With a draw at the end of the group stage, the Chinese team must not fall from now on

Written by Qin Yun/Captain Q

In the final game of the group stage of the Asian Games football match yesterday, China and Bangladesh drew 0:0. Bangladesh, the weakest team in the group, took the first and final point from the hosts, which was somewhat embarrassing for the Chinese team. However, the verdict of this match will not be reached until the Chinese team has all the football matches in this Asian Games.

Originally, for the Chinese team, which had won all their first two games and had already qualified for the group, the only value of playing against Bangladesh was to ensure the first place in the group without losing and to stay in the familiar Yellow Dragon Stadium to continue the following matches. The significance of winning and losing is not significant from a technical point of view. In fact, the Chinese team guaranteed the first result of the group with a draw.

In this game, the Chinese team carried out a large rotation of players, and only three main players Jiang Shenglong, Liu Yang and Wang Haijian appeared in the starting lineup. The big rotation gave the main players of the first two games the opportunity to adjust, which is not a problem in itself, but the problem is that the substitute lineup seems to treat the rotation as a relaxation, and the desire to play and fighting spirit have also been replaced. Playing against Bangladesh, which has lost two games in a row, the substitute Chinese team can only play a draw with zero goals, I don't know if the strength of the Chinese team's substitute lineup is due to the strength of the substitute lineup, or the rotation gives a loose signal and leads to no fighting spirit. - In the knockout round, we can see the answer.

According to the state of the China-Bangladesh competition, it is very difficult for the Chinese team to continue to advance in the knockout round. We can only hope that the rotation strategy of the coaching staff will indeed allow the main squad to be adjusted to facilitate the rest of the following games. Hopefully, the China-Bangladesh match can ease the fatigue of the main squad, and the Chinese team can score 16 to 8 and 8 to 4,...... In these games, the form of the first two games was restored, and even better.

In addition to technical and tactical strength, all kinds of domestic teams (including national teams and club teams) are weak points in the adjustment and control of team status in a competition. In the Asian qualifying matches of the Olympic Games and the World Cup, the national football team often loses all the games if they are not going well, and they cannot adjust their mentality and competitive status in time. I hope that this Asian Games football match, the Chinese team will not make such mistakes again.

I hope that the 0:0 match against Bangladesh will not become a turning point for the Chinese team. In any case, we hope that the Chinese team, as the host, can go as far as possible in the Asian Games football competition until the final.