In the first match of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese men's soccer team lost 0-3 against South Korea, but in the second match against Japan, the team bounced back with a 0-0 draw, which not only brought surprise to Chinese fans, but also made the team top the hot search list overnight. Although the strength of the Japanese team is not top-notch, and the pre-match public opinion generally predicted that "fewer losses as a win", but the tenacious performance of the national soccer team selection team, so that the draw seems particularly valuable. Although the technical statistics show that the national soccer team is completely behind, this draw ended the team's four consecutive defeats against Japan in the past five years, showing the team's due backbone and fighting spirit. More importantly, the draw brought the team a chance to catch their breath and relieve the enormous pressure from public opinion and fans, so it can be said that the Chinese men's soccer team has won the valuable "right to breathe". After accumulating the confidence of this victory, the team will be able to win the final battle against Hong Kong, China, to realize the 2022 Chinese men's soccer team in the sense of the first victory, has become the focus of the fans are eagerly waiting for.
In the next match, the national soccer selection team continued to use the 3-4-3 formation, and Jankovic made adjustments to the starting lineup, with Wu Shaochong, He Yupeng and Chen Guoxi replacing Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haofeng and Liu Zhuyun respectively. From the first half of the game, Yankovic's tactical deployment is quite targeted, the team in the defensive end of the full effort, did not leave the opponent a chance to break the goal; in the offensive end, the wingbacks do not hesitate to insert the assist, the desire to attack and the quality of the attack has been improved.
It is worth mentioning that before Li Tie's dismissal, Jankovic was regarded as one of the candidates for the new head coach of the national football team, although the FA eventually chose Li Xiaopeng, but this East Asian Cup trip is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Jankovic to prove his ability. Despite the fluctuating performance of the team in the first match against South Korea, Jankovic did a great job in adjusting the tactics and psychology of the team in a short period of time.
In the second half of the match, the national football select team continued to be passive, but the team remained tenacious in building a strong defense under the opponents' strong pressure. Although spirit alone is not enough in modern soccer, the team's mental strength is exactly what the Chinese men's soccer team is currently lacking.
In this game, the national soccer team selection team and the Japanese team's shot ratio is 2 to 18, the shot ratio is 1 to 5, the possession ratio is 41% to 59%, and the threat of attack ratio is 16 to 59. Although the team's performance has improved compared to the last game against South Korea, the gap with the opponent is still obvious, so this draw can not be used as an argument to prove the actual level of China's men's soccer team.
In the 81st minute of the game, Zhu Chenjie had a good chance to score in the opponent's penalty area, but his half-volley shot was too high. Although many fans are upset about this, the Chinese men's soccer team needs to learn and improve from playing with the strongest teams, and it's only a matter of time before they score goals and win.
After the match, Jankovic said, "After losing to Korea in the first match, the team was under tremendous pressure, especially on the defensive end. But after 90 minutes of play against Japan, we should be happy with the result. For us, it was a good experience and a great experience to play against such a strong team, and of course it was also a challenge."
Yankovic's words can be interpreted in two ways: on the one hand, he was satisfied with the team's performance, and on the other hand, he admitted that there is a big gap between the technical and tactical abilities of Chinese players and those of Japanese players. However, "inferiority" will not be fundamentally changed by a coach or a new formation and style of play. In view of the lack of Chinese players' own ability and the low level of Chinese men's soccer, Yankovic's future road will be full of twists and turns.
It is worth mentioning that in 2019, Li Tie had also led the team to play in the East Asia Cup as the head coach of the national football selection team, which was regarded as a comprehensive test by the Football Association. Although Li Tie led the team to play in the East Asia Cup 1 win and 2 losses did not give fans a pleasant surprise, but his technical and tactical play, tactical arrangements, clinical command and other aspects of the level of performance, but also gained the unanimous recognition of the Football Association and the experts, and ultimately, he also succeeded in turning to become the new head coach of China's men's football. Now, according to media reports, after leading the national football team to play the World Preliminary Cup, Li Xiaopeng left the national football team manager is inevitable, the current national football team manager position is vacant. So, has been favored by the FA Yankovic can take this opportunity to succeed on the throne?
After the 0-0 draw with Japan, the national football team will be selected by the East Asian Cup "into a goal, win a" goal to the afternoon of July 27, the end of the battle with Hong Kong, China's game. In fact, no matter what the result of this game, we should not be too high or low this team, because their mission will not end with the end of the East Asian Cup and the end. A year later, they will represent China to participate in the locally organized Asian Games, the team's bottom line in the Asian Games is "at least not to lose face", but it is almost certain that the opponents they will have to face at that time will be stronger than the opponents encountered in the East Asian Cup.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in mid-July, Xinhua News Agency had an interview with Saburo Kawabuchi, former president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA), in which the 85-year-old founder of the J-League deeply analyzed the reasons why the Chinese men's football team could not go up, and one of the sentences sounded a bit harsh: "Why can't the level of the Chinese national team go up? There are all kinds of problems, among which being satisfied with the status quo due to overpayment is the main reason, and players do not have the motivation to go out into the world and compete with teams better than themselves, which hinders the progress and development of the Chinese men's soccer team."
Now, the Chinese men's professional football league gold dollar soccer has ebbed, if the national football team selection of young players such as Zhu Chenjie, Dai Weijun, Han Jiaqi, Fang Hao, etc. can be harvested from this East Asian Cup of the game experience and self-confidence, and more importantly, can be from the game for the country to find a sense of honor and sense of mission, and to re-remember why the first time to set out, which for the loss of China's men's football, it is undoubtedly the most valuable.
