Tonight, in the early hours of tomorrow, the Chinese team will usher in the match of the top 12 against the Saudi team, which is the first real away game of the Chinese team in the actual sense, because saudi fans will enter the game to cheer for the home team.
The Chinese team has just announced the 23-man roster for this game, with arthur Junmin missing out, as well as Wang Gang, who was injured in the previous game, and Wei Shihao, who was injured in the previous game.
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The inability of Arthur Junmin to play means that Zhang Xizhe will become the only technical organizational player in the Chinese midfield in this match. Previously, there has been a lot of controversy about Zhang Xizhe's performance and use. Not long ago, the well-known football commentator Dong Lu made a technical video, the Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin in the game against the Vietnamese team all the passes and catches made a video highlight, at the end of the video, Dong Lu's summary roughly means: Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin as the only two technical midfielders in the Chinese team, is the role that the Chinese team needs, as for who to use, the coach should pay more attention to physical fitness and defense.
In fact, Dong Lu said very implicitly, he means that Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin are good players, but it is right and reasonable to use Zhang Xizhe to start. Because, Zhang Xizhe is younger than Arthur Junmin, with a larger running range and a wider defensive coverage.
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Some fans may say, defensively, Zhang Xizhe's data is all 0. It can be said that all the fans who say this, give them a sentence, this sentence is also borrowed from Dong Lu's words: you may be a good person, but you are definitely a ball blind.
A technical midfielder, an offensive midfielder, if his defense is evaluated by how many balls he grabs and how many balls he breaks, it is definitely a ball-blind evaluation. The role of a technical offensive midfielder in defense is more reflected in running and covering.
The heat zone map of the last game can be clearly seen, Zhang Xizhe's running range on the field covers the entire middle and left roads, his running range is continuous, and Arthur Junmin's running in more than 30 minutes is several points, which clearly shows the difference in running coverage ability.
In addition, on the offensive end, it can be seen from the video made by Dong Lu that Zhang Xizhe and Arthur Junmin have made different contributions to the team on the offensive end, and the way the two of them handle the ball is also different.
After Arthur Junmin came on the field, he had several breaks and passes, and there were several short passes to split the side, and he was making a local fuss. Arthur Junmin is a winger, his human ball combination ability is very good, although now that he is older, the speed and explosiveness have disappeared, but the ability to combine people and balls under his feet is still there, so he will use the relative advantage of physical strength after coming on the bench, and there will be some partial escape.
But Zhang Xizhe is a different way of playing. In the video, Zhang Xizhe passed a total of 15 balls, most of which were directly behind the opponent, or directly into the opponent's 30-meter area to find the Center of the Chinese team. Among them, there are three feet looking for Zhang Yuning, one foot Zhang Yuning got the back to liu Binbin, one foot Zhang Yuning stopped the ball on his back and tried to turn around and was kicked down by the other party to get the set-piece, and one foot hit the point inserted by Zhang Yuning behind the opposing center-back slightly.
The three-legged ball is located in the arc of the central circle, but Zhang Xizhe can rely on his passing ability and awareness to directly hit the ball into the opposing defensive zone three, so that the center of the party can get the ball, which is not easy for a team like the Chinese team with insufficient offensive organization ability.
Of the 15 balls, Zhang Xizhe also had three direct passes to the opposing full-back, twice to Liu Binbin and once to Wang Gang. These two times are also to hit each other behind, so that the side of the player has the space to sprint directly to get the ball.
It can be said that Zhang Xizhe's pass is the most direct way for the Chinese team to push the attack into the opponent's defensive third zone.
But Zhang Xizhe's passing is also more demanding for his teammates. First of all, he asked his teammates to be able to find the route and landing point of the pass, start early, and occupy the space behind the opponent in advance, so that they can transform this direct pass into a more threatening attack. Zhang Xizhe's direct ball to Zhang Yuning in the middle and the diagonal pass to Wang Gang's side were both slightly larger by himself. The two straight balls given to Liu Binbin were liu binbin who did not start in advance and lost the speed advantage.
In addition, Zhang Xizhe's passing also requires the teammate who receives the ball to have certain technical ability. He gave Zhang Yuning two straight balls, Zhang Yuning was able to use his body back to get, one of which was kicked down by the other side when he tried to turn around in the middle of the road, helping the Chinese team win the set-piece, which was a successful offensive and defensive conversion. But not every player has Zhang Yuning's ability to carry the ball on his back, and a player with a level and characteristics like Axon has a very low success rate of holding the ball on his back, and Wu Lei is not a player of this style.
In fact, from the game against Australia, it can be seen that Zhang Xizhe's first choice after taking the ball is to directly hit the opposing center-back, or directly hit the feet of the opposing team's center-forward in the third area of defense. However, the forward insertion of the forward and the back ability of the center forward are often unable to form a tacit understanding with the passer, so some balls will feel inexplicable. For example, in the game against Australia, Zhang Xizhe once passed a very good ball behind him, but Axon was too slow to get it. If this ball is replaced by Wu Lei, it may form a single knife.
Now, the biggest problem with Zhang Xizhe playing in the Chinese team is that few of the Chinese team's midfielders can match his ball path. Wu Xi is a good player, but he is not a player whose main characteristics are receiving and passing the ball. The same is true of Wu Lei. Liu Binbin or Wu Xinghan are better at using speed to force themselves, and there are no players who seek the ability to pass and coordinate. Jang Lacks a Park Sung-esque player around him, so it seems that he plays a particularly different game in the national team. Moreover, because the national team's midfield does not have a defensive back, Zhang Xizhe and Wu Xi have to bear the heavy defensive pressure of the midfield, and many of his technical characteristics cannot be fully played.
In fact, these are also written for those who can understand football. Zhang Xizhe is now in China, which is a typical ball blindness appraiser. Many fans of Chinese football are still stuck, a passer will feel very wonderful, this grade of fans, do not know the meaning of running without the ball and passing the ball, naturally can not understand the real football game.