Ivan's on-the-spot command completely failed, and the national football team's "415 formation" self-destructed its future

In November last year, Jankovic led the team to defeat direct rival Thailand 2-1 in the first match of the round of 36 of the World Preliminary Tournament, but the so-called favorable situation for qualifying has been completely wiped out with the 2-2 draw away from Singapore in the third round of the group stage.

New coach Ivankovic was defeated in the second half of his first game in charge of the national football team, and this draw also forced the national football team to a desperate point where they must beat Thailand at home to qualify.

Helpless national football player.

A desperate draw

Something goes wrong at this stage of the World Preliminaries, which is actually habitual for the national football team.

Perran's side were held to a 0-0 draw twice by Hong Kong, home and away, and even Lippi was not spared, as his side drew a goalless draw with the hosts in the Philippines in the space of a month, followed by a 2-1 defeat to Syria in Dubai, and the boss announced his resignation after the game.

At a time when the overall level of Chinese football is constantly refreshing the lower limit, Ivankovic's team was forced to draw by Singapore away from home, which is not too difficult to accept.

It's just that compared with the three blanks in the past two qualifiers, the despair of the national football team's draw in this game is that the team has achieved a perfect 2-0 in the first half, which should have been a 4-0 game, and how did it end up being 2-2?

The team's fitness in the second half looked like something was wrong, and Ivankovic also explained the original intention of his substitution, "The players have to be average in fitness and have enough running. ”

Zhang Yuning was injured and went down.

However, in addition to Xie Pengfei and Li Yuanyi, who were the first to be replaced, the physical fitness of other players on the field of the national football team also seems to be in trouble, which inevitably raises some questions about Ivankovic's preparation.

You must know that the starting lineups of the national football team are basically Taishan, Haigang and Shenhua players (9 people), these three teams have played at least 3 games in the new season, and the physical fitness of the players should be on an upward trend.

Or is the Chinese team no longer capable of playing 90 minutes? But the answer is obviously not entirely true, even the Asian Cup, which is known as the worst national football team in history, has created a lot of chances in the final moments of the game against Tajikistan and Lebanon, and is the side that is closer to victory. Singapore's strength is obviously weaker than these two opponents in the group stage of the Asian Cup.

Ivankovic said after the game, "I hope the next game will be better, not just 45 minutes in the first half, but 60 minutes and even the whole game." ”

But why the national football team collapsed in the second half, it is actually up to the Croatians themselves to find out.

Singaporean shape Tsutomu Ogura (white).

Commanding the defeat of the Singapore coach on the spot

Indeed, the national football team played at a very high level in the first half, and Ivan's 4-4-2 diamond-shaped midfield system required the national football team to dare to invest more troops in the attack, so the national football team created many chances throughout the first half.

At half-time, Ivan thought the team should score a third goal as soon as possible, otherwise it would be easy for the opponent to equalize if they conceded a goal.

The Croatian showed his nose for the game, but Ivankovic clearly lacked a solution to Singapore's manager's change of tactics.

Tsutomu Ogura first limited Fernando's individual attack on the right flank, and at the same time became more active in the attack - in the 53rd minute, Singapore scored a goal with a long-range refraction, after which the national football team looked a little flustered, and Ivan's own adjustment completely pushed the team into the abyss......

Ivankovic was also lonely after the game.

In the 74th minute of the game, Lin Liangming and Wei Shihao replaced Li Yuanyi and Xie Pengfei respectively, in fact, Zhang Yuning's physical fitness on the front line looked more exhausted at this time, and he was injured when he shot 5 minutes later, dragging a slightly heavy pace......

But what is more debatable about this substitution is that at that time, when Singapore stepped up its attacking efforts, the single back system was no longer enough to control the midfield, Lin Liangming and Wei Shihao were completely attack-oriented players, while Li Yuanyi and Xie Pengfei focused on defense and organization respectively.

After the substitution, the national football team almost presents a 4-1-5 system of four defenders + single back + five forwards, which is a tactic when you need to fight for your life when you are behind, but at this time the national football team is obviously on the leading side.

Throughout the second half, the national football team barely created threatening shooting opportunities......

Zhang Linpeng said after the game that it was time for him to withdraw from the national team.

The next two home games need to be won together

After this draw, the national football team fell into the habit of needing to score points again.

In this back-to-back game in the third and fourth rounds, the national football team originally expected to beat Singapore twice, and South Korea beat Thailand twice, so that the national football team could qualify for the home game against Thailand in June.

As a result, the Thai team drew 1-1 with South Korea, which had just changed the coach, so that the situation of qualifying for this group was quite chaotic, South Korea ranked first in the group with 7 points, and the national football team and Thailand were both 4 points, but Thailand led the national football team on goal difference and is currently ranked second.

The next two games of the national football team are at home, the 26th in Tianjin Olympic Sports Center against Singapore, is a must to win, and then on June 6, the national football team will continue to face Thailand at home, because the world preliminaries will be the same point in the case of the first comparison of goal difference, so the national football team must beat Thailand at home, in order to avoid the final round of away and South Korea for a life-and-death battle.

In the next two games, the national football team also needs Wu Lei to score.

In his press conference, Ivankovic made a point of mentioning that the home game against Thailand will be a tough one, just as he predicted the second half at halftime.

But Ivankovic needs to come up with a solution to the problem in addition to accurate prediction. Otherwise, he is likely to become the shortest-lived foreign coach in the history of the national football team.

According to Ivankovic's phased contract with the Chinese Football Association, he can only activate his follow-up contract if he leads the team to the round of 18 - and now, both the Croatian and his team have reached a dead end.