At 1 a.m. BST on Oct. 13, 2022 Qatar
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The fourth round of Group B of the Asian qualifiers continued with our men's soccer team visiting Saudi Arabia, who had won all three of their matches before the group stage. After a fierce battle, the final
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With an unfortunate 2-3 loss, which was also
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First loss against Saudi Arabia in a qualifier. In this game, three naturalized strikers came on as substitutes in the first half and had an eye-catching performance, changing the pace of the game for a while. Currently, with only three points from four matches
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The exit situation is precarious and only a three-point win over Oman in the next round will give them a chance to fight for the third place in the group and thus qualify for the play-offs.
Against a strong Saudi Arabian team.
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Lined up 532 defensive formation, Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Guangtai, Li Ang partner as a three center backs, Ji Zhongguo, Wu Xi and Jin Jingdao as a midfielder, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning as a striker, naturalized players only sent Jiang Guangtai a person.
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The intention is to strengthen the defense through a five-guard combination of three center backs and two wing backs, while the midfield sends Ji Zhongguo, Wu Xi and Jin Jingdao, who have strong athleticism and blocking ability, to block, and leaves Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning in front of the field to wait for the opportunity to counterattack. However, there is a major problem in the integration of this defensive formation, and the coordination between players and regional defense are difficult to play a stable level.
In the first half of the game, against an energized Saudi team
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The loopholes in the co-defensive coordination and zone defense were magnified indefinitely. In the 15th minute, Ji Zhongguo's ball was broken at the back, and Naji took a long-distance shot from inside the top of the penalty area. From this goal conceded, the
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The backfield defense was chaotic, although there were many defenders, there was no coordination and zone defense. After Ji Zhongguo lost the ball in the center of the field, the players in charge of the defense didn't break the ball off at the first time. At the moment of Naji's shot, Li Ang, the center back in charge of defense, didn't fly to block the ball in time, and even just symbolically poked out a foot to defend, which resulted in
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's first goal conceded.
If it wasn't for the luck of the draw.
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I'm afraid there were more than two goals conceded in the first half, and the area where Zhang Linpeng and Zhu Chenjie combined became the main attacking direction for the Saudis in the first half. Whether through 45-degree diagonal passes or through ground penetration, they tore through this side of the defense. From this, it can be seen that
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The five-guard defense prepared for the China-Saudi Arabia battle was a complete failure. In the four group games of the World Qualifiers.
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Four starting lineups were changed, but none of them achieved the desired results. Frequent changes in the lineup also made it impossible for the players to gel and thus play at their proper level.
Faced with the passive situation of being two goals down at half-time, the
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In the second half, a desperate attempt was made to replace two attacking players, Luo Guofu and Alan, at halftime. It is worth mentioning that Luo Guofu scored 30 seconds after coming on as a substitute, at one point for the
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brought hope of an equalizer. And Allan was an overall boost for
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The frontcourt offense was sound and effective. Although the presence of the two naturalized players could not change the problems on the defensive end, it held the Saudis at bay on the offensive end, thus reducing the pressure on the backline. 60th minute.
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Sending in Zhang Xizhe and Eckerson again to continue to bolster the offense, and with the three naturalized strikers on the field together, the
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Changed the field in the second half.
Frankly.
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His tactical strategy started with a full retreating 532 formation to consume the home team, and then launched a full-scale counterattack through the naturalized players in the second half. Unfortunately, however, the five-guard defense did not withstand the Saudis' first-half bombardment, thus putting too much pressure on the second-half counterattack. Yu Dabao, who came on as a substitute in the last match against Vietnam, was questioned, while Zhu Chenjie, the young center back who started the match, had a similarly poor performance, with both goals conceded directly related to his poor staring.
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The center back pairing continues to plague
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The biggest problem with the
In terms of personnel performance, the three naturalized strikers, Alan, Lok Kwok Foo and Ekson, who came on as substitutes, performed very well. Allan, who played in the front position, effectively made up for the
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In 45 minutes of play, Alan sent out 10 passes, 9 successful, with a success rate of 90%, and 1 assist. Luo Guofu has obvious advantages in physical confrontation and high success rate in breaking through, his two shots in the whole match were all within the goal range, but unfortunately he failed to score another goal in the extra time.
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Equalizer. Eckerson was not as eye-catching as the two, but the pivot was obvious. Also.
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Captain Wu Xi's performance was also noteworthy, in addition to a stable defense there were also goals scored.
In contrast, Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei, who had a big game against Vietnam in the previous match, had a slightly less impressive performance. As in the previous match against Vietnam, Zhang Yuning continued his role as a bridgehead in the center forward position, but he failed to create many chances due to the lack of support from his teammates in the first half of the match. The only bright spot was a fine pass for Wu Lei in the 33rd minute, which unfortunately could not be converted into a goal. Wu Lei did not have the same high performance as in the previous game, of course, this is also directly related to the opponent's focus on defense. Overall, the performance of the domestic strikers was not as good as the naturalized strikers.
At the back, the shortness of the center backs was consistently exposed, as Zhang Linpeng was deployed at right back for the match
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The three center back combinations were Jiang Guangtai, Li Ang and Zhu Chenjie. Apart from Jiang Guangtai's consistent performance, Li Ang's block was untimely in defending the first goal conceded, while Zhu Chenjie caused two goals conceded due to his poor staring. Currently.
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The strongest and most stable center back pairing is that of Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai, but this pairing is constantly being split up due to the formation, which creates a serious problem in the middle of the defense.
In the other two matches played in the same group, Japan beat Australia 2-1 at home and Oman beat Vietnam 3-1 at home. With the win over China, Saudi Arabia leads the group with 12 points from four rounds and is six points ahead of Oman, who is third in the group and is expected to advance directly to the
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.. Japan retains its hopes of competing for the top two spots in the group after its win over Australia. Oman, the dark horse, has six points and is expected to qualify for the third place in the group by scoring more goals than Japan.
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With 3 points from 4 rounds, the team continues to rank fifth in the group, with no hope of competing for the top two spots in the group, but only for the third spot in the group.
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The next round of matches will be played on November 11 against Oman. Originally the match was to be played on
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But if the current anti-epidemic policy doesn't change.
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It's harder to get back to playing at home with fans cheering you on. Even so.
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A win over Oman in the next round of matches is necessary to keep up hopes of contending for third place in the group and qualifying for the play-offs. Oman, the group's dark horse, has beaten Japan and edged out Vietnam in the just-concluded group stage, though
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Facing Oman is not without chances, but trying to make light of the opponent is not an easy task.
The big call now is to get
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In the first round of the match, more naturalized strikers were used to strengthen the attack, but it remains to be seen whether the attack at the beginning of the match will be effective against the strongest Asian opponents. The next round against Oman, an average team in this group, may be the best match of the tournament.
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The best time to start the onslaught, but with the current situation of the Chinese team out of the lineup can not afford to be wrong, the only way to take down Oman to obtain three points, in order to have a chance to maintain the fight for the third place in the group and qualify for the play-offs.
