The Asian Cup national football team was full of luck! The opponent was upset, the starting 11 people were exposed, and Fan Zhiyi hit the nail on the head
The first 11 people were exposed, and Fan Zhiyi's prediction hit the nail on the head
At 22:30 on January 13, Beijing time, the national football team ushered in the debut of the Asian Cup, and our first opponent was Tajikistan. It is understood that Song Kai, the new head of the Football Association, will supervise the battle on the spot, which is also hoping to convey confidence to the national football players and cheer them for better.
The starting list of the national football team in this game has also been exposed, according to the performance of the previous warm-up match, some media revealed that the starting list of the Chinese men's football team in the Asian Cup this time will have some adjustments, and the goalkeeper will not change, it is still Yan Junling. The defenders are Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, and Liu Yang; the midfield has changed: Liu Binbin, Wang Shangyuan, Wang Qiuming, and Lin Liangming; and the candidates for the double strikers are still Wu Lei and Tan Long. In this game, Zhang Yuning, who has recently returned from injury, and Wei Shihao, who has performed brilliantly in the previous national team, will become the killer weapon in the hands of Jankovic.
Before the Asian Cup debut, the Chinese men's football team won 2 wins and 2 losses in the previous four warm-up games. This year, the Chinese men's football team has set a goal in the Asian Cup, and we plan to break into the quarterfinals. Before the game against Tajikistan, the head coach of the national football team, Jankovic, was full of luck. Our strongest rival in the Asian Cup suffered a surprise defeat. It turned out that our opponents in the same group, Lebanon, had lost 0:3 to hosts Qatar in their earlier match. Therefore, in terms of group rankings, the host Qatar is temporarily first in the group with three points, so it will advance to the round of 16 according to the rules of this group stage. As long as we can beat Tajikistan on our debut and Lebanon in our second match, we can secure a place in the round of 16 ahead of schedule.
In other words, under the leadership of Jankovic, as long as the national football team can get 6 points in the group stage, we can confirm that we will advance to the round of 16. Since 1976, the national football team has participated in 13 Asian Cups, and in the previous 12 Asian Cup trips, the best result of the national football team was fixed in the runner-up of the Asian Cup. Our first opponent, Tajikistan, is playing in the Asian Cup for the first time, so there is a bit of mystery about this team. Suffice it to say, we don't know the team very well, but the opponent knows the national football team very well.
However, head coach Jankovic said in an interview with the media: There are basically no secrets in football now. We had a lot of training plans in place before the game and now we know the opponent better and the opponent knows us better. This year's Chinese men's football team is quite good in the group stage of the Asian Cup, and we are stained with the light of the host Qatar. The two teams, Qatar and Lebanon, both changed coaches in December last year, so their new coach led the team to undergo a major overhaul, and it will definitely take time to polish the cooperation and tacit understanding between the coaches, so the national football team has an advantage in this regard.
The results of the last Asian Cup were fixed in the quarterfinals, and the current national football team is ranked 11th in Asia. After all, there are only 8.5 seats in the Asian region of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and it is not easy to qualify for the World Cup, which means that we must at least reach the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup, and Chinese fans will have some hope and hope. Moreover, there are some main players in their 30s in the national football team, and Jankovic also needs to complete the task of replacing the old and new ones in advance.
It is worth mentioning that on the occasion of the 2024 Asian Cup, football legend Fan Zhiyi also accepted an interview with reporters, he said: He will watch this game. Our first opponent, Tajikistan, entered the World Cup for the first time, and we must not underestimate them, they are very strong and have a very tough style of play, so the Chinese men's football team should be prepared to face difficulties. Fan Zhiyi believes that the Chinese men's football team can enter the next round, we need to do a good job in the transition between attack and defense, see how Coach Jankovic will arrange the lineup, we must take advantage of opportunities such as corner kicks and free kicks, the first game is more difficult, (prediction) a small win or a draw.