To be clear, the national football team has stepped into the remodeling stage after the first four rounds of the 12-team tournament. In these four games, the first two games against Australia and Japan, the national football team's elaborate tactics suffered a setback, not only suffered a crushing defeat, the mentality is also in trouble; while the third round of the face of the weaker Vietnam, the national football team has a January preparation time, but in the fourth round of the match with Saudi Arabia, the excellent performance of the naturalized players has triggered a wide range of questions.
Therefore, the national football team in the tactical preparation and personnel use need to be adjusted, simple training can not achieve this purpose, at this time two warm-up games for the national football team is crucial.
The two warm-up matches will be played consecutively, and the national soccer team will not split the lineup in two, but will arrange for some players to be replaced in the two matches, such as substituting in the first match and then starting in the second match.
Tactical (formation) drills are important, but limited by the strength of the opponents Shenzhen and Zhejiang, similar 532 anti-reverse formation drills may not be effective.
However, combined with the use of personnel, such drills take on practical significance. The national football team can use a balanced formation for part of the game, but an unbalanced formation for another phase, such as three naturalized players starting at the same time.
More importantly, it is necessary for the national football team to give the three naturalized players 90 minutes of playing time to further examine their cooperation and physical condition. The method can be diversified, such as one naturalized player started in the match with Shenzhen, two naturalized players came in as substitutes in the second half, and in the match with Zhejiang, the players who were previously substitutes started together.
The biggest difference between this national football team's westward journey and the last one is that last time it was to play 4 matches, before and after nearly 50 days, while this time it was to play 2 matches, before and after only about 11 days. From the point of view of personnel preparation, 23 to 25 players is enough, in fact, some intercontinental competitions registration list is only 23 people. The national soccer team intends to streamline the staff, which is expected to be 7 to 9 players.
For the streamlining of personnel, Li Tie and his coaching staff should have a clear idea in mind. However, the two warm-up matches against Shenzhen and Zhejiang on Nov. 3 will be the final choice, and some fringe players will naturally have a chance to enter the list if they have outstanding performance.
The national football team is streamlining its personnel, perhaps also hoping to stimulate the players' enthusiasm for practice and competition to a certain extent, which is still very important to the overall preparation for the war.
Although we discussed the value of these two warm-up matches for the national soccer team, neither Zhejiang nor Shenzhen may be able to put enough pressure on the national soccer team. Theoretically the Shenzhen team is good, with two foreign aiders, Caldecott and Achim Pang, and the strength of local players is also good. But if the Shenzhen team to go all out, in fact, can still give the national football team some pressure. However, the Shenzhen team has just finished the AFC Cup, the team in the tournament before and after the closure of nearly 20 days, the players can go all out is still an unknown.
If the warm-up opponents can not give the national football team enough pressure, then the rehearsal of the formation, personnel inspection and so on will be greatly reduced. However, the national football team has no chance to look for national team opponents that can imitate Oman and Australia, and it is helpless to settle for the second best.
In fact, this is not the most important. For the national football team, the most important thing is the adjustment of the mentality. This time the two home games of the national football team can not be carried out in the country, the players have just returned from West Asia to end the isolation, and now they have to rush to West Asia, which is undoubtedly a serious blow to the team's morale. Therefore, the adjustment of the mentality is still the primary task of the national football team, only to adjust the mentality, the national football team to do the preparation has a real meaning.
