The mistake of national football coach Ivan was corrected by Wu Lei with a goal!
Although a home win against Singapore should have been a natural thing. However, the ups and downs of the game will make the fans feel that the victory is not easy to come by.
The new coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, actually made a mistake in employing people, but Gao Tianyi, who had been giving the opponent "assists" throughout the game, was "redeemed" by Wu Lei at the last moment, and the latter's 2 goals and 1 assist were the fundamental reason for the national football team to win.
01. First Tactical Layout: The opponent is strong and restricts Fernando
a. The national football team's tactics are slightly conservative: Xie Pengfei's forward insertion is reduced
Judging from the opening layout, the Singapore team was very targeted to concentrate on the left side to strangle Fernando. They even did not hesitate to release a large space to the left side of the national football team, but neither Liu Yang nor Li Yuanyi took advantage of it.
And Ivankovic, who played extremely aggressively in the last game, was a bit conservative in this game, and Xie Pengfei's forward insertion frequency was greatly reduced (in order to ensure the rationality of the midfield position), which also made Fernando frequently fall into a heavy siege.
It can be seen from this shot that Xie Pengfei did not have the same game as the previous one in this game, as long as Fernando got the ball, he would aggressively step forward and pull the side to respond, leaving Fernando with space and options to cut inside.
In this way, the defensive position seems reasonable, but Fernando's pressure to push will increase. After all, the double strikers of the national football team do not have the ability to pull the side, so Fernando's counterattack opportunity this time was put down by the foul after the opponent's sandwich.
As can be seen from the figure below, the midfield position of the national football team is much more conservative. Xie Pengfei and Li Yuanyi no longer completely pulled the width, but consciously maintained the distance between them and the lower back.
In this way, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning stayed relatively in the middle in the counterattack, and winger Fernando had fewer passing options in the advance. After all, he was not strong enough to break through a wide line frequently and then deliver high-quality crosses or crosses himself.
This time it was Xie Pengfei who stepped forward to the front side, although he didn't hold the ball at the first point, but then successfully counter-grabbed and gave a cross of not low quality, but unfortunately Wu Lei's header was still slightly high.
The personal ability of national football players has limitations after all. Unless you break the conventional position, it is not easy to easily break the defense when there are not enough people.
b. Effective attack in the first half of the national football team: more on individual ability
As can be seen from Fernando's statistics, he only succeeded in 1 of 5 dribbling attempts, won 6 of 14 one-on-one duels, and lost possession 17 times when he only had 50 touches of the ball.
Although Fernando's individual ability is still very conspicuous, the Singapore team once limited the national football team's strong point on the wing.
The first goal of the national football team to break the deadlock came from the display of Wu Lei's personal ability. The key was his header from the first point, which turned his teammate's somewhat hasty clearance into a counterattack.
It can be seen that this time the passing distance and high arc in the backfield were not a good shot. However, Wu Lei's header ferried Zhang Yuning and brought an opportunity.
Zhang Yuning's handling is very timely, but the key to success is that Wu Lei's first header is more comfortable, and his timely forward insertion also makes Zhang Yuning's passing selection easier. In the end, Wu Lei's provocative shot broke the goal, which showed his shooting skills.
It's a pity that after the opponent equalized, Fernando did not choose to take the ball into the penalty area after advancing with the ball in the middle this time.
Some of them shot in a hurry and missed directly. I have to say that Wu Lei is currently less confident in handling the ball at his feet after the space becomes smaller, so he will trust his shooting ability more.
02. The coach of the national football team made a mistake: it was Gao Tianyi who caused Li Yuanyi's red card
a. You can't relax after scoring a goal: Wu Lei has set an example
In the first half of the game, the national football team led 9 to 2 in shots on goal, but the number of shots on target was 2 to 2 and the number of goals was 1 to 1.
The national football team finally took the lead, but because of their carelessness, they were tied by the opponent in an instant.
In fact, from this conceded goal, we can also see the defects of the diamond-shaped midfielder of the national football team. Li Yuanyi's position at that time, was it a left central midfielder or a left midfielder?
When Liu Yang's position is adducted inward, should our full-midfielders protect the wings (under the diamond-shaped midfielder play, the midfielder's protection of the full-backs will be weaker).
It was precisely when Li Yuanyi couldn't protect the side that Liu Yang was a little distracted. The other party stepped forward strongly like this and seized Liu Yang's mistake.
Even if the central defender teammate gave a reminder, it was too late, the opponent easily crossed, and the middle national football team also leaked, and the opponent equalized in an instant.
