The worst in history! The midfielder of the national football team has been reduced to a sieve, and it is not as good as the 3rd rate in Asia, where is the next Zheng Zhi?

On January 14, Beijing time, the Chinese national football team encountered Tajikistan, the first opponent of the group stage of the Asian Cup, and faced the opponent who was only ranked 106th in the world. This game completely exposed the shortcomings of the midfield and backfield ability of the national football team, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "the worst in history" with the configuration of the national football midfield.

In this game, the national football team basically discharged a 532 formation, with three midfielders Wang Shangyuan and Wang Qiuming in charge, and Dai Weijun mainly responsible for attacking, but this "triangle area" became the biggest shortcoming of the national football team in the first half. On the offensive side, the three midfielders made frequent mistakes in passing and receiving the ball, and the national football team even passed 3~4 kicks to make mistakes; on the defensive end, Wang Qiuming and Wang Shangyuan were basically unable to intercept any attack of Tajikistan head-on, and this situation did not change until the 75th minute after Xu Xin came on the field.

In such a situation, the national football team is in a situation where it can neither attack nor defend most of the time on the field, and the team is frequently broken through the soft underbelly of the two wings by the opponent, and can even directly hit the middle front.

At present, the top priority of the national football team is to find a midfield "hitter" type player as soon as possible, who can provide effective protection for the back line and can be used as a stable point of play. In the past, this position belonged to Zheng Zhi, and the level of the former Evergrande captain was basically the ceiling of the local back. After Zheng Zhi, Ji Zhongguo's performance in this position is also good, although Ji Zhongguo is not in good health, but the sweeping range is very large, and he has a good pass.

But after Zheng Zhi and Chi Zhongguo withdrew from the national football team one after another, this position has become a great hidden danger for the team. In the position of protective midfielder, Jankovic has experimented with many players such as Zhang Jiaqi and Li Ke, but the effect is not good. Li Ke, in particular, had high expectations, but his performance in several matches was a disaster, and there were serious problems with his attitude to the game, and he was eventually abandoned. Now that Jankovic is using Wang Shangyuan and Wang Qiuming to play this position, in fact, he can only be a short general, and he is forced to be helpless.