Tonight, China
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will host rivals Uzbekistan at the Dalian Sports Center, the
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The last warm-up match played before participating in the 36-team 2026 World Qualifying Tournament. The match against
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In terms of the significance of this game, in addition to sharpening the formation for the 36-team tournament, it is also important to build up the confidence of the whole team through the game.
The old and the new need to gel
In order to do a good job of preparing for the 36-team 2026 World Qualifier, the Chinese team invited Vietnam and Uzbekistan to warm up in China as imaginary opponents for the 36-team tournament during this month's training session. From a practical point of view, these two opponents with
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The first two rounds of the 36-team tournament opponents, Thailand and South Korea, have similar playing styles. Therefore, the Chinese team actually also need to go through these two warm-ups, to further sharpen the 36 strong match of the main push formation and the main lineup.
In addition to Zhang Linpeng and Zhang Yuning, who missed the current training session due to injuries, this period of
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The training has basically recruited the players whose ability, status and experience are at a relatively optimal level, including a number of young players and newcomers who have been added to the team. However, in the 10th Sino-Vietnamese warm-up match, the old and new partners of the Chinese team does not seem to be in place, although 2 goals to win the opponent, but in the technical level shows a more obvious gap with the opponent.
This game may be all about defense.
Facing Uzbekistan this time, the Chinese team, unable to improve their absolute strength in a short period of time, can only minimize the gap on the field by optimizing their formation. From the team's recent days of training, the Chinese team in tonight's game, basically impossible to choose to attack with the opponent. 3 center back or 5 back tactics, will become the Chinese team in this game and even the first two rounds of 36 rounds of the tournament to push the main battle formation. It is reported that the Chinese team did not arrange too much full-court confrontation training during the recent days' training. According to the technical and tactical characteristics of the Uzbekistan team, the coaching team specially arranged for the international players to group, and carry out positional and small-scale attack and defense training.
Given the strength of their opponents, the Chinese team
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Yankovic will be more cautious in terms of specific personnel. During the China-Vietnam match, young players such as Fang Hao, He Yupeng, Dai Weijun and Xie Weijun made their debuts and impressed with their aggressive running. Although their support to the technical level of the whole team is relatively limited, for the Uzbekistan team with strong comprehensive ability, it is unrealistic and irrational for the Chinese team to choose to attack or to seek to control the ball at their feet. In this case.
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In terms of both veteran and young players, they must have strong running and tackling ability to enhance the hardness of the confrontation. In other words, the Chinese team will probably play "defense" in this game.
History 5 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses
The data show that from the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games
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Between the start of the final and the start of this warm-up match, China and Ukraine have had a total of 13 international encounters, with China's total record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, a slight underdog. Of the five victories over their opponents, three were official matches, namely the Korea-Japan match in October 2001 in Shenyang.
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preliminary competition
Asian Zone 10 tournament, which took place in Australia in January 2015
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group stage, the 2017 Russia in Wuhan
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World Qualification Asian Zone 12. The most recent meeting between the two sides took place on March 25, 2019, when the Chinese team lost 0-1 in the China Cup Invitational Tournament. In the last 10 years of their meetings, the Chinese team, except in 2015
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Outside of a certain field advantage in that group stage encounter, they have been relatively passive during the rest of the meetings.
It is understood that young Zhu Chenjie, one of the team's starting center backs in the last World Cup, has recently recovered from his injury and returned to the full team training camp. He is likely to make a comeback in this warm-up match. In the absence of Zhang Linpeng, the coaching staff will need to deliberate on the team's center back combination for this game. In the last match, the 3 center backs of Wu Shaocong, Jiang Guangtai, and Wang Shangyuan looked rusty, but with Zhu Chenjie back, Jiang Shenglong, and Li Lei in hot training condition, Jankovic's choices of personnel in the defense position will be relatively richer. In addition, during the last warm-up game, Wang Qiuming came on as a substitute, to a certain extent, to change the team's "waist soft" situation, he is also expected to be reused in this game.
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Jankovic: To play soccer that opponents don't like
sino
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will play an International A warm-up match against Uzbekistan tonight in Dalian. Yesterday afternoon, the Chinese team
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Jankovic attended the pre-match press conference with center back Zhu Chenjie, which means Zhu Chenjie is ready to play. And Jankovic said that he will lead the team to play a soccer game that the opponents don't like in tonight's game.
Speaking at the day's conference, Jankovic said, "Looking forward to playing a great game. We've had a good week of training and have summarized the game against Vietnam and taken a step forward. All the players are excited and looking forward to playing against this strong team tomorrow. The players are looking forward to another win. For the coaches, tomorrow they hope to harvest useful information, which has been harvested in the last few friendlies. All the information will be synthesized and used to prepare for the World Qualifiers next month."
On the purpose of the warm-up match between China and Ukraine, Jankovic said, "We want to take the team's problems and discuss them inside the locker room before the match. As a coach, it's easier to get the message across after a win, and with positive signals, everyone receives it faster. Our defensive stability should be improved, and the offensive sets have been rehearsed, to use the match with Uzbekistan to test whether there is implementation."
Regarding the next warm-up opponent, Jankovic commented: "In general, we won't talk about what impressed me about Uzbekistan in the game, I'm just gathering information and preparing for my own game. Every team has characteristics and weaknesses, and our aim is to make our opponents play the kind of soccer they don't like and exploit their weaknesses as much as possible. Facing this kind of opponent at this time of the year is useful for our preparation, and it's important that we control our emotions and don't have too many ups and downs during the 90 minutes. For the team, in this kind of match, it is important not to allow the players to have too many ups and downs in the 90 minutes, so that they will not be at a disadvantage. Uzbekistan is a more stable team and this game is important for us at this stage."
Jankovic also touched on the issue of formation play, saying, "In soccer all over the world nowadays, no team plays only one formation, there will be at least two. It's more common to make temporary formation changes in the same game. We have prepared two different formations to play, offensive and defensive end we have fixed cooperation, the players accept the speed of learning is I am more pleased. Whether it's three or four backs depends on different game situations."
Zhu Chenjie, on the other hand, said: "We are ready after a few days of training, and we hope to play our tactical intentions under the leadership of the coach and dedicate a wonderful game. We have practiced techniques and tactics on defense, to have restrictions on the opponent's height and body. I have recovered and feel I have no problem (with my physical condition) and will give my best.
