The Chinese men's national football team played a warm-up match with the Oman national men's football team not long ago, and the final result was that the Chinese national football team failed. Although the failure of this game has brought a lot of regrets to people, this game also let us see some problems exposed by the national football team, such as defensive loopholes, insufficient combat power of players in the game, etc., which require deep reflection and improvement by the national football team to better meet the next games.
Recently, the Chinese national football team played a crucial warm-up match with the Oman team in Abu Dhabi, and the performance of the national football team in the game was very disappointing, the team lost 1-3 to the Oman team, and the result of the defeat caused widespread concern. Although the opponent of the national football team in the group stage of the Asian Cup is not the Oman team, which is ranked 74th in Asia, the defeat not only affected the morale and confidence of the national football team, but also exposed many problems in the process of preparing for the Asian Cup, which brought a lot of worries to the fans. The defeat in this warm-up match undoubtedly cast a shadow on the prospects of the national football team in the Asian Cup.
By observing the progress of the game, we can clearly see that the national football team performed quite well in the first half, and their offensive continued to cause a lot of trouble for the Oman team. In the second half of the game, the performance of the national football team showed a significant decline, and they conceded consecutive goals and finally failed. In the process of observing this game, we can find that the defensive ability of the national football team seems to be somewhat insufficient. Although they had some good players in their starting line-up, they didn't impress too much defensively. Especially in the second half of the game, due to the lack of defender-type players, the national football team could not remedy the problem after substitutions, which also led to them conceding goals in the second half of the game. In addition, we can also see that the forward players of the national football team are not able to take advantage of the opportunities well and do not put enough pressure on the opposition defence, which is also a big reason for their defeat.
Objectively, it is not an accident that the Oman team won the game by counterattacking, but they have made full preparation and practice in training, especially in counterattacking. In contrast, the national football team did not show enough counterattack ability in the game, which exposed some problems in the training of the national football team, and the preparation of the national football team needs to be improved, for example, in the game, when they played counterattacks against the opponent, some players seemed a little at a loss, which showed that they were not prepared enough in counterattack. The current situation is that the national football players have undergone high-intensity training, but the coaching team has not reduced the training intensity accordingly, which may lead to some overwork in the training, affecting the state of the game, and then affecting the results of the game.
Annual statistics show that the national football team has played a total of 11 matches in international A-level competitions, including 2 times for the African AFC team and 9 times with the AFC team. The results showed that the national team had a poor record against the top-ranked AFC teams, losing three games, while playing against lower-ranked teams and winning multiple games. This phenomenon reflects that the national football team still has a lot of room for improvement when dealing with strong teams, and plays better against weaker teams.
A closer look shows that the national football team has lost consecutive games against Uzbekistan, which is ranked ninth, Oman is tenth, and Syria is fourteenth, but has a higher winning rate against teams ranked fifteenth and below in Asia. The reason behind this lies in the fact that there is a clear gap in strength with the Asian powerhouses. Therefore, if the national football team wants to make greater progress, it needs to make more efforts to correct the shortcomings.
In the upcoming Asian Cup, the national football team is divided into groups of Qatar, Tajikistan and Lebanon. Despite South Korea in the group, the national team will focus on preparing for the Tajikistan and Lebanese matches to boost morale. It is still difficult for the current national football team to defeat the top 20 teams in Asia.
Regarding the performance of the national football team in the warm-up match, many people have doubts about its Asian Cup prospects. While it is possible for the national team to maintain its advantage against weaker opponents, the gap between them and Asia's top teams is still significant. If the national football team hopes to achieve better results in the Asian Cup and even in the future World Cup, then it must improve the competitiveness of the game through innovative tactics and the improvement of players' individual skills, so as to achieve outstanding results in the Asian Cup.