When the national football team conceded goals in the first warm-up match against the regional sports of the third division of the United Arab Emirates, and the second warm-up game against Oman, the direct rival of the World Cup seat, swallowed a 0-2 defeat as a matter of course, there were optimistic fans who felt that Jankovic was hiding his strength and deliberately creating a false impression that the national football team was not in the state, inducing the Asian Cup opponent to underestimate the enemy, so as to better implement the defensive counterattack tactics he is good at.
Jankovic is Xi to take the initiative to show weakness and paralyze his opponent first, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack
But judging from the various news revealed by the team reporters, especially the defeat against the Hong Kong team on New Year's Day should not be in the national football team's plan at all.
Jankovic promised before the game that if he could play a good warm-up match with the Hong Kong team, the whole team could take a day off, obviously this is a reason for the international players to rest, after all, no one will think that the national football team will not be able to win this opponent who has not lost for almost 40 years.
No one could have predicted the result before the game
However, the process of the game was unexpected by everyone, although the national football team took the lead in the first half, it was completely unable to dominate the field, and even felt suppressed by the opponent. According to the reporter of "Sports", the national football team in the first half was pressed by the opponent for nearly 20 minutes, and even the half time could not be passed.
Do you dare to believe this plot?
Judging from Wei Shihao's frustration before halftime because he still kicked the ball out of the sideline vigorously after the whistle and was warned by a yellow card, the passive scene of the national football team in the first half was not the result of Jankovic deliberately retracting the formation to practice defensive tactics after the team took the lead, but played the Hong Kong team into Japan and South Korea.
From Brother Hao's emotional outburst, you can see how passive the national football team is on the field
As we all know, Wei Shihao is not far from sending the fruit basket as soon as he kicks in a hurry, so it is understandable for Jankovic to replace him at halftime, plus Wu Xi left the field due to injury in the first half, and the national football team, which was greatly reduced, was quickly equalized by the Hong Kong team in the second half. You must know that whether it was the two draws of the Hong Kong team in the top 40 of the 15 World Preliminary Championships or the 7-0 game in 05 that misremembered the qualifying rules, the national football team has not been scored by the Hong Kong team in the entire 21st century, but this record will be broken on the first day of 2024.
The record of the national football team against the Hong Kong team in this century
The national football team, which couldn't accept this reality, chose to blame the referee, and Wang Shangyuan was sent off with a red card because of an argument with the referee. The national football team, which played one less player, was hit again two minutes later, and Pan Peixuan, who had scored to eliminate the Iranian national Olympic Games in the Hangzhou Asian Games, scored twice to complete the reversal.
The text of the reporter with the team restores the process of Wang Shangyuan's dyeing red
Seeing that their own players were so ineffective, even the national football coaching staff couldn't sit still, and assistant coach Pelovic was expelled a few minutes later for yelling at the referee to express his dissatisfaction. Seeing that the team was powerless, Wu Shaocong, who returned from abroad, chose to use a rough foul like Pogba to protect the team from tragedy.
Wu Shaocong's dyeing process
The Hong Kong team players who knew that they still had the Asian Cup to play also understood what Wu Shaocong meant, although they played two more on the field, but did not continue to expand the difference in the next 20 minutes, allowing the national football team to lose to them again with the same score after 39 years.
This dazzling score is believed to be familiar to old fans
Although no one in the national football team from the coach to the players has yet expressed their opinion on this game, and the official media even belatedly released the game report the next afternoon. But such an unexpected result obviously disrupted the original deployment of the national football team, and the holiday originally scheduled for the 2nd was urgently canceled by Jankovic, and instead went out to exercise at half past six in the morning, allowing the already tired international players to practice three times a day. In addition, a warm-up match against Oman club was also finalized on the fly, after all, this team really needs a soft persimmon to regain their confidence.
The official media of the national football team did not release the report until a day after the game
But having said that, fans don't need to lose hope in the performance of the national football team in the Asian Cup because of the loss of these two warm-up matches, after all, the results of the warm-up matches are not very valuable for reference, not to mention that we can't even see the game pictures that can be used for reference. What is the true state of this team, let's wait until the first match of the Asian Cup against Tajikistan on the 13th to make an evaluation...
Maybe it's all in Jankovic's plan