On June 20, China will host Palestine in Dalian, the second A-level match of the Chinese team Dalian International Football Invitational, after Jankovic led the national football team to defeat Myanmar 4-0 to usher in the first victory of the year for the "Yang Family Army", but the world ranking 81st vs world number 160 match is more meaningful on paper than it is in reality.
In fact, the battle between China and Pakistan is more worth looking forward to, although the opponent has many main players missing, such as captain Batala, Cardola who plays in Sweden, Daba who plays in the Portuguese Premier League, etc. are not selected, but its world ranking is 93rd, only 8 places lower than the national football ranking, such a warm-up game has training value.
Some say that this "Stan team" is of average level. Truth be told, Palestine is by no means Pakistan, which ranks 195th in the world.
The last meeting between the national football team and Palestine was on November 20, 2018, when the coach was coach Lippi, and central defender Feng Xiaoting received Li Xuepeng in the opening nine minutes to score the goal, and the opponent equalized in the 62nd minute of the second half, and the two sides shook hands 1-1.
At that time, the starting lineup was goalkeeper Yan Junling, the defender line was Li Xuepeng, Liu Yiming, Feng Xiaoting, Shi Ke, the midfielders were Wu Xi, Jin Jingdao, Chi Zhongguo, and the forwards were Gao Lin, Yu Hanchao, Wu Lei, and it was a 433 strong attacking formation
There are 13 substitutes, including Mai Tijiang and Zhao Xuri who replaced Yu Hanchao and Wu Xi, Zhang Chengdong who replaced Li Xuepeng, and Xiao Zhi and Yu Dabao who replaced Gao Lin and Jin Jingdao.
The international players who did not play were two goalkeepers Zeng Cheng and Zhang Lu, as well as defenders Yu Yang, Zhu Chenjie, Liu Yang, Fan Xiaodong, striker Wei Shihao and striker Zhang Xiuwei.
There are also some reference points for the strength of the Palestinian team: Palestine beat Bahrain 2-1 in March this year, 4-0 Philippines and 5-0 Yemen in 2022, 1-1 Saudi Arabia in the 2021 Arab Cup, 0-0 Saudi Arabia in the 2019 World Qualifiers, 2-0 Uzbekistan, 4-3 Syria in the West Asian Championship, 0-0 Lebanon, 2-2 Kyrgyzstan, 0-0 Syria, and so on.
In this way, the match between the national football team and Palestine is a "touchstone", and such a confrontation can clearly see whether the position of the national football team in Asian football is a second-rate team in Asia or a third-rate or even fourth-rate team.
The significance of the national football team 4-0 Myanmar is to make "General Fan" Fan Zhiyi "embarrassed", the "Fan's famous saying" did not come true, the national football team did not lose to the Thai team and the Vietnamese team, and then lost to the Myanmar team. At least for now, this Chinese team is not the last in Asia, and there are some real fishbelly teams in Asian football, such as the world ranked 207th Stanlanka, Timor-Leste 206th, Laos 188th, Maldives 154th, and so on.
It is worth mentioning that when the Chinese Football Association decided to arrange the national football team to face Myanmar on the FIFA match day and abandon the match of the world champion Argentina, the fullest reason was to prepare for the 2026 World Preliminary Round of 36 Asian Zone and the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup, only then chose the fish belly team, won and scored 2.41 points, but this opponent's world ranking is 160, a full 80 places lower than the national football team, can choosing such an opponent achieve the expected goal?
Looking at Qatar, which has also just changed coaches, it is currently ranked 61st in the world, 6th in Asia, and 11th in Asia, and the opponent chose the famous coach Queiroz in early February this year. The Qatar Football Federation has arranged three friendly matches in June, 0-1 Croatia B (world No. 7, equivalent to 2 teams), 2-1 defeat of Jamaica (world No. 63), and the third match against New Zealand, so it seems that Qatar vs Jamaica match is a similarity, not a disparity.
It is reported that the national football team has injured soldiers Wei Zhen, Wang Shenchao, Yankovic is facing problems in arranging troops, the original "Yang II" national football training list is 24 people, because Wei Shihao, Deng Hanwen was injured and withdrew from this training, Yang Shuai only recruited Liu Binbin, which is considered to be able to "recruit and use", but Wei Wang 2 people are injured, so that the national football back line of the army is stretched.
In addition to goalkeeper Liu Dianzao, there are Xie Pengfei, Tomorrow, Li Lei, as well as Wei Zhen and Wang Shenchao, at present, these 2 people have missed many training sessions due to health reasons, and the training time is only 10 days, Wang Shenchao still did not train with the team on June 18, Wei Zhen's condition is slightly improved.
As we all know, the "Yang I" national football training, Jankovic also only recruited 24 people, as a result, Axon's physical condition did not meet the requirements, Jiang Guangtai, Ren Hang and others were injured, and finally added Wei Zhen, Zhang Jiaqi and Barton, and after arriving in New Zealand, Zhu Chenjie and Wu Shaocong were recruited.
There is a question here, before the national football coaching staff determines the list of each training session, in addition to according to the performance of the league, it will definitely communicate with the players and clubs in advance, whether there are injuries, why every time there are many international players due to injury reasons to withdraw or unable to participate in normal training and games, whether it is an injury in advance, or caused by unscientific training, or playing internal 6-on-6, 8-on-8 or 10-on-10 injuries, after all, the national football training time is very precious, only recruiting 24 people per period, but this is the case, Jankovic's approach is debatable.
There are only three training periods in June, September and October left before the round of 36, and the World Preliminary Round must form the strongest national football team, which previously required the international player to be familiar with Jankovic's technical and tactical requirements, practice play, and grind the lineup, but every training session has international players who cannot participate due to injury, and wasted international football places, so unprofessional, why believe that the Chinese team can win the battle?
When world famous coach Lippi coached the Chinese team, there were about 27 people per training session, and there was some room for maneuver; Li Tie led the team to play the top 40 game is a set of lineups used to the end, the main 11 players and substitutes do not need to worry about the opponent at all, and they know that Li Tie will not adjust the starting lineup.
In the match between the national football team and Palestine, Jankovic should adjust the starting lineup, at least two or three players against the Myanmar team, the performance level is not mediocre, but does not meet the standards and tactical requirements of the international football, it is irresponsible to continue to use the starting lineup of the China-Myanmar battle.