The national football team's tactical board is not as good as Tajikistan's, but it has more efficient tactics
Although the Tajikistan team is only ranked 106th in the world, it has played very well from the last session to this World Preliminary Championship. Their overall movement and passing quality is quite high, and they have the quality to become a dark horse in the Asian Cup.
However, the idea of the national football team is still very correct, the three central defenders strengthened the confrontation force of the frontal defense, and at the same time combined with the corner kick tactics of the back hand, almost won the game in an unfavorable situation, but unfortunately because of the unfair blowing penalty, there was no chance to get off to a good start.
01. Tajikistan: Accurate passing, fast movement overall
a. 国足传接球失误率太高
The Tajikistan team has a very good sense of passing and receiving, they have good foot skills and relatively agile movement ability, and can fully play continuous lateral passes in the game, which is a great threat to the national football team.
However, Jankovic held the strategy of guarding the mid-belly from the beginning, and the physical strength of the three central defenders was very good, and it was difficult for the opponent's Xiao Kuailing to penetrate directly. Even if you shoot in one step inside the big penalty area, the efficiency is not very high.
When the national football team retreats across the board, although the opponent has possession of the ball, it is difficult to really penetrate it. The problem is that the national football team's own error rate in the transition between attack and defense, especially when passing the center circle, is still too high, which gives the opponent a lot of opportunities.
Whether it is the inability to pass the ball in the midfield or the lack of ability to hold the ball in the forwards, in short, when the Tajikistan team is full of energy and can move quickly, the disadvantages of the national football team are clear at a glance.
In particular, the individual ability of the players of the Tajikistan team is not bad, and they have a certain ability to control the ball at their feet.
They deftly turn and change direction, and it is difficult for the national football team to restrict. Although the three central defenders fall in the front, making it difficult for the opponent to penetrate deep into the hinterland, Tajikistan's continuous lateral handling of the ball also makes it easy for the national football team to expose the space behind them.
It can be seen clearly from the camera that the national football team successfully broke the ball after standing firm in the middle and got a chance to counterattack. As a result, he made a mistake when crossing the halfway line, allowing the opponent to play a return ball.
De Salilov turned beautifully and cut inside to successfully play the space behind the national midfielder. Fortunately, our central defenders were in good standby, and it was impossible for the opponent to go deep into the penalty area, and his direct long-range shot was saved by Yan Junling.
b. Tajik pass-and-run awareness is very good
The players of the Tajikistan team cannot be said to have outstanding individual ability, but their foot movement flexibility is very good, so the one-on-one efficiency of the national football team is very low.
Not only was De Salilov an eye-catching performer on the offensive end, but Panshanbe won all nine one-on-one aerial duels on the ground, was fouled six times, and made three key passes, which were equally eye-catching. Fortunately, their shooting skills were not good, and Pan Shanbei missed all 3 shots.
What the national football team is most afraid of is that it takes the initiative to make mistakes, allowing the opponent to play a counterattack opportunity when the offense and defense are switched.
Because the Tajikistan team has a good off-ball cover, as well as the awareness of lateral reception and passing with the ball, it can effectively find the defensive space of the national football team.
This time, the starting point of the opponent's attack was caused by the national football team's own mistakes. On the counter-attack, the opponent's man without the ball on the left side stepped forward, bringing out a huge space on the flank.
After continuous lateral passes, the Tajikistan team pressed to the corner of the penalty area of the national football team very smoothly. Then an inside cut and a cross to the back of the national football team's defensive cluster, De Salilov had an excellent chance to shoot, but unfortunately it was slightly off.
Looking at their attack again, Soylov used a sprint from a very deep position to go straight into the ribs of the national team's penalty area.
The Tajikistani players were able to take advantage of such fleeting opportunities with good passing accuracy. However, this kind of play requires physical fitness, and there are few people who can change their backs, so it is difficult to maintain this style of play.
The opponent's passing and running are beautiful, and the strategy of the national football team is to stick to it as much as possible and use power to slow the opponent down.
But again, Tajikistan's lateral handling of the ball was clear, and this time the cross found De Sallilov with precision. But because of their strength disadvantage, they couldn't hit the inside, so the pass landed outside, and the direct barb failed to hit the target.
