China's soccer team (national soccer team) friendly match Vietnam, the performance has become the focus, Tan Long head hammer center post seems to be the only bright spot in the first half, the Internet has once again become the national soccer team collective ridicule site, sports reporter Li Xuan pointed out that "Vietnam in front of us to become Barcelona?"
With the national soccer team's recent slump, the pressure is arguably on Aleksandar Jankovic, Alexandria's coach, to play two friendlies against lower-ranked teams in the world in September. The national soccer team first drew 1-1 with 54th-ranked Malaysia and then lost 0-1 to 13th-ranked Syria.
In October, the national soccer team played two friendly matches against Vietnam and then against Uzbekistan. Vietnam is currently ranked 95th in the world, 15 places below China. The former underdog has made great strides in recent years. Last year, he beat China in a World Cup qualifier, which allowed the national soccer team to play in the World Cup again.In 2013, famous player Fan Zhiyi joked, "If you continue, you will lose to Vietnam!" It was dug up and regarded as "God's prophecy".
The national soccer team is ranked 3-4-3 in this match. The front line was partnered by Wu Lei, Xie Pengfei, Tan Long, who had just performed well in the Asian Games, and Dai Weijun first substitute. Tan Long hit the post with a head hammer in the first half, Wu Lei missed a single shot, and the national soccer team beat Vietnam 0-0 at halftime.
Sports journalist Li Xuan noted, "Has the Vietnamese team become Barcelona in front of us?" Sports blogger Tran Dung said, "The national soccer team has been forced to rob several times, which is actually 'officially forced robbery' without aggression."
After watching the first half, many sports journalists and fans thought, "I mistakenly thought China was playing with Japan ......" Another sports blogger, "Mr. Wei of Patriotic Football University," harshly criticized: "We don't see any tactics and we don't have any strong points right now." Criticisms on microblogs and online discussion forums were so frequent that it seemed like a scene of collective derision.
Seeing that the national soccer team was not performing as expected, Aleksandar Jankovic made a half-time move to replace Dai Weijun and Wang Qiuming. The change worked quickly as Liu Yang crossed from the left and substitute Wang Qiuming scored the first recorded goal for the national soccer team from the penalty spot in the 56th minute.
At the end of the match, Nguyen Chin Ling and Chiang Quang Tai clashed after a match. After a VAR check, the referee red-carded Nguyen Chin Ling off the field in the 86th minute. The national soccer team surrounded Vietnam with 10 men in the match. Five minutes into added time, Wu Lei received a head-hammer second pass from Jiang Quangtai, but offside was first ruled out. After 8 minutes of extra time, Wu Lei's single goal helped the national soccer team beat Vietnam 2-0, but he lost last year. I'm sure this will ease the pressure of Aleksandar Jankovic's "dismissal" for the time being.
Even though the national soccer team won Vietnam, the difficulty of the process still could not avoid chastisement, which Hoang believes is the voice of many fans: "Winning is good. Can't ask for more."
