Original title: Lippi changed the formation twice to defeat his opponent Fu Jiangong in Dabao single-handedly won the first 2:1 reversal of the national football team
At 19:00 on the evening of January 7, 2019, Beijing time, Group C of the 2019 Asian Cup, the national football team ushered in the first match of this Asian Cup. The opponent is Kyrgyzstan, who has reached the main draw of the Asian Cup for the first time. Kyrgyzstan accidentally scored in the first half, the Chinese team decisively changed the formation in the second half, the opponent's goalkeeper sent an own goalkeeper, the Chinese team equalized 1:1, in the 77th minute, Yu Dabao slashed past the opponent's goalkeeper with a small angle, and the Chinese team reversed to lead the opponent 2:1.
The two teams have met three times in their history, but all of them are friendly matches, with China scoring nine goals and keeping a clean sheet in all three games, and Lippi changed sides twice in this match. Starting 4-5-1, goalkeeper Yan Junling, the back line is Shi Ke, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng and Liu Yang, the midfield double back is Wu Xi and Chi Zhongguo, the forward line is Jin Jingdao, Gao Lin and Zhang Chengdong, Wu Lei plays the single arrow. Zheng Zhi was suspended for a red card.
In the first 24 minutes of the game, the Chinese team has been losing to the opponent due to disadvantage, whether it is a single battle or an overall siege. At this moment, Lippi decisively replaced Yu Dabao and changed the formation of 3 central defenders. The substitution paid off immediately, with the Chinese team gradually turning around their disadvantage and using counter-tackles and aggressive running to attack Kyrgyzstan. But the opponent is tall, physical, and the pass is easier and more efficient. Throughout the first half, the ratio of shots between the two sides was 7:3, and the Chinese team was behind. Towards the end of the first half, Kyrgyzstan took advantage of the out-of-bounds opportunity in front, Murzaev headed over, Islailov suddenly fired a cold arrow, and the Chinese team temporarily trailed 0:1.
Entering the second half, Lippi changed his formation again, changing the three central defenders to 4-4-2, and replaced Shi Ke with Hao Junmin. This change of formation not only caught the logarithm off guard, but also made the boys of the national football team play more freely. In the 50th minute, China won their first corner kick of the game, but the opponent's goalkeeper accidentally made a mistake and hit the ball into his own door, making the score 1:1. Since then, the Kyrgyzstan players' physical strength has gradually declined, and the Chinese team has also played smoothly, and Liu Yang, who performed well in the second half, sent accurate long passes many times, but unfortunately Wu Lei and Chi Zhongguo's shots were a millimeter off.
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In the 77th minute, Liu Yang sent an accurate diagonal pass again, Wu Xi headed the ball crossed, Fu will be in front of Dabao to form a single knife, facing the attacking goalkeeper, Yu Dabao cleverly got rid of it, and hit the goal at a small angle before the opponent blocked in the penalty area, and the national football team completed the overtake!
Since then, the Kyrgyz players have become more and more impatient, and as their physical strength declines, their mistakes gradually increase, and the Chinese team has used crazy scramble to fight for many opportunities, and the cooperation between each other has become more and more skillful, but several attacks have failed to hit the goal. And the high level of scrambling also caused many members of the Chinese team to have cramps. Kyrgyzstan's moves got bigger and bigger, but they fought for several obvious fouls, and referee Hassan didn't make any decisions.
In the end, the Chinese team used a small area of pressure to maintain ball control, and the whole team united as one, and finally stubbornly resisted several counterattacks from their opponents. The 2:1 comeback won the match to win a starter and maintain a 4-game winning streak against Kyrgyzstan!
In an interview after the game, Lippi said that the first half of the national football team was not good, and mistakes similar to the first half must be avoided in the future.
After this victory, the national team temporarily ranked first in Group C with 3 points, making a good start for its own qualification path! After that, China will play the Philippines on the 11th of this month and the strongest team in the group South Korea on January 16.
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