On September 4, at 8 p.m. Doha time.
China national soccer team
All players are back on track with their preparations for the first official training session against Japan at Field 6 of the Al Egla Sports Center. Injury-plagued Guo Tianyu and Wang Qiuming returned to the lineup, and according to the current situation, all 32 players have the conditions to play against Japan.
After losing in the first round.
China national soccer team
Internal in-depth reflection was carried out, and there was a deeper understanding of the gap between their own strength and that of the strongest teams in Asia. Facing the upcoming Japanese team, the team decided to start afresh. According to the problems exposed in the first round and the tactical characteristics of the Japanese team, the coaching staff may make adjustments to the personnel and tactics, it is certain that the team will not continue to use the first round of the starting lineup.
Before training begins.
China national soccer team
Leader Zhang He was interviewed by the media and responded to questions about the reasons for the first round loss, the team's internal atmosphere, and updates on preparations for Japan.
Talking about the internal atmosphere of the team suffered a loss, Zhang He said that the coaching staff from two levels to summarize the game: "The team in the first game after the end of the internal summary is mainly divided into two levels. First of all, the CFA hired Li as the head of the coaching team for more than a year, affected by the epidemic, the troops failed to carry out intercontinental warm-up events, especially within the Asian rankings higher than our opponents, the team did not have the opportunity to warm up with them. The first game against Australia such a consecutive World Cup, the Asian ranking of the top four teams, for our troops, such an experience process is worthy of our in-depth summary."
"Secondly, considering that there are 10 matches in the Top 12, we still have the second round match against Australia at home in Round 6. We certainly want to have quick summaries first thing after the match and share those summaries with the players. For now, the summary of the Australia game will be put on hold. In the locker room after the match, the coaching staff also shared with the players the news that Japan had departed for Doha, an opponent that arrived yesterday morning. At that time, by informing the players of this news, the purpose was to hope that they could quickly come out from the loss and put all their energy, preparation goals, technical and tactical preparations into the second match."
There was not much negativity in the locker room after the match, and there was one detail that surprised Zhang He, "Our team is still dominated by players who have participated in the last Top 12 tournament, who have accumulated a certain amount of experience, and have experienced defeats in the last edition. In my opinion, inside the locker room in the first hour after the match, the players did not hang their heads. What surprised me was that there was some communication between them about the technical and tactical aspects of the game, so they were also quick to accept the loss of the game and then put in the preparation for the next game."
While summarizing the loss, preparations for the second game have begun. "After returning to the hotel, the coaching staff watched the game video from start to finish that night. Because it was already very late, the players also rested, so wait until the next day, the coaching team found the individual players in the starting lineup, combined with the game video analysis of tactics to study the organization of personnel, the use of technology and tactics, and other unreasonable places, and actively review themselves. The summary of this game is related to the second round of how to adjust against Australia. At the same time combined with this match with high-level Asian opponents, we can through the discovery of the problem, seize the time to change the mind, put the idea into the process of preparing for the Japanese team."
Zhang He revealed that the technical team's research on the Japanese team had already begun, "In fact, the preparation for the Japanese team did not start only after the first game. Our technical team began to pay attention to the Japanese team when the team was preparing for the 40-team tournament. Until the group draw for the Top 12 was determined, we did a detailed study and analysis of all the information on the Japanese team, especially the travel players and the national team's playing style over the years. The coaching team will combine the process of the match with Australia and their own personnel situation to make a comprehensive study and put into the preparation for the match against Japan with these past analyses."
"Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express this. It is unprecedented for this national team of ours to participate in a tournament abroad in this way, and each of us is very clear about what this unit is going through all this for, and what the significance of the Top 12 is." These words represent the team's determination under pressure, and Zhang He called for more support from the outside world, "I hope that those who really care about China's national soccer team and pay attention to our national team can really support us. Our delegation left their families, children, need to live outside the country for a long time, we know very well that we will not be wasted, will fight to the best of our ability. I hope everyone can give our players encouragement and support."
