After the game, bad news came, and Ivan was desperate, afraid of what would happen
On the evening of March 26, the national football team's 4-1 victory over Singapore finally eliminated some of the doubts and criticisms from the outside world, but the national football team is far from being able to sit back and relax, and there are still many hidden dangers at this stage, especially the two bad news after the game. Among them, the most serious problem is that Wu Lei received a yellow card in the match against Singapore, which will cause him to miss the match between China and Thailand in June due to the accumulation of yellow cards. The second bad news is that in the same game with Singapore, Li Yuanyi took the limit of 1 for 1 to get a red card, and he will not be able to participate in the next game, which is equivalent to saying that the national football team has not yet started playing with Thailand, and has lost two midfielders.
Thailand are stronger than Singapore, and they are more combative when they play against the Chinese men's football team, and most importantly, Thailand are our direct competitors to qualify from the group, although we won the first leg, but it was not easy to win, and this is an opponent to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, the national football team under Ivankovic still has the problem of unreliable defense and relying on individual ability in attack. Take the national football team's 4-1 Singapore match as an example, after the team took the lead, the opponent equalized in less than 2 minutes, and the first responsible person was left wingback Liu Yang. At that time, Liu Yang faced the long ball that was not a great threat to the Singapore team, and could have calmly cleared the siege, or completed the defense with his teammates in advance, but he ran back slowly, not paying attention to the opposing player behind him, and was seized by the opponent to cross and cause a goal.
After the game, some people defended Liu Yang, saying that his performance throughout the game was not bad, and only occasionally he was distracted. But the problem is that this is only a qualifier, and the opponent's strength is not how strong, Liu Yang can be so distracted, and when he encounters a strong enemy in a key battle, his performance will only make the opponent hit accurately, and the national football team will easily collapse completely. Liu Yang's problem is a true reflection of the instability of the national football team's back line, even if the offensive players try their best and finally complete the goal, the low-level mistakes in the back line will easily ruin the good situation, which has occurred many times in the past games of the national football team.
If the national football team's offense can blossom more, then the situation is slightly better, but unfortunately, the offensive end of the national football team at this stage can only rely on Wu Lei. Last week, after the national football team was forced to draw by Singapore, many people pointed the finger at Wu Lei, grabbed him and missed the penalty, and put all the responsibility for the national football team's failure to score three points on his head, which is a bit unreasonable. You must know that Wu Lei is already the top scorer in the history of the national football team, and the football seniors behind him are basically 2 or 30 years ago, which shows that no one can provoke the task of scoring goals except Wu Lei at the moment.
In the next national football team VS Thailand, Wu Lei can't play, I really don't know who else can replace his role. In terms of midfield, Li Yuanyi's absence will lead to the already weak midfield of the national football team being even more unavailable, which is a double blow for Ivan, who is afraid of anything. Therefore, the national football team's defeat of Singapore can only be said to have stopped the decline, and it is not too early to be happy, the next two qualifiers are hard battles, and if you don't play well, you will directly miss the round of 18. Of course, with nearly three months to go before the game, previously injured midfielder Xu Xin and foreign player Alan may return in June, hoping that they can make up for the absence of Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi.