In a closed warm-up match before the Asian Cup that ended on December 30, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-2 to the Oman team. After the game, national football coach Jankovic bluntly said in an interview that the score of 0-2 was normal, and the two goals conceded in the second half were caused by the decline in the physical fitness of the international players.
Jankovic said: "In the first half, we had the advantage, but in the second half, the internationals gave the opponent too much space due to the drop in fitness, which gave the opponent the opportunity to shoot and score, which eventually led to two goals in a row. Jankovic also said that the national team has just finished a heavy training cycle, and the result is not unexpected: "It's normal to lose because everyone's fitness is not at its best. We will try to adjust to our best condition as soon as possible before the start of the Asian Cup. ”
According to previous domestic media disclosures, in the first half of this game, the national football team sent a potential main lineup. Except for the goalkeeper position Wang Dalei who replaced Yan Junling, and the captain Wu Xi who was absent due to injury, the other positions are basically the starters in the first two games of the round of 36. In the first half, the national football team once had the upper hand, Wei Shihao, Wu Lei and Tan Long all got good opportunities, whether it was ball possession time or offensive opportunities, the national football team was stronger than the Oman team.
However, after the large-scale substitution of Oman, the diamond-shaped position was no longer used, but a parallel position. For this change of opponents, the international players were not psychologically prepared, and they were bombarded into the world by the opponent in only 2 minutes at the beginning of the second half, and in the 66th minute, the national football team was counterattacked by the opponent, resulting in the loss of the goal.
As Jankovic said, after the national football team came to Abu Dhabi to prepare for the game, it started with the most basic physical reserves, and the amount of training was not small. The day of the match against Oman happened to be the last day of the international players' physical reserves, and most of them were in the most tired period of their physical condition, and it can basically be said that the competitive condition was far from the best. From this point of view, it is indeed not surprising to lose to Oman, who are ranked higher than them in the world.