Observation|How to eat the three red cards of the national football team? The Asian Cup may once again break through the bottom line of fans
On the first day of 2024, the national football team lost to Hong Kong, China again after 39 years, with a score of 1-2 and three red cards......
If the loss in 1985 was purely accidental, then the current score is indeed reasonable and in line with the strength positioning of the national football team.
At present, the Asian Cup has entered the final 10 days of countdown, and for Jankovic and his team, the negative impact is irreparable, and what the national football team needs is self-redemption.
The official Weibo of the national football team is still stuck in the match report against the Oman team.
Disappearing match report
Due to the need for confidentiality before the continental competition, many of the Asian Cup participating teams have recently held closed warm-up matches, so the outside world knows little about the game process, and each team basically uses the unified release of the game report after the game to inform the game.
For example, after the national football team lost 0-2 to Oman, the @中国足球队官方账号就在第二天上午11点03分发布了比赛战报 was accompanied by a simple interview with Jankovic.
But the result of the 1-2 loss to Hong Kong, China and the three red cards obviously surprised the outside world - the game was not over yet, and several pieces of content related to the game appeared on the hot search entry on Weibo.
And a noteworthy detail is that as of 3 pm on the 2nd, @中国足球队官方账号尚未发布本场比赛的相关内容......
Wang Shangyuan was sent off with a direct red card for protesting against the referee. Data map
Why did there be three red cards
On the Internet, fans are more concerned about the three red cards, according to the "Sports Weekly" reporter Ma Dexing who watched the game, the first red card appeared in the 53rd minute - Tan Long's head headed the ball down and then protected the ball, and the Hong Kong team of China team's central defender wanted to destroy the ball behind him, and he fell to the ground with Tan Long. Under normal circumstances, because the Hong Kong, China players are fighting for the ball behind them, they should be punished for fouling by the Hong Kong, China players, and the national football team will take a free kick.
However, the UAE referee, who officiated the game, awarded Tan Long a foul and signaled for a free kick from Hong Kong, China. At this time, Wang Shangyuan, who was standing not far away, walked over directly to communicate with the referee, and the UAE referee directly showed a red card and sent Wang Shangyuan out of the game......
The second red card was for the national football assistant coach Perovic, who was sent off in the 61st minute for protesting the referee's decision. At this time, the national football team was changing, Zhang Yuning replaced Tan Long, because Tan Long was exiting, so the scene was once misunderstood that Tan Long was sent off.
The third red card was in the 71st minute - Wu Shaocong raised his foot too high and kicked the head of the Hong Kong player, China, and the referee directly took out the red card to send off Wu Shaocong, which was not controversial.
National football coach Jankovic.
Internal and external difficulties
According to the surging news reporter, the national football team is puzzled by Wang Shangyuan's red card, although the rules stipulate that only the captain can negotiate with the referee, but usually if the non-captain player negotiates with the referee, it is at most a yellow card warning.
The UAE referee directly punished Wang Shangyuan, unless it was determined that Wang Shangyuan had verbally attacked, but the national football team said that there was no such situation.
Previously, the Premier League double red meeting, Manchester United right-back Dalot twice protested against the referee's sideline ball, and was sent off by Oliver with two yellows in a row.
From being awarded a non-warranted penalty in the opening 8 minutes of the home game against South Korea in the World Preliminary Tournament to Wang Shangyuan being suddenly sent off in this A-level warm-up match, the referee from West Asia will very much challenge the mentality of the national football players in this key game.
This is also a difficult problem that the national football team must solve in the future Asian Cup and the World Preliminary Tournament - after all, Chinese football has completely lost its right to speak in Asian football.
In addition to the mentality of the game, the mental fatigue of the players due to the continuous play over the past year is also something that Jankovic must consider.
He almost chose the original team of the World Preliminary Tournament last November to play in the Asian Cup, sending a signal of trust in this group of players, and at the same time hoping to rely on a stable team to strive for good results in the Asian Cup.
There are pros and cons to everything, and the disadvantage is that these players have gone through continuous battles, and at the end of the year, both physically and psychologically, they feel a little strong......
In fact, if Jankovic can call up some fringe internationals and young players, with the idea of scouting players and training new players, this may also be a new way of thinking.
The national football team will participate in the Asian Cup this time, can it qualify from the group?
Don't expect too much from the Asian Cup
Like the "May 19 Incident" in 1985, the score of the national football team's loss in this game was also 1-2.
Objectively speaking, 39 years ago was an accident, when the level of the national football team was much higher than that of the Hong Kong, China team, and now the strength of the two sides is infinitely close, and in the 2018 Russia World Cup Qualifiers Top 40 stage, the two meetings between the national football team and the Hong Kong, China team were each other.
In the 2022 East Asian Cup, Jankovic took the 1999 age group team and several overage players, and finally won 1-0 by relying on Tan Long's "stealing chickens".
In this game, in fact, the score of the two sides was already 1-1 before the first red card, and the national football team had lost the advantage in the score. Subsequently, in the case of one less person, the opponent immediately overtook the score in a short period of time, and it can also be seen that the national football team is also at a disadvantage in terms of on-the-spot response.
The final result of the 1-2 loss was not unexpected.
From the previous 0-2 loss to Oman in the warm-up match to the 1-2 loss to Hong Kong, China, the national football team will usher in the Asian Cup with two consecutive defeats in the A-level warm-up match.
The national football team is currently ranked 79th in FIFA, Oman is 74th, and Hong Kong, China is 150th - the reality of losing against opponents of the same level and opponents who are not as good as themselves is also a portrayal of the team's strength to some extent......
In this Asian Cup, the national football team will face Tajikistan, Lebanon and Qatar successively, and Jankovic has previously said that the team's minimum goal is to qualify for the group stage.
However, judging by recent form, it will not be easy to get at least the 3-4 points needed to qualify from Tajikistan and Lebanon. Perhaps, this time the Asian Cup will break through the bottom line of fans again.