East Asia Cup first battle, the national football team selection team to 0-3 defeated South Korea, the second battle Japan, but with a respectable draw against the hot search. Despite the limited strength of the Japanese team, the outside world is expected to the national football team can only "lose less as a win", but the final score of 0-0, so that countless Chinese fans for the exhilaration. This is not only the end of the national football team in the past five years against Japan's four consecutive losses, but also highlights the team should be bold and color. This draw, although not as significant as the draw against Saudi Arabia in the ten-team tournament, but effectively alleviate the pressure of public opinion and fans, for the national football team won the "right to breathe". With this mouth gasping well, the national football selection team in the last game can beat Hong Kong, China, to win the first win in 2022, has also become the focus of people eagerly waiting for.
China-Japan battle, the national football selection team followed the 3-4-3 formation, Jankovic on the starting lineup made three adjustments, Wu Shaochong, He Yupeng and Chen Guoxi replaced Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haofeng and Liu Zhu Run respectively. From the first half, Yankovic's tactical arrangement was quite targeted, the five defenders defended with all their might in defense, and the two wingbacks did not hesitate to assist in the attack, and the players' desire and quality of attack were also improved.
Previously, there are media reports that before the departure of former national football coach Li Tie, the Football Association reported that the new head coaching candidates have Yankovic, but ultimately the senior management chose Li Xiaopeng. For Jankovic, leading the national soccer team to the East Asian Cup is a brilliant part of his coaching career and a chance to prove his ability. Despite a shaky performance in the first match against South Korea, Jankovic's tactical and psychological adjustments to the team in just a few days were quite remarkable.
In the second half, the national soccer team continued to be in a passive situation, facing the opponent's strong pressure, the counterattack is no longer as colorful as in the first half. However, under heavy pressure, the players did not retreat, but the determination to build a solid defense. However, modern soccer is not enough to rely on the spirit, strength is the key, and this is what the national football team is currently lacking.
In this game, the shot ratio, shot on goal ratio, possession ratio and threatening offense ratio between the national soccer select team and the Japanese team show the gap between the team and the opponent. Therefore, this draw cannot be taken as a proof of the actual level of the national soccer team.
In the 81st minute of the game, Zhu Chenjie got a good chance to break the goal in the opponent's penalty area, but he shot the ball high. After the game, many fans expressed regret. But in fact, for the current national football team, the most important thing is to learn in the process of playing with the strongest team, not when to score. As long as the national football team has been learning and improving, and playing with the strongest opponents, goals and victories will eventually come.
After the match, Jankovic said that the team should be happy after the match against Japan, despite the fact that the whole team was under great pressure after losing the first match against Korea. He believes that it was a good experience and challenge to play against such a strong team.
Yankovic's words can be interpreted in two ways: on the one hand, he was satisfied with the team's performance, and on the other hand, he admitted that there is a gap between the technical and tactical abilities of the Chinese players and those of the Japanese players. However, the "inferiority" will not be fundamentally changed in a short period of time because a coach takes over or introduces a new formation and style of play. In view of the lack of Chinese players' own ability and the low level of the national soccer team, Jankovic's future road will be very difficult.
It is worth noting that in 2019, Li Tie had also led the team to fight in the East Asia Cup as the head coach of the national football selection team, and that was regarded as an all-round test for him by the Football Association. Despite the general results, but he showed the level of technical and tactical play, tactical arrangements, clinical command, won the unanimous recognition of the Football Association and experts, and ultimately successfully turned into the new head coach of the Chinese men's football. Now, according to media reports, Li Xiaopeng left the national football head coach has been inevitable, the national football head coach position has been vacant. So, has been favored by the FA Yankovic will take the opportunity to get on the throne?
After the 0-0 draw with Japan, the national football team will be selected by the East Asian Cup "into a goal, win a" goal to the afternoon of July 27, the end of the battle with Hong Kong, China's game. This game no matter how the result, we should not be too high or low this team, because their mission will not end with the end of the East Asian Cup and the end. A year later, they will represent China to play the Asian Games in their home country, and the opponents they will face then will definitely be stronger than the ones they encountered in this East Asian Cup.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in mid-July, Xinhua News Agency had done an interview with Saburo Kawabuchi, the former president of the Japan Football Association (JFA), in which the 85-year-old founder of the J-League profoundly analyzed the reasons why China's national football team could not go up, and there is one sentence that sounds a little bit harsh, "Why can't the level of China's national team go up? There are all kinds of problems, among which being satisfied with the status quo due to overpayment is the main reason, and the players don't have the motivation to go out into the world and compete with teams stronger than themselves, which hinders the progress and development of the national soccer team."
Now, the National Football League professional league gold dollar soccer has ebbed, if the young people in the National Football League selection team can harvest experience and self-confidence from this East Asia Cup game, more importantly, can find that sense of honor and sense of mission from the game for the country, and re-remember why they set out in the first place, which is undoubtedly the most valuable for the lost National Football League.
