2-0 Vietnam is not happy, but it is enough for the national football team to recognize a truth
Reporter Chen Yong reported that although it was only a warm-up match, the national football coach Jankovic still had a smile on his face, and on the evening of the 10th, the national football team defeated Vietnam 2-0 in Dalian and won a key victory. However, judging from the progress of the game, the national football team was out of control for a while, and the fans on the scene also booed.
After the half-time adjustment of the national football team, from a possible loss to a final win, at least the national football team can recognize a truth: even if we are not strong enough to control the game in the current and future World Preliminary Rounds, as long as we maintain focus and tenacity, and do not give up, we may not have a chance to win the game.
As Jankovic said before, this warm-up, the national football team has not changed much in terms of formation and tactics, it is still an offensive three-centre-back, defensive five-back formation, the three central defenders are Wang Shangyuan, Jiang Guangtai and Wu Shaocong, Liu Yang is still the left wingback, the right wingback is handed over to Fang Hao, and the central midfield is Li Ke, Wu Xi, Xie Pengfei, Wu Lei and Tan Long.
The outside world is somewhat surprised that Wang Shangyuan plays right center back and Fang Hao plays right wingback, in this regard, Jankovic's explanation is that "let Wang Shangyuan play right center back because he has the ability to play the ball, and Fang Hao is fancy his speed and aggressiveness, but his luck is not very good." ”
In the first 4 minutes, Wu Xi cleverly plugged the ball to create a threat, Fang Hao crossed, but unfortunately the outflanked Tan Long failed to touch the ball; In the 8th minute, Vietnam played a threatening attack, and the national football team focused on defensive attention. After 15 minutes, Vietnam was more active, and in the 27th minute, Vietnam played a threatening attack, but the shot was deflected; In the 33rd minute, the national football team won a set-piece in front, Tan Long's header hit the goalpost, and luck did not stand on the side of the national football team.
In the second half of the first half, especially in the last 10 minutes, the national football team lost control, Vietnam easily controlled the ball transmission, although the national football team wanted to press, but there were not many ways, in the 43rd minute, Vietnam created a threat after passing more than 20 feet, which caused dissatisfaction among the fans at the scene, and even some people booed.
After the opening of the second half, Jankovic replaced Wu Xi and Xie Pengfei with Wang Qiuming and Dai Weijun, hoping to strengthen the midfield, and 10 minutes later, the national football team saw the effect. In the 55th minute, after the national football team cooperated on the left side, Liu Yang crossed, and Wang Qiuming swept the goal. Subsequently, Yankovic replaced Li Ke and Fang Hao with Gao Tianyi and He Yupeng.
After the goal, the national football team performed a lot better, playing effective counter-attacks many times, which is related to their more positive mentality, and also related to Vietnam's impatience and increased error rate after conceding the goal.
In the 86th minute, Vietnamese player Nguyen Jin Ling elbowed Jiang Quang Tai, VAR intervened after Nguyen Jin Ling was sent off, and then the national football team took over the game, in the 94th minute, the national football team threatened with a set-piece in front, Dai Weijun took the penalty, Jiang Quang Tai ferried, Wu Lei scored, unfortunately slightly offside was ruled invalid; One minute later, Wu Lei tackles a pass from the Vietnamese backfield and scores a single goal. In the end, the national football team won Vietnam 2-0.
From the perspective of the game, the process is twists and turns, although the national football team won 2-0, but the process is not convincing, but the fact is that such a situation, the future probability of becoming the norm, and the tactics of anti-counter-confrontation, is also commonly used, for this, the national football team should have expectations, can not affect confidence. This game also shows that even if you can't fully control the game, it's not without a chance to win, and what the national football team has to do is actually very simple, that is, to stay focused and tenacious, and don't give up.
Only 9,219 fans attended the match, which is obviously not a satisfactory attendance, and behind the votes of fans with their feet is the accumulation of past disappointment with the national team. To reverse this situation, to bring the fans back to the field step by step, it takes the best efforts of everyone in the national team - the result or the process, always make people see the positive, the fans, in fact, do not expect much.
Jankovic was happy to win, but he did not shy away from problems and difficulties.
"It's still a very difficult game, a lot of details to pay attention to, this game, it's very important for us, less than a month before the start of the World Qualifiers, it is very precious to have such a warm-up opportunity, including the last game against Syria." Jankovic said that for the first half of the loss of control, he believes that the national team gave the opponent too much confidence, "because when we have difficulties, the defense involuntarily retreats, which is what I am not satisfied with", and the second half is more focused, which also proves that the problem in the first half is mentality, "We played better in the second half and finally won the game." ”
So, how is the midfield adjusted? Jankovic said: "It's a bit difficult to make public changes in the midfield, but we did make some deployments and adjustments, such as the position on the defensive end and, of course, the guidance of each player, but these can only be inside the dressing room. In this match, a number of players made their national team debuts, Jankovic said: "The arrival of the Asian Games team members has injected new vitality into the team, they dare to stand up and take responsibility, and they dare to show themselves. ”
After the game, Trusier, who had coached in China, also commented on the game, saying that he was disappointed after losing, and in his opinion, the chances of the two sides were equal. "Vietnam is in the process of rebuilding and we are building our team step by step for the Asian Cup and the World Qualifiers. Today's game, I asked the players to control the game, in terms of this request, we were successful, I told the players, don't be afraid to take the ball, they did it, the attitude of the game made me satisfied. ”
Commenting on the difference in the first and second halfes, Trusier said: "In the first half, we did better, especially physically, faster passes. I asked the players to hold the ball, it would take more running, more space, we had a chance to score, if we had scored, then the result of the game would not be easy to say. In the second half, the fitness of the players decreased, which I was not surprised by because the Vietnamese league is in the off-season, and the next step is for us to improve. ”
If Jankovic was the side satisfied with the result, Trusier was satisfied that the Vietnamese team controlled the course of the game. He said that his football concept is relatively new in Vietnam, but if he wants to break out of Asia, he must make changes, "Today is our first step to achieve this goal." ”