After the two rounds of the Asian Cup, the Chinese men's football team drew 0:0 in two games, not only difficult to win, but even difficult to score. The national football team, which has reached the Asian Cup final twice, is now almost not competitive in the Asian arena. Judging from the performance of this Asian Cup so far, is the national football team with 0 wins and 0 goals the worst in history?
Poor record
It's hard to find a win, and it's hard to score goals in the Asian Cup
The slogan of "rushing out of Asia and going to the world" has been shouted for so many years, but the national football team has not only failed to go to the world, but now even the Asian Cup is being bullied. After the two rounds of this Asian Cup, the national football team drew 0:0 with Tajikistan and Lebanon, which was not only difficult to win, but even difficult to score a goal. From the perspective of international rankings, the national football team is currently ranked 79th in the world and 11th in Asia, and Tajikistan and Lebanon are ranked 106th and 107th respectively in the world. In terms of value, the national football team is worth 11.33 million euros, Tajikistan and Lebanon are 7.5 million and 7.55 million euros respectively.
In the face of such two opponents, the national football team not only has no advantage, but is even "pressed to the ground and rubbed" by the opponent. Tajikistan, an opponent that the national football team may not have taken seriously in the past, had 12 shots on goal in the first half alone, while the national football team only had 10 shots on goal in the whole game. Although the Chinese team suffered a controversial penalty in the 80th minute, Zhu Chenjie's header was ruled invalid, but the 0:0 score was a fluke for the national football team. In the second round, facing Lebanon, which is one place lower than Tajikistan, the national football team was still forced to draw by the opponent, and even let the opponent hit the crossbar once in each half, and the draw against the opponent was a fluke.
At present, the national football team, which is ranked lower than Tajikistan and Lebanon, has already lost. In the warm-up match before the Asian Cup, the national football team also lost 1:2 to the Hong Kong, China team, and the Hong Kong, China team has reached the top 150. In the future, perhaps only Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, and Guam, which are 200 teams outside the country, can be sure to win.
Poor manager
Jankovic's selection and appointment of personnel, as well as technical and tactical arrangements, have been questioned
The result of two draws and difficult goals is certainly related to the team's own level, but as the head coach, Jankovic is still the first person responsible. In the two games, Jankovic's selection and appointment, technical and tactical arrangements have been questioned to a certain extent. In the face of weaker opponents, Jankovic has always used a five-back formation, three lines are very backward, and he does not dare to give the opponent the necessary pressure by pressing high and improving the pace of the game, so it is naturally difficult to score goals and score points.
In terms of selection and employment, Xu Xin, Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming and Xie Pengfei, who came off the bench in the second half of the first game, performed well, and the call for them to replace Wu Lei, Liu Binbin and other players who performed poorly in the first round was very high, but in the second game, Jankovic only let Zhang Yuning and Xu Xin replace Tan Long and Wang Qiuming. And it turned out that Xie Pengfei, who came off the bench in the second half, created a lot of chances. If you look a little longer, Jankovic also has certain problems with the selection of the squad for this Asian Cup. In the Asian Cup, Jankovic brought four goalkeepers, and Zhengyin strikers, in fact, only brought three or four. None of the Zhejiang team, which ranked third in the Chinese Super League, was selected, and the defeat of Exxon, Li Titian, Li Ke, Li Yuanyi and others also caused some controversy.
The national football team, which is at a low ebb, needs a good coach to lead, but judging from his past resume, Jankovic does not seem to have any successful experience. The only time he has seen a decent look on his coaching resume over the past 20 years has been in 2007 when he was the manager of Red Star Belgrade. However, in the season before he took charge, the Red Stars won the domestic league and cup double, but after Jankovic took over, the Red Stars were eliminated from the Champions League play-offs and failed to qualify for the main competition. Since then, in the process of serving as the coach of various echelons of the national football team, Jankovic has not made any achievements. If the Asian Cup fails to qualify from the group, Jankovic may not be far from the end of class.
Poor players
The midfield is unorganized, the strikers are difficult to score, and the average age is old
So far in this Asian Cup, the performance of the players is hardly satisfactory. From the first game, the midfield combination of Wang Shangyuan, Wang Qiuming and Dai Weijun became a disaster, and in the absence of Wu Xi due to injury, the midfield composed of three was useless, unable to organize an effective attack, and did not see the key interceptions. Dai Weijun, who is considered to be Wu Xi's successor, started both games, but the role of the core of the midfield is not obvious.
On the forward line, Wu Lei missed a number of good scoring opportunities in both games, including a must-have goal against Lebanon. If that goal is scored, the national football team may not need to count points now. Zhang Yuning and Lin Liangming, who came on as substitutes, all got opportunities in front of the goal, but they failed to convert them into goals. Under the "weak front", it is not surprising that the national football team has won 0 wins and scored 0 goals in two games.
What makes fans feel even more desperate is that this is a national football team with an average age of 29.2 years old, and in the entire squad, only 6 players in the Chinese team are under the age of 25, and none of the players under the age of 20 are not, and only Dai Weijun and Zhu Chenjie are players under the age of 25 among the starters in the two games. With Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Wu Xi, Wu Lei, the goalkeeper and the core players on the three lines all 35 years old, where is the future of the national football team?
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Other teams are improving
Only the national football team does not advance but retreats
On January 18, more than half of the group stage schedule of this Asian Cup, what is the biggest emotion of many fans? Perhaps other national teams in Asia are improving, and the fish belly has turned over, but only the national football team is regressing. After the national football team lost to Thailand 1:5 many years ago, Fan Zhiyi's golden sentence is still in my ears - "The Thai team lost to Vietnam, and then lost to Myanmar, and then no one lost." "Now, we are being beaten by Tajikistan and Lebanon, which are lower in the ranking than Vietnam. At the same time, Vietnam scored two goals in the opening game against Japan, and even led Japan 2-1 at one point. At the same time, it should be noted that the Vietnamese player Nguyen Dinh North who scored the equaliser is only 19 years old, and this is only his fifth game for the Vietnamese national team, and there are many young players like Nguyen Dinh North in the squad for this Asian Cup.
The performance of the Hong Kong team in the Asian Cup is also noteworthy, this is the first time since 1968 that the Hong Kong team has entered the Asian Cup for the first time in 56 years, and Chan Zhaojun's goal is also the second time that the Hong Kong team has scored in the Asian Cup after 56 years, and the Chinese team has not scored a goal after two rounds of matches. In the face of the strong United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, China scored twice and was ruled offside, and the UAE only relied on two penalties to win. If Hong Kong had had been a little luckier, they might have managed a draw or even a win. The Indian team, the "Earth Derby" opponent who once "pecked each other" with the national football team, faced Australia, which was much stronger than itself, in the first round of this Asian Cup, played 0:0 with the opponent in the first half, and even created several good chances to score, although the final score was 0:2, but the Indian team can still see the progress.
The former fish belly teams have all turned over, and in the meantime, there are fewer and fewer "soft persimmons" that the national football team can pinch. Maybe in the eyes of other teams in the future, the national football team is the "soft persimmon" that is easy to pinch.
Modern Express/Hyundai+ Reporter Wang Wei Intern Wu Xinyu Li Daoshuang Image source: Xinhua News Agency