March 22nd, in the national soccer team's world preliminaries match against Singapore on the road, with a two goal lead, the national soccer team was chased by the opponents with two goals in the second half, and finally drew 2-2 with the opponents. After the match, Sports Weekly reporter Ma Dexing posted an article commenting on the reason why the national soccer team was chased by the opponent for two goals in the second half.
The national football team has adopted a 442 diamond midfield formation in this match. In addition to effectively strengthen the attack, 442 diamond midfield may affect the defense of the national football team, further weakening the original is not a strong defensive force. And this concern is revealed in the game. The current defensive ability of Chinese players, especially the ability to play alone, makes it too risky to set up a defensive midfield in the middle of the field. Moreover, there is almost no one who can play as a homegrown defensive midfielder for a Chinese Super League team.
China took a 2-0 lead in the first half of the year and could have made tactical adjustments under normal circumstances. Just like Ivan's previous coaching of Oman, the midfield added a defensive player to play safer. And, even if Singapore had recovered with a goal shortly after the start of the second half, China could have made tactical adjustments by making substitutions. Unfortunately for China, they made a substitution in the 79th minute, but Li Yuanyi was replaced. He is also the only player who can play in the defensive midfield position for China, except for Wang Shangyuan.
The appearance of Lin Liangming and Wei Shihao further weakened the Chinese defense. Shortly after the substitutions, Singapore leveled the score, further affecting the morale of the Chinese team. This was the biggest problem of the match.
