On May 22, at sunset, our men's soccer team started their 3rd outdoor training session in Gusu. In order to ensure that the whole team reaches its best competitive condition, the coaching team planned an 80-minute long intra-team warm-up match. The so-called starting lineup won 3-1 in this internal rivalry match, which simulated a Top 40 match. In this team, striker Wu Lei scored two goals in a row, showing his "instant power". Ackerson and Alan scored for the other team. This kind of attacking firepower undoubtedly injected a strong heart to the national football team in preparation.
Since the national football team assembled in Shanghai on May 15, the coaching team has been arranging the training content according to the rhythm of gradual improvement. After arriving in Gusu for the 40-team tournament, the coaching team has been more targeted to enhance the training intensity and technical and tactical elements. Large and small-scale offensive and defensive drills have become mandatory for every outdoor training session.
Since our team had nearly half a month to prepare for the second half of the 40-team tournament from May 15 to the first match against Guam on May 30, there was a great need to "check for gaps" and find the feel of the game through high-quality practice matches. Due to the epidemic, our team was not in a position to warm up internationally before the start of the tournament. Against this background, the coaching team decided to organize an internal match at dusk on May 22, the team's 3rd training day in Gusau.
Unlike the previous group confrontation, the internal teaching match played at dusk on the 22nd lasted a total of 80 minutes (40 minutes for the first and second halves), and all other aspects of the rules were implemented according to the official game.
They even invited Wang Di, a world-class referee from Shanghai, to be the main referee for the match.
Similar to the previous group confrontation, the coaching team divided the participating international players into two teams. Among the starting eleven of the so-called starting lineup were: goalkeeper Yan Junling; defenders (from left to right) Stanley Wang, Yu Dabao, Jiang Guangtai, and Zhang Linpeng; back-rower Wu Xi; front-rower Zhang Xizhe; left right-wingers (wingers) Fernando and Wu Lei; and strikers Ickxon and Allan.
Compared with the team group confrontation on the afternoon of the 21st, the so-called starting lineup of the starting lineup of the game has only one change, that is, the previous cameo on both sides of the "free man" Zhang Xizhe replaced Li Ke's starting position, forming a set of well-deserved main attack lineup.
From the point of view of the division, Wu Lei, who has just returned from Spain, is certain to be the main striker of the national football team for the 40-team tournament. And in the 22nd warm-up match, he did not disappoint the head coach Li Tie's trust, not only in the first half for the so-called starting lineup first record, but also in the second half of the second half again scored a goal, Mei Kaifu twice.
It is worth noting that, in the course of the game, Li Tie, according to the situation on the field and tactical needs, timely adjustments to the individual positions of the two teams. For example, in the first half of the so-called starting lineup respectively as a striker and left back Alan, Fernando, the second half was once interchanged to the other side. Wei Shihao also played as a winger in both sides. Fernando's position is sometimes left and sometimes right, which also confirms that Li Tie is through the actual battle to help the international players to adapt to different positions, so as to enrich the team's offensive means. And the actual effect is also very ideal. For example, the naturalized striker Aixon also scored a goal for the so-called starting lineup, while the naturalized striker Alan, who was swapped to the other side, also "pulled back a city" in the second half. In the end, the so-called starting lineup won 3-1. However, for Li Tie and his coaching team, the score itself is not very meaningful, but more of a multi-faceted attackers to make them feel happy.