02. The number of shots is 10 to 20 behind!
a. Strength and headers are advantages: of course, you have to play a good corner
As can be seen from the statistics, the national football team is 10 to 20 behind in the number of shots on goal, but the number of shots on target is 2 for both teams.
The advantages of the national football team are strength and headers, so the tactical thinking is also very clear, the defensive end is as close as possible to resist the opponent, let the ball carrier slow down, and the offensive end is the opportunity to grab corner kicks and headers.
Tajikistan's two-wing defense is weak (because the wings need to constantly go up and down, and the physical consumption is high), but the wing-backs of the national football team can still create some chances.
Even if you can't make an effective final pass, you can create some corners. The national football team uses three central defenders, with an obvious height advantage, and Zhu Chenjie has become a sharp weapon in the corner kick attack.
This time, in fact, it was not only Wang Qiuming who had a chance when he shot the goal, Zhu Chenjie's header was the first point down, and the opponent had a handball.
However, this time in the Asian Cup, we are obviously unlikely to get justice, such a shot, VAR power outage.
In fact, even a corner kick attack can fully demonstrate the difference between the two teams. This time, the Tajikistan team played a tactical match, seized the space in the ribs of the national football team, and played a very threatening overall move.
Fortunately, their shot was really unreliable, and this kick flew off the bottom line like this.
b. Controversial moment: Is Jiang Guangtai offside?
Zhu Chenjie won 3 of the 4 golf battles in this game, especially in the corner kick attack, he can bring a lot of threat.
Xie Pengfei, who came off the bench, gave a pass with good speed and power, and Zhu Chenjie smashed the ball into the bottom of the net, which should have brought a victory to the national football team.
It's a pity that VAR thought that the goal was offside, and finally canceled the potential killer goal of the national football team.
Such a ball would hardly be considered a problem. However, under the modern VAR technology, it may be possible to find flaws, because the opposing goalkeeper attacked, and Jiang Guangtai only had one defender behind him, which could theoretically be counted as offside.
Through VAR, it can be determined that Jiang Guang interferes with the defender's jump, although it is almost impossible for the opponent to have such a fast reaction and jump height, which may be the case of VAR being "technically used" at this time.
03. After the opponent's physical fitness declined, the tactical strategy of the national football team was still successful
a. Every player who comes off the bench: all seem useful
From the statistics of the second half, it can be seen that although the national football team still has 2 fewer shots, it has made great progress from the 4-12 shot ratio in the first half.
At the same time, the 2 shots on target of the national football team were in the second half, which still formed a great threat, even if Zhu Chenjie's goal was canceled, the national football team also had a good opportunity to score very closely.
Xu Xin, Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming and Xie Pengfei all played at a very good level, this time it was Xu Xin's overhead ball to find Zhang Yuning, who should actually shoot directly.
There was no need to go back to Dai Weijun, and the latter didn't realize that there would be such an opportunity, which led to a misunderstanding between the two and finally failed to complete the shot.
The side defense of the Tajikistan team was not very good, and at the same time the air defense was not strong. After their physical fitness declined, the overall formation of the national football team successfully climbed up.
This time he successfully won the first point of the header, but unfortunately Liu Binbin's cross was cleared, and the outside line passed into the penalty area, Xie Pengfei's shot was not strong enough and was held by the goalkeeper.
b. Xie Pengfei: I almost became a winning hero
In this game, Xie Pengfei, who came on as a substitute, almost became the hero of the win, but unfortunately he missed a great opportunity to score, and at the same time, a beautiful pass assist, and the goal was cancelled by VAR.
Lin Liangming's cross was of high quality, using Zhang Yuning's cover, Xie Pengfei on the outside suddenly stepped forward into the penalty area, which was a great opportunity, but unfortunately it was high.
Compared with the opponent's delicate coordination to get a shot opportunity near the line of the big penalty area, the attack of the national football team is very simple, go to the side and cross to find a header, but it can be closer to the goal.
Conclusion:
Although the national football team seems to be inferior to the opponent in terms of strength, it has played more efficient tactics and is even closer to winning than the opponent.
It can only be said that our players, talent is not enough, but the execution is not bad, and there are also characteristics of strength and height. As long as a coach has a mind, he can play something that works, but sometimes it takes some luck and some fairness to win or lose.