After three games in the world preliminary round of the national football team, the most controversial international footballers are Zhang Xizhe and Wang Gang from Guoan, on the one hand, the main position of the two is quite stable, on the other hand, their performance on the field is unsatisfactory. Many fans even believe that the level of these two people is not enough to represent the national football team. So the question is, are they a matter of level, or is it a problem of the way Li Tie is used?
Let's start with Wang Gang. He has been the main force of iron fighting in Guoan over the years, and the rapid breakthrough on the right side is a major magic weapon for Guoan to attack. In the 2019 AFC Champions League, Guoan faced Japanese giants Urawa Red Diamonds at home, Wang Gang rushed forward on the right side and played a masterpiece, and urawa coach Oliveira rarely praised Wang Gang after the game, saying that the defensive line was blown up by him. In the national team, Wang Gang was also reused by Lippi, but against Syria, one of his return passes was reprimanded by fans. But it is undeniable that Wang Gang's assault ability on the flank is very distinctive, and looking at domestic players, in the case of Tang Miao and Tomorrow's injury, which right-back dares to say that it is higher than Wang Gang's level?
But when it came to Li Tie's command and played in the round of 12, Wang Gang became a waste of firewood for the national football team. In these few games, Wang Gang is good at personal breakthroughs, almost not once, when facing defense, Wang Gang always habitually returns the pass, becoming a joke in the eyes of fans. If the level of the Chinese Super League is low, then in the AFC Champions League, Wang Gang's performance is far stronger than in the national football team, and the contrast is too great.
In the view of the "ball in the opposite direction", Wang Gang has always been the type of attacking strong and defending weak, and it is unrealistic to expect him to become a defensive iron gate, before Schmidt's use of him, that is, with his assists, Wang Gang has the ability to take care of a side road, but needs to have a defense to protect. In the Guoan team, on the one hand, Guoan's midfield strength is strong, there are Augusto, Vieira and other people, can give Wang Gang a good ball, but also can control the midfield, so Wang Gang boldly inserted assists; on the other hand, Li Ke, Chi Zhongguo and other midfielders, once Wang Gang can not break through, can also provide protection for Wang Gang.
But in the national football team, Li Tie's midfielder used in these games has always been Wu Xi, Zhang Xizhe and others, no sweeping midfield, no protection for Wang Gang, and the strength of the national football midfield is weak, in this case, Wang Gang assisted forward, there is less courage to break through - once the opponent breaks the ball and fights back, no one behind him wipes his ass. In this case, Wang Gang chose to return more, which is reasonable, and he will definitely seek stability in this kind of competition.
Let's look at Zhang Xizhe. Wearing the No. 10 shirt of the national football team, Zhang Xizhe has attracted much attention and has also been criticized. In fact, Zhang Xizhe is one of the best technical midfielders in China, and in the Perrin era, a major controversy was that he was reluctant to recruit players like "Artemisia Zhang", which shows Zhang Xizhe's status. Under Lippi, Zhang Xizhe is also a fixed main force, and is one of the domestic players that Lippi values most, which is quite spirited. Now that Huang Bowen is old and Arthur Junmin is physically weak, Zhang Xizhe comes to serve as a midfield engine, and Li Tie's choice looks beyond reproach.
The problem is that Zhang Xizhe's recent performance in the national football team is too collapsed: dare not get rid of, afraid of confrontation, will only pass the world, the opponent will lose the ball as soon as he is forced to grab, not to mention the core of the midfield, and even difficult to pass, compared with the original Lippi era, Zhang Xizhe is also a world of difference.
In fact, like Wang Gang, this is also a problem with Li Tie's use. Zhang Xizhe is under Lippi, also the No. 10 position, but he is a side forward playing style, equivalent to the No. 9 and a half in Italian football, when Zhang Xizhe mainly plays the left side, whether it is taking the ball or passing the ball, it is a great threat, and basically does not undertake defensive tasks, which can completely liberate his offensive ability. Now under Li Tie's command, Zhang Xizhe seems to be more valued and has become a midfield engine, but in fact, he has done what he is least good at: on the one hand, after playing an organizational back, the middle road is densely staffed, and the problem of Zhang Xizhe's soft style of play has been magnified; on the other hand, Zhang Xizhe also has to undertake defensive tasks, which leads to his passing must be safe first, for fear of being hit by the broken ball after playing counterattack, he can not keep up. As a result, under the two ends of the first rat, Zhang Xizhe disappeared into the sea of people, completely unable to play his own characteristics, and became the object of criticism by fans.
Whether Wang Gang or Zhang Xizhe, in the same position in the country, are first-class level, representing the national football starter, in fact, there is no problem, the real problem is that Li Tie's tactics, imprisoned the play of the two, with reference to the use of Schmidt and Lippi - if You use Wang Gang, you have to equip him with thugs behind him, otherwise it will amplify his defensive problems; if you use Zhang Xizhe, you can't let him be in the middle, you have to let him go to the position of the side midfield, to play the characteristics of his passing threat ball, otherwise it will amplify the problem that he is afraid of confrontation. In the final analysis, the two are not a problem of ability, in fact, they are also victims of Li Tie's tactics.