The complexity behind the national soccer team's warm-up victory
With a score of 2-0, the national soccer team showed its tenacity in the warm-up match against Vietnam, and the victory was not only a revenge for the 1-3 defeat in last year's preliminaries, but also the first win for the national soccer team in the last two months.
However, behind this victory lie complex emotions. For national soccer coach Jankovic, this victory is like a life-saving straw, if he can not lead the team to win, he may face the fate of dismissal before the start of the group stage of the preliminaries. In the second half of injury time, Wu Lei's goal made Yankovic excited, as if the national football team has embarked on the World Cup journey.
Although it was only a friendly match, the performance of the national soccer team was not satisfactory. Vietnam, the hosts, did not play all the main players, and the national soccer team was still in a disadvantageous position on the field. Throughout the game, the national football team's possession rate was only 37%, and the number of passes and success rate were not as high as that of the opponents. Despite the high number of shots, only three of them were scored, two of which were scored thanks to the opponent's goalkeeper's mistakes.
Jankovic lined up a 3511 formation in the match, with Wang Shangyuan, Wu Shaochong and Jiang Guangtai partnering at center back, Fang Hao and Liu Yang supporting in midfield, with midfielders Li Ke, Wu Xi and Xie Pengfei, Tan Long with a single arrow, and Wu Lei roaming between the front row and the shadow striker. On the surface, the national soccer team has a clear numerical advantage in the midfield, but in reality, the time of possession is very little, the cooperation between players is rusty, and the technology is not as good as that of Vietnam.
The technical ability of the national soccer team has been pulled apart by Vietnam, and the past advantages of height and confrontation no longer exist. During the game, the national football team appeared passive, if not for Vietnam's lack of ability to grasp chances in front of the goal, the national football team may have been behind. Yankovic adjusted his tactics in time, replacing Wu Xi and Xie Pengfei in the second half, and Wang Qiuming and Dai Weijun came on the field, and the situation of the national football team improved.
Despite the victory of the national football team, the gap in technology, awareness and reading ability is still obvious. Except for the height advantage, the national soccer team has no obvious advantage in other aspects. The victory may herald the glory of the national soccer team, but it also exposes the team's hidden problems in the future...
