At 22:30 on the evening of January 13, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football team will usher in the first game of the group stage of this Asian Cup, and the opponent is the mysterious division Tajikistan.
The overall strength of the Chinese men's football team is deteriorating, and for now, the national football team is at best at a third-rate level in Asia. Therefore, even against a third-rate Asian team like Tajikistan, I am afraid that there is no absolute certainty of victory. The reason why Tajikistan is a mysterious division is because the Chinese men's football team has rarely played against them before, so the understanding of them is extremely limited.
Opening the historical head-to-head record between the two teams, it seems that the Chinese men's football team has only played Tajikistan once in the summer of 2019, and it is not an official match, at that time, the Chinese men's football team won 1:0 at home. Since it was an innocuous friendly match, it didn't have much reference value. There is no doubt that in the face of the mysterious division Tajikistan, and it is the first game of the Asian Cup, coach Jankovic will definitely sacrifice the strongest elite he can send to play.
In the goalkeeper position, there is no suspense, naturally it is still the No. 1 goalkeeper Yan Junling Zhen guarding the national football goal; on the back line, it is expected that Jankovic will sacrifice the more familiar 4 back formations of the national football team, and the 4 defenders who are likely to be reused are Li Lei, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie and Zhang Linpeng who played as a guest at right back. Jiang Guangtai and Zhu Chen will play as a double centre-back combination, while Li Lei and Zhang Linpeng will be separated from each other as full-backs.
In terms of midfield, there is no doubt that the main midfielder who is responsible for intercepting and stealing in the midfield of the national football team is naturally the first captain Wu Xi, and the partner with Wu Xi to form a double back combination should be Henan Jianye midfielder Wang Shangyuan. On the side of the double back, it is expected that Xie Pengfei and Wei Shihao will attack together, rushing left and right, echoing on both wings of the midfield, feeding the ball and delivering shells for the forward line of the national football team, providing the strongest firepower support. It is worth mentioning that Xie Pengfei's performance in the last warm-up game was amazing, and he staged a good show of assisting the "Big Four Happiness". In this game, his performance is the most expected.
On the forward line, considering that Zhang Yuning has been in hot form recently, he scored 3 yuan in the last warm-up game and scored a hat trick, it is expected that he will be entrusted with the important task of replacing the veteran Tan Long for the national football team in the front court, and the strongest combination with Zhang Yuning is naturally the first local striker Wu Lei.
To sum up the above analysis, it is expected that the national football team will play a more stable 432 formation against Tajikistan in this game, and the final starting 11 should be: Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, Li Lei, Wu Xi, Wang Shangyuan, Xie Pengfei, Wei Shihao, Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning