2-0! The national soccer team defeated their opponents in a warm-up match against Vietnam, which was a revenge for last year's 1-3 loss in the preliminaries. It was also the first match won by the national soccer team in the last two months.
Although it was only an international friendly, a win in this game would mean a lot to the national soccer team coach Jankovic. If he fails to lead the national soccer team to a win, he might actually step down before the start of the preseason group stage. Therefore, after Wu Lei scored the second goal that sealed the win in the second half of injury time, Jankovic would be so excited as if the national soccer team had already entered the World Cup.
However, throughout the match, the performance of the national soccer team was not satisfactory. In the home match, Vietnam did not have all of its star players in the game, and the national soccer team still lagged behind on the field. The national soccer team's possession rate was only 37% throughout the game, almost half of Vietnam's, and the number of passes and the success rate of passes were not as good as their opponents.
There were more shots than Vietnam, but only three were right. Two goals were related to the poor performance of the opposing goalkeeper. Therefore, although the national soccer team won this match, they have lost the process.
In this battle, Jankovic lined up a 3511 formation with Wang Shangyuan and Wu Shaochong teaming up with Jiang Guangtai to form the three center backs of the national team. In the midfield, Fang Hao and Liu Yang were called up by the national soccer team, and the three players in the middle were Li Ke, Wu Xi and Xie Pengfei. In the forward line, Tan Long is a single arrow, and Wu Lei is positioned between the forward and the shadow striker.
On the face of it, Jankovic should have dominated by placing five players in the midfield. But in fact, the national soccer team had very little time to control the ball. This is mainly due to the unfamiliar coordination between the national soccer players and the fact that their footwork is not as good as that of Vietnam. Either the passes were missed or the opponents succeeded in stealing the ball a few steps after carrying it themselves.
It can be said that the technical ability of the national soccer team has now been pulled down a lot by Vietnam, and our past advantages of height and strong confrontation ability have basically disappeared. As a result, the national soccer team is very passive in this match. If Vietnam doesn't have the ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal, maybe we won't be advanced players.
Jankovic should have noticed this problem as well, so in the second half, Wu Xi and Xie Pengfei were replaced by Wang Qiuming and Dai Weijun. After the substitutions, things changed for the national soccer team on the pitch. Wang Qiuming also got help from Liu Yang to break through Vietnam's goal.
It can be said that the national soccer team did not have too many absolute breakthrough chances throughout the game, with Wang Thu Minh's goal being one of the few highlights.Trailing 0-1, Vietnam attacked more fiercely but did not get better breakthrough chances. In the last minute of the match, Vietnam's Nguyen Chin Ling was red-carded for elbowing Chiang Quang Tai.The 10-on-11 national football team capitalized on the counter-attack, with Wu Lei scoring the second solo goal.
Although the national football team is happy to win, at the same time, we see that the national football team lags behind Vietnam in terms of skill, awareness and reading ability. Now, apart from height and advantage, we really have nothing better than our opponents. From this point of view, the national soccer team won the game, but has lost the future...
