Review of the national football team 0-0 Lebanon: The lack of midfield ability led to no one answering in the front, and it was difficult to score a goal
There is more than fierce and not enough exciting, which is a true portrayal of the national football team VS Lebanon. Given the quality of both teams and the poor organisation in the midfield, it is really difficult to provide enough support to the forwards. So you will see Zhang Yuning's heat zone map, which is basically in a state of disconnection, and the opponent's center Matuk and Bougier are similar.
It should be said that from the starting list at the beginning, most of the national football fans were half cold. Is the 5-3-2 formation a bit too conservative against opponents who are much lower (at least on paper)? Can the bilateral wing-back combination of Liu Yang and Liu Binbin support the side attack that the team needs? Is there a big hole in the parallel position of the midfield?
After the opening, such worries did happen. The overly conservative 5-3-2 led to Zhang Yuning's basically not getting too many opportunities to move forward, and the frequent retracements could only be axes, and then disappeared. Wu Lei's ability to advance independently has been greatly degraded, and the national football team can only rely on big feet to attack. In terms of wingbacks, Liu Yang's side is relatively better, Liu Binbin has few points after taking the ball, and he has committed similar problems to VS Tajikistan, in short, the arrangement is not good.
In the midfield, Xu Xin had several fouls at the beginning, and he saw the problem of "too much force". In addition, the parallel position is indeed too easy to pass, which leads to Dai Weijun falling into a very embarrassing situation, whether it is the back waist, the center forward, the front waist, and the side forward, the definition is completely vague, and the role is completely unhighlighted.
Of course, Lebanon naturally does not have too many good opportunities, their breakthrough style of play on the side is quite clear, and they want to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses and use their height to "smash" China's defensive system, which is also arranged by the coach. It's just that the overall play is really not online, and the players are relatively unfamiliar with each other, except for set-pieces (including throw-ins), there are not many opportunities.
Towards the end of the first half, both the national football team and Lebanon launched an exploratory offensive. Zhang Yuning's shot was blocked, and Dai Weijun's mistake gave the opponent a chance to shoot the woodwork.
In the second half, both the Chinese team and Lebanon began to relax and were no longer as tight as in the first half. It could also be that before the end of the first half, the team played relatively well to score the goal. Therefore, the Chinese team frequently creates opportunities on the right side of Lebanon, and Lebanon is also at the top of the penalty area, bringing threats to the Chinese team many times.
In the 45-60 minutes, Xu Xin created an opportunity to play more and less after several robberies, but it was a pity that he missed a shot high, a miss, and a better chance for Wu Lei, who missed the possibility of scoring. Wang Shangyuan's combing at this point in time is a little frizzy, and the power of transmission is too large many times, which is proof.
The location map can see that the national football team deliberately pressed forward in the second half.
At this point in time, Lebanon mainly relied on their own front-court duo to cooperate in front of the penalty area to create chances to score. Fortunately, the Chinese midfielder protected the defenders enough, so they did not threaten Yan Junling too much. Of course, there were a few times when the header still hit what they wanted, but the power was less and it was taken by the country.
70 minutes later, both sides launched substitution adjustments, Xie Pengfei and Lin Liangming on the national football team played to increase the intensity of their independent offensive on the right side, and Tan Long replaced Zhang Yuning purely to protect him. It's a pity that although Xie Pengfei had the opportunity to contact Lin Liangming after the battle, his general performance was still not satisfactory.
As the captain, Zhang Linpeng played very well in the second half.
It is indeed a pity that Wu Lei missed that excellent opportunity.
Lebanon is limited by the age of the team (7 starters aged 30+), so fatigue is particularly noticeable.
After this game, the situation of the group has become more and more uncertain. In the case that the national football team is likely to defeat Qatar in the final round, we can only hope that Tajikistan can create some difficulties and not let Lebanon easily win three points. Otherwise, the national football team can only compete for the third place in a group, and the other party's face is really annoying.