Soccer tournament interview content
At dawn on November 17, the sixth round of the Asian Zone World Preliminary Round 12 tournament, China's team and Australia played to a 1-1 draw. After the match, Sports Weekly reporter Wang Xiaorui accepted an exclusive interview with Sohu Sports. The following is the content of the interview:
In the interview, Wang Xiaorui bluntly pointed out that Li Tie's emotions and mentality in coaching the national team is the key to restricting its development. His statements at the conference have caused considerable harm to the national football team itself, which is not only detrimental to the influence of the national football team in society, but may also bring many troubles to the national team in the future.
Talking about his feelings about the first game of the tournament, Wang said the result was not surprising. He noted that our team's momentum has rebounded from fluctuations, especially after the third game against Vietnam. The Australian team, on the other hand, was in trouble, showing a trend of starting high and finishing low after losing to Japan and drawing with Saudi Arabia earlier. Most of the Australian players are from Europe and the effects of continuous flights and traveling were obvious to them. Therefore, the rebound momentum shown by our team in the match is normal.
Wang Xiaorui made two points about the strategy of starting the four naturalized players at the same time. Firstly, there is no way back for the national soccer team in this match, once they lose the game, they will theoretically lose the chance of advancing to the World Cup in advance, so this is a desperate strategy. Secondly, it is reasonable to make tactical adjustments due to Zhang Yuning's excessive physical exertion in the last game.
Regarding the cooperation between naturalized players, Wang Xiaorui thinks there are some problems. He pointed out that neither Alan partnering with Zhang Yuning nor Alan partnering with Ackerson suited their characteristics too well. In these two games, the naturalized players' goals mainly came from set-pieces, while there were not many chances in sports games. The national team's attacking system is almost non-existent, which is unfortunate.
Wang Xiaorui also analyzed the technical and tactical characteristics of the Australian team, pointing out that they are in a period of transition, the tactical playing style has been adjusted, but there are still a lot of travelers to Europe. The overall strength is above our team, but it is still difficult to compete with Iran, Japan and South Korea. He believes that both the Australian Super League and the national team need to have the ability to create blood, and it is crucial to cultivate young players.
The 32-minute speech by the national soccer team's head coach at the conference after the game caused a lot of buzz. Wang Xiaorui said that Li Tie, who served as an assistant coach of the national team during Perrin's time, was not surprised by his remarks. He believes that Li Tie's emotions, mentality and the way he conducts himself are highly controversial, and that these remarks have caused harm to the national football team's influence in society.
Wang Xiaorui cited Jiangsu team manager Ola Royu as an example, pointing out that Ola Royu did not publicize problems such as unpaid wages after winning the championship, but instead conveyed positive energy. He believes that Li Tie should face the problems with a more positive attitude, otherwise it may bring more trouble to the national football team.
