 90s, some football media said that the "double forward era" national football style of play, simple and rough, the so-called "copper head iron tail tofu waist", midfield players lack of transition ability, fortunately they do not talk about martial arts in long-range shooting, it is OK, the players in the back line also have a certain scoring ability.
What about frontcourt configurations?
Facing asian weak teams (such as the Southeast Asian team of that year), the national football team "double high forwards" and the header hit the opponent.
Facing asian teams (such as Iran and South Korea, which are even good quality opponents), the national football team is "double fast" in front of the field, using the speed of the forward to fight back.
What to do in the face of a team similar to the level of the national football team?
Since "double high" or "double fast" is not suitable, then "one high and one fast" and take a middle value.
Unfortunately, football is not a step-by-step board game, and in a regular game like the World Cup qualifiers, the situation changes in the process.
When others are changing, you still respond to changes with the same, and you are easily subject to others.
You say that the national football team is the "head team", right? Modern football plays differently from the last century, and the teams in today's football world are more fiercely contested for space in the game, and they will not give the national football team more opportunities to cross their feet.
What's more, the opponents of Southeast Asia are now much stronger than before, and the height and physique of others are also evolving, and they will not be as afraid of the high-altitude ball of the national football team as they were then.
The national football team itself passed and received the ball mistakes are also high, you let C Ronaldo in the front field of the national football team, can not eat the cake, even if you continue the "Asian head team" route, there is no future.
The failure of Chinese football has long been not only a failure at the technical and tactical level.
What do you think is the problem with the national football team? Welcome to discuss together.