Saudi Arabia battle 2-3 loss, the Chinese team in the evening of October 13th Saudi Arabia local time departure, the end of the 48-day journey to the West, finally embarked on the way home. In the face of all kinds of external comments, accusations and even blame, the Chinese team has long been accustomed to. In the fans "dismissed" calls, head coach Li Tie began to set up for the players in Suzhou closed training "task". For them, after a long overseas drift can go home, so that the whole team back to the normal track of preparation, more important than anything else. The first four rounds of the 12 rounds of the exposure of many problems, including technical and tactical level of gains and losses, Li Tie team will return to the country to carry out a comprehensive summary, a series of "corrective" work is imminent.
After the China-Saudi Arabia match, the National Football Association through the "national soccer team" official microblogging announced that the Chinese team in West Asia after 48 days of closed training and competition, will be on October 13th departure back to the country. 48 days of consecutive closed operations outside the country and the life of the Chinese team in the western expedition has also set a special record.
In the sand after the game, fans and the media will focus on the controversy of "naturalized players on the field timing" and Li Tie good or bad with the problem, it seems that not too many people pay attention to the Chinese team in the long 48 days to go through what kind of test.
In fact, on August 26, the national football team left Shanghai to open the journey to the West before, both the FA working group or Li Tie as the head of the coaching team are well prepared, that is to say, once affected by the epidemic, the Chinese team is likely to be stranded outside the country for more than 3 months, until November 16 and Australia "second battle" to play finished.
In West Asia, the problems and difficulties encountered by the Chinese team were beyond the expectations of the delegation and the coaching team. Being in a closed environment for a long period of time, and extremely boring days after training, all of this deeply troubled all the members of the team. This also means that Li Tie in addition to the training ground to do a good job of leading the team to prepare for the regular work, but also in the spirit of guiding, encouraging their own players.
With the Beiqing - Beijing headline reporter exchanges, some members of the national football delegation and the international football players are coincidentally mentioned "pressure" problem. This includes two levels of meaning, on the one hand, the team from the 40 strong tournament surrounded by the pressure of the 12 strong tournament to create a good result, at the same time, "chartered flights", "the best logistical support" and so on once triggered a controversy, which in fact, also added pressure to the whole team.
On the other hand, being in a closed environment for a long time, the life of the whole team is more abnormal than before. In the competition pressure and homesickness intertwined role, the players can not help but produce negative emotions, and even a certain degree of "war" emotions. According to Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter understands, in this situation, more than 40 days, the coaching team in the team's ideological work even more energy than the team's technical work.
Even led the team to beat the Vietnamese team, and Saudi Arabia played a 2-3, Li Tie can not get rid of the outside world's questions and criticism, one of the main trigger is the "naturalized players use" problem. Because the second half of the match between China and Saudi Arabia less than 30 seconds, Alan assisted Luo Guofu scored a "magic goal", many fans and the media accused Li Tie in the use of naturalized players is too conservative, but also too hesitant.
But the fact is that the pace and difficulty of the competition in the 12-team tournament is significantly higher than that of the 40-team tournament, and now, of the 4 naturalized players in the Chinese team, in addition to the central defender Jiang Guangtai, the remaining 3 people Alan, Luo Guofu, and Ekerson will all be gathered in the attacking line. With Wu Lei's position unshakeable, it is difficult for the coach to place the 3 naturalized strikers, who are heavy on attack and light on defense, together in the starting lineup. Facing the strong attacking teams of Australia, Japan and Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team is eager to score goals, but the focus of the competition is still on defense. That's why China's attacking players, including Wu Lei, were asked by Li Tie to actively participate in defense.
Taking the China-Saudi Arabia match as an example, Luo Guofu's goal was due to the fact that the opponent's defense was unsteady at the start of the second half. Subsequently, he and Alan revitalized the Chinese team's offensive line, to a certain extent, also benefited from the physical decline of the opposing defense players. Imagine, if the two of them start on stage, its offensive characteristics and power than the actual battle? This is also a benevolent and wise question.
In the world of competitive sports, the success of the king and the defeat of the enemy has always been an invariable theorem. Objectively speaking, Li Tie's move to play two naturalized strikers in the second half was successful in terms of the course of the game. But because of the continuous mistakes in the defense, the significance of Luo Guofu and Wu Xi's goals became smaller. When the third loss of the 12 strong match came, Li Tie into the "dismissal" crisis is also natural.
However, according to the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter, the Football Association signed a five-year long contract with Li Tie's coaching team after the Top 40 tournament, and put forward clear requirements for his mission indicators to lead the team. But in the last two games of the 12 strong match, Li Tie led the team to win over Vietnam, the first 4 rounds of the overall performance is better than the same period of the last session. And although the Chinese team is now in a difficult situation, it has not lost the possibility of advancing. In this case, the Football Association, even if there is a plan for all kinds of extreme conditions, will not choose to change the manager at this time.
It is also understood that the players in the end of the game in the sand has been notified, the whole team back to Suzhou may be adjusted only 2 days will be re-entered into a new round of preparations. From this, it is not difficult to judge, Li Tie team team work will still be carried out step by step, the football association in the selection of the issue will not be swayed by the wind of public opinion.
So, is Li Tie's coaching success in the first 4 rounds of the Top 12 tournament? From the process and results, this team still has relatively obvious flaws at the technical and tactical level. Data show that, with the team's 32 international players, a total of 23 people in the first 4 rounds of the game. Among them, goalkeeper Yan Junling, defender Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Wang Shenchao, midfielder Wu Xi, striker Wu Lei 6 people of the main position is relatively stable, as long as there is no injury, they will continue to play the main line in the future.
As for the external accusations of "lineup and formation instability", in fact, also within the normal range. On the one hand, a considerable part of the team players, especially young players lack of experience in the competition, in the selection of their problems, Li Tie has concerns is also very normal. Taking Li Ang as an example, after Yu Dabao's mistake before the first round of the match against Australia, some insiders called for "Li Ang, who has performed well in the league, can be used". But in fact, the intensity of the competition in the Chinese Super League is far less than that of the Top 12, and similar to the case of YuDaBao, LiAng's error in handling the ball in the first half of the China-Saudi Arabia game was also very fatal. So, about the actual talent and condition of the players, no one more than Li Tie understand, he is in some of the field of choice also really have no choice.
In the past 4 rounds of matches, the Chinese team had occasional highlights in the attack, such as Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, and naturalized players Alan and Luo Guofu all showed certain characteristics. But in the selection of personnel in the midfield and backfield, Li Tie is plagued by a lack of talent and wavered from side to side. Take the defense line as an example, no matter how to allocate candidates, Li Tie could not stop the team from losing goals every game. The reason for the loss of the ball in addition to the lack of individual defense ability, but also with the players mental condition, these need to cause the national football team to pay great attention. After all, if the Chinese team wants to keep the hope of getting out of the tournament, they must get at least 4 points in the next two home games. And the important condition of taking points is that the defense is extremely hard to prevent mistakes.
For the current national football team, the biggest advantage is to be able to "go home". After returning to their home base in Suzhou, the national players will be able to relax mentally, and the team's preparations for the next round of the tournament will be on a normal track. Because the next round of opponents Oman team has already beaten Japan and Vietnam respectively, so the time left for Li Tie and his team to check and fill in the gaps is actually very limited. It is understood that the coaching team will also consider replacing some players from the club to strengthen the national football team as the whole team will go back to their home country to prepare for the next round of matches.
