Again 0-0. two consecutive Asian Cup group games, the Chinese men's soccer team and the opponent played to a draw, a goal did not score. Such a dismal performance has also saddened many fans who care about Chinese soccer. If you want to advance in the group stage, the national soccer team can only beat the strongest opponent and Qatar in the final round. But how many people will have confidence in the current men?
Photo: Xinhua, Lost national soccer players after the match.
worst record
0-0 draw with Tajikistan and 0-0 draw with Lebanon. These two teams, one ranked 106th and the other 107th in the world, should be said to be far below China. However, even against such "brisket", the national soccer team will not win, and will not even have the upper hand on the field.
Two consecutive draws to start the tournament, both of which failed to score, also set the worst record for the national soccer team since it participated in the Asian Cup. Since 1976, the first time to participate in the competition, although the national football team has never won the championship, and even twice in the group stage eliminated, but in the group stage in the first two games failed to score, the first two games only scored a goal, respectively, 1976 Iran Asian Cup and 1992 Japan Asian Cup. If you count the last Asian Cup, the national football team's last game 0-3 against Iran, that would be equivalent to three consecutive Asian Cup failed to break through the opponent's goal, really embarrassing.
Chart: the current Asian Cup national football team has not scored so far Xinhua News Agency Chart:
In this sense, it is not too much to describe today's national soccer team as "the worst ever". Especially in terms of offense, there is no mature or decent routine. To the whole without the whole, individual without the individual, goals can only rely on the "masked". Midfield lack of command scheduling and linkage, can not provide effective support for the front field; front field attack a single means, it is easy to be killed by the opponent's defense. Ironically, head coach Jankovic brought four goalkeepers this time, but only Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning and Tan Long three regular strikers.
try to change tactics but fail
After the setback in the first game, Jankovic took the initiative to change the lineup last night and made a couple of changes to the starters, which worked. The players got into the mood faster and fought more aggressively. However, the Chinese team, which did its best to win the world ranking of 107, still could not win over its opponents.
Chart: Xinhua in the game Chinese football chart:
Jankovic changed the formation to 451 while replacing two starters. Xu Xin, who came off the bench in the first game and did well, replaced Wang Qiuming at the back. Tan Long, who had a poor performance up front, was replaced by Zhang Yuning, and Dai Weijun returned to his more suitable left side.
Objectively speaking, the performance of the national soccer team in this battle with Lebanon has improved, but it is not satisfactory because many fundamental problems have not been solved. For example, in terms of attacking set pieces, apart from continuing to pass the ball with a big foot, it was a pass with a very low success rate, creating a very limited threat. But on both sides of the ball, the national football team rarely continued to pass more than three feet, and most of them used their individual abilities to break through.
Looking at the stats, the National Football League was not embarrassed in this game and even dominated the field. The ball possession rate reached 60%, the shooting ratio reached 14-12, and the number of passes was 457 times ahead of 314 times of the opponents. But the opponents also had two shots that hit the crossbar and almost knocked down the national soccer team.
Chart: Xinhua in the game Chinese football chart:
"The team did their best from top to bottom. Everyone gave it their all, but didn't do enough with some of the details. We still have a lot of room for progress and improvement." Xie Pengfei, who came on as a substitute, said in an interview after the game. After listening to this, people can't help but laugh bitterly: facing such a weak team as Lebanon, the Chinese men's soccer team has reached the point where they can't win the game even if they "try their best"?
situationally passive
With two points from two games, is there still a chance for China to get out of the group? Hopefully, there is.
In the final round, if the national soccer team beats Qatar, it will get five points, guaranteeing second place in the group and natural progression. If you can't win, you'll have to look at the results of the other games to get to the counting stage.
Photo: Chinese fans Xinhua Live Photos
It is worth mentioning that, as the third place of the six groups in the current Asian Cup also has four places in the line, if the national football team has three consecutive draws, there is also the possibility of advancing to the knockout stage.Euro 2016, Portugal faced Austria, Iceland and Hungary, which were not strong in the group stage. After three consecutive draws, he finished third in the group and eventually won the title unexpectedly.
Whether it's strength, form or timing, it's hard for the national soccer team to win against Qatar in the final round. However, considering that Qatar gained 6 points after beating Tajikistan in this round, he has already locked the first place in the group in advance, and he may hide the main force and send out the substitutes for the game in the last round, which may be favorable to the national football team.
But the toughest problem in front of us is that they simply can't find a stable, aggressive and pressing tactical play, including the head coach Jankovic and the players. Such a mediocre national soccer team, even if they get out of the group, will not be able to give hope to the outside world. When it comes down to it, what about even a lucky group exit? (Xinmin Evening News reporter Guan Yin)