After taking a 2-1 lead in the second half, Wu Lei almost got a yellow card for the first time, causing him to miss the next life-and-death match with the Thai team.
The key is that Wu Lei learned the lesson of conceding the ball in the first half and did not give the opponent a chance to play his own backfield with a long pass. It's a pity that this yellow card is still too costly.
b. Li Yuanyi's red card: Blame Gao Tianyi
In the past 2 World Preliminaries, Li Yuanyi did not play well, but he can also be called without credit and hard work. After all, he has done a lot of confrontation work, but there is a certain gap between him and being truly qualified as the first of the national football team.
Therefore, his absence from the match against Thailand because of the red card may not be considered a particularly distressing thing. But it must be explained that Li Yuanyi's red card is somewhat of a betrayal of Gao Tianyi.
Although the national football team was more conservative at the beginning of the first half, after 1-1, it had to strengthen its attack.
When Li Yuanyi and Xie Pengfei both pushed out, and Fernando was ready to pull the side at any time, the high providence of the single back man needed to ensure the stability of the pass.
The problem is that it is precisely at such a critical moment that Gao Tianyi has made many serious mistakes. This time, fortunately, the other party hurriedly chose to shoot and let the national football team escape.
What's even worse is that in the second half of this retreat, the opponent obviously made a passing error, and as a result, in the position before the line of the big penalty area, Gao Tianyi wanted to pass the ball and was cut off.
Fortunately, the opponent's shot was too soft, otherwise once the opponent scored, the national football team fell behind 1-2, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
In this round that led to Li Yuanyi's red card, Zhang Yuning retreated twice in a row to get the ball, and finally controlled the ball.
As a result, Gao Tianyi was distracted and was cut off from behind by the opponent. Li Yuan was a little anxious for the counter-robbery, and got a red card for a foul in the tackle.
03. The number one contributor to the win: Wu Lei deserves more applause
a. The penalty was a bit of a surprise: it was the result of three military lives
From the statistics, it can be seen that the national football team really played 55 with the Singapore team in the second half. If it weren't for Wu Lei's outstanding performance, it might be really difficult to say that he could win.
The penalty came a bit suddenly, but considering that the national football team is playing at home, the team's three armies have strengthened their attack, which is also a reasonable result.
After all, attacking is always encouraged on the football field, and the national football players still have an advantage in individual strength, and the Singapore players have increased their small actions and received the punishment they deserve, allowing the national football team to regain the lead.
However, in the subsequent game, because Li Yuanyi was sent off with a red card, the two sides entered the 10vs10 stage (the Singapore team ran out of substitutions and could not replace the injured players).
The national football team let Wu Lei and Wei Shihao retreat to the position of full-back, and at the same time, Zhang Yuning did his job as a bridgehead and looked for opportunities to counterattack.
b. Contributed 5 goals in two games: Wu Lei deserves more applause
He has played 4 games in this World Preliminary Tournament so far, and Wu Lei has contributed 5 goals and 1 assist in 3 games. In particular, in this game, Wu Lei not only opened the scoring first, but also contributed another shot and pass in the case of 10 people fighting, so that the national football team not only won, but also got a 3 goal difference advantage compared to the Thai team.
Wu Lei's current problem is that his efficiency at the feet of a single soldier has deteriorated, and he has only won 1 of 7 one-on-one games in the whole game. However, once the opportunity arises, Wu Lei's movement in front of the goal and his insight into the vertical space are still the top in the history of the national football team.
The source of this goal was the header ferry of the bridgehead Zhang Yuning. Gao Tianyi, who had been making mistakes throughout the game, finally gave an accurate pass that was not too difficult.
Wu Lei's then high-level dribbling, cutting inside and shooting into the dead corner, so that the single back who was originally Ivankovic's biggest failure in this game received an assist.
The fourth goal that sealed the victory, Wang Shangyuan, who came off the bench, made a key tackle.
After he broke the ball, Wu Lei and Wei Shihao on both wings fired together, bringing happiness to national football fans again.
Wang Shangyuan's break was very clean, Zhang Yuning once again played the role of a bridgehead, and he passed the ball to Wu Lei in a timely manner.
Wu Lei was not greedy for credit after entering the penalty area, and sent a wonderful pass to Wei Shihao, allowing the latter to score easily.
Conclusion:
The victory in this game has brightened the prospects for the national football team to advance, but it still needs to play the next home game against the Thai team.
A draw may not be a safe result, but in Wu Lei's absence, who should we count on to attack the city? Will it be Wei Shihao, Fernando, or Ackerson and Alain?