China VS Singapore 8 highlights: the new coach made his debut and won his first win in 126 days, who can break the goal drought?
At 20:30 on March 21, Beijing time, in the third round of the round of 36, the Chinese men's football team challenged Singapore away.
Aspect 1: Ivankovic's debut
After the Asian Cup group was out, Jankovic stepped down, and the 70-year-old Ivankovic became the new coach of the national football team, and without a warm-up match, his coaching debut was the round of 36.
Aspect 2: Can the Chinese team win for the first time in 126 days?
The national football team has not won for a long time, and the last time the international A-level match was won 2-1 in the first round of the round of 36 on November 16 last year, 126 days ago!
Aspect 3: The new commander and new formation attack
The new coach takes office, and the national football team is also going to play a new formation, and the three central defenders and 433 have been abandoned Ivan is very likely to play the 442 diamond midfield. The national football team has not played like this for many years, and no team in the Chinese Super League has played like this, so what is the effect?
Aspect 4: Who will score for the national football team?
0 goals in 3 games in the Asian Cup, the national football team's attack is weak, the last time the goal was scored in the warm-up match 1-2 Hong Kong, China, and the last time the goal in an official match was against Thailand in the first round. Now, who will score the first goal of the Ivan era and open the door to victory for the national football team?
Aspect 5: Vow to take 3 points to take the initiative
For the national football team, this game is very important, because Thailand will play South Korea back-to-back, so if they can beat Singapore away, they will have the initiative in the battle for qualification, so that when they return to their home stadium to play Singapore and Thailand, they will have a good chance of qualifying in advance.
Aspect 6: Naturalized player performance
Ivan reused naturalized players after taking office, especially Fernando and Exon, the former is expected to make his debut and may become a big surprise for the national football team in attack. The latter, who have just recovered from injury and will also be on the bench, will be watching their performances.
Aspect 7: The Chinese fate of the Singapore international
The opponent Singapore is only ranked 158th in the world, and the first two games of the round of 36 were 0-5 South Korea and 1-3 Thailand, which is indeed not strong, but the 22-year-old new international Gallagher is very close to China, and has lived in Shanghai for 8 years, where he was exposed to football.
Aspect 8: Beware of the referee
The referee for the match was Sean Evans, the two assistant referees were George Laklindis and Owen Godrick, both from Australia, and the fourth official was Maher Ali of Lebanon. Evans is Ivan's bitter master, and he is the one who administered the controversial group stage loss to Saudi Arabia in Oman in this year's Asian Cup, and he has some problems with penalty decisions, so the national football team should be careful, especially since there is no VAR in this game.