After 5 days of playing Singapore again, what changes will happen to the national football team?

On March 21, the national football team drew 2-2 away to Singapore. On March 26, the national football team will play Singapore again at home.

With only five days apart, what changes will happen to the national football team? Can the national football team bring us a victory this time?

What changes will there be in the national football team?

There was a five-day gap between the two matches between the national football team and Singapore, which was both short and long for the national football team.

The national football team did not play well in the last game, exposing a lot of problems, and if you want to solve these problems, 5 days is obviously too little. But on the other hand, the national football team has been under tremendous pressure from public opinion in the past few days, and they must be eager to face Singapore again and prove themselves with a victory.

What changes will happen to the national football team in just five days? It mainly depends on coach Ivankovic.

Ivan is different from the former coach of the national football team, Jankovic, at the age of 70, he has long been accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and an unexpected draw will not mess him up.

After the national football team drew with Singapore, it was inevitable to be criticized and questioned, but Ivan tried his best to create a relaxed atmosphere. He led the players to a fan meeting, and he spoke to the players before training and laughed. In the face of reporters' interviews, he can also easily talk about his past in Jinan.

Ivan revealed to the outside world that his attitude towards preparing for the battle is relaxed, but he is persistent in his tactical philosophy.

Ivan likes the diamond-shaped position in the 442 formation midfield, and his tactical system did not work very well in the last game.

Regarding the formation for the next game, Ivan said that he would continue to insist: "This is a basic style of play for us, we will stick to our own style of play, improve it through preparation and training, and will not easily change it because of temporary discomfort." ”

Of course, just because the formation doesn't change doesn't mean the players don't change.

According to the picture of the national football team's open training, there are 12 players wearing training vests, they are Gao Zhunyi, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, Liu Yang, Li Yuanyi, Gao Tianyi, Fernando, Lin Liangming, Wei Shihao, Xie Pengfei, Wu Lei, and Zhang Yuning.

Most of them started in the last game, and if nothing else, the starting point for the home game against Singapore should be from those 12 (except for the goalkeeper).

Zhang Linpeng expressed his intention to retire and then returned, and his physical and mental state was no longer suitable for starting. Gao Zhunyi, who has played well in Shandong Taishan recently, is the right person to replace Zhang Linpeng as a right-back.

Ivan wants to continue to insist on the 442 diamond midfield, but the problem of the national football team's single back in the last game is very big, will Gao Tianyi be the correct answer in the back position?

After the national football team was chased to 2-2 in the last game, the offensive effect in the final stage was not ideal. This time, the national football team not only needs to win, but also try to get more goal difference. Therefore, Ivan will definitely think of more ways to attack, and the substitutions in his hands will also be mainly used on the offensive side.

Zhang Yuning, Wu Lei, Xie Pengfei, Wei Shihao, Lin Liangming, Fernando and even Exxon, who of these people plays the starter and who plays the substitute, and which people are suitable to play at the same time, Ivan needs to think carefully.

Which players will start at home against Singapore?

It's all about 3 points and about goal difference

I still have to mention the topic that everyone is unwilling to talk about, but has to talk about - the qualifying situation.

According to the previous assumption, the group of the national football team should be South Korea's top ride, Singapore is at the bottom with 0 points, and China and Thailand are competing for the second place in the group.

The first two rounds of the competition did follow the normal script, but in the third round, the situation changed.

With the national football team drawing away from Singapore and Thailand drawing away from South Korea, the qualification situation of this group has become chaotic.

For the national football team, the next best script should be like this:

In the fourth round, the national football team defeated Singapore at home and South Korea defeated Thailand away, so that the national football team has 7 points and Thailand has 4 points.

In the fifth round, the national football team defeated Thailand at home, with 10 points for the national football team and 4 points for Thailand, and we locked the top two in the group in advance.

There are six rounds in the group stage at this stage, so why only discuss the first five?

Because the matches in the sixth round are - South Korea vs China, Thailand vs Singapore.

Such a matchup means that even if the national football team leads Thailand by three points at the end of the fifth round, the situation in the sixth round will be very dangerous.

Of course, in case the national football team really does not lead the Thai team by more than 3 points before the final round, we will have to consider the problem of goal difference.

At present, the national football team and the Thai team have the same number of points, and the goal difference is 3 behind. If the national football team wants to "brush" the goal difference, the home game against Singapore is the best opportunity.

Speaking of which, you don't have to be pessimistic, because in similar games in the past, the national football team has played relatively steadily.

Let's not talk about the games that are too long, let's just look at the World Preliminary Tournament after 2000.

The national football team did have a lot of frightening moments in the world preliminaries, but it was still relatively stable when facing particularly weak opponents at home.

A "particularly weak" opponent is the kind of team that you can know is weaker than the Hong Kong team just by looking at the name.

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, K almost drew with the Maldives away from home, but won 10-1 at home.

In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, K beat Malaysia 1-0 away and 4-0 at home.

2010 World Cup qualifiers, P 4-0 away, 7-000 at home against Myanmar.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, they defeated Laos 1-1 and 2 in 2014.

In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Taiwan defeated Bhutan 12-0 at home and won 3-0 and 4-0 at home to the Maldives twice.

In the top 40 matches of the Asian region of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers, the national football team once faced the danger of being out, but still won all 4 home games (including the neutral venue). At the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, the national football team defeated Guam 7-0.

The above is not to show how powerful the national football team is "abusing vegetables", but to tell everyone that there is a big difference between home and away in the world preliminaries, and the national football team is still relatively stable when playing weak teams at home.

We should watch the home game against Singapore with confidence.