In the early morning of October 13, Beijing time, when the night was low, the fire of the fourth round of the Group B of the Asian qualifying round for the 2022 Qatar World Cup was rekindled. The Chinese men's soccer team challenged Saudi Arabia on the road, but returned in defeat with a score of 2-3, while the opponent led the standings with four consecutive victories. Sohu Sports invited reporters Wang Xiaorui, Bai Guohua and Xiao Blush to analyze the battle. In the program, Xiao Xie revealed that the Chinese men's football team returned home after 48 days of overseas training, and the state of preparation for the game seemed abnormal. In the context of the epidemic, such preparation is particularly difficult. 48 days of overseas training has reached a critical point, if you do not return home, the team's abnormal state of fear will continue, the damage will be even more serious. However, as fans, we may not know the real situation of the team, so we should be rational in our comments. Looking back on the game, Xiao Blush said, "The result is normal in soccer, but the process was a bit surprising. Looking at the whole 12-team tournament and the strength of the Chinese team against their opponents, this result is reasonable in the context of soccer. Soccer ultimately depends on hard power, the results of the game reflects the strength of both sides of the contrast. The surprise was the eye-opening performance of several naturalized strikers, with Alan and Luo Guofu showing their individuality in their limited playing time. The Chinese team showed some offensive characteristics in the first four rounds of the tournament, but whether they can succeed remains to be seen." Li Tie led a 32-player squad that included Wu Lei, who plays in La Liga, with enough personnel reserves to meet the demands of the competition. In the four rounds of matches, Li Tie tried different starting lineups and the formation was constantly adjusted. While leading the team to play the game, Li Tie is also in the trial and test formation, during which there is a cycle of trial and error and error correction. For the identity of the head coach Li Tie and many players in the team, this 12 strong tournament is the first time for individuals, the formation is not stable is normal. But in the high-intensity training, injuries are inevitable, the starting lineup change is reasonable, but this also triggered the dissatisfaction of the fans and the media. However, Xiao Blush also talked about the need for fans and media to be rational as amateurs from the media's point of view: "As fans, we are miles away from the game and the training site, and we do not know the situation of the team, so our comments and suggestions are more of a sitting duck. If we can make suggestions in a situation close to reality, Li Tie should listen with a tolerant mind. But if we just whine and criticize, it's meaningless. The difficulties of the Chinese team are not only on the technical and tactical level, but also on the psychological level of the players, who have been overseas for 48 days. The coaching team, besides doing a good job in the distribution of technical and tactical work, also needs to be guided at the psychological level, so the preparation process of the Chinese team this time is 'abnormal'." Xiao Blush said that the Chinese team is now in an extremely difficult stage, which can be seen from the overseas training 48 days after returning home: "In addition to the naturalized players, the overall age of the local players have risen compared to the previous session, and we are in the stage of the green and yellow gap. Now the most important thing is how to distribute the existing power, play 1+1>2 role. I think it's really difficult. Li Tie has deeply experienced the Top 12 through these four rounds, and so have the players. In the context of the epidemic, the Chinese team's preparations are in a not-so-normal situation, 48 days back is obviously has reached a critical point, not back, the team's abnormal state may continue, the damage will be more serious. Although our skills and talents are limited, our spirit can not be broken. Mental conditioning is very necessary at the back regardless of whether we can play at home or not." Talking about the role of naturalized players, Xiao Blush said, "For example, Alan, when it comes to the tier of the Top 12, the scores of each match have been very tight, except for China's 0-3 loss to Australia in the first round of the competition, which was a not-so-normal score. As a head coach, what needs to be considered is the balance between offense and defense, and the fact that we conceded nine goals in four rounds of competition is also because we are more extreme in some parts. Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, these offensive players, the head coach in fact, before the game to give them the requirements of defense, but Alan and Luo Guofu is not too much to participate in the defense, which is very contradictory to the national team's thinking. Make fewer mistakes in order to have more opportunities, as a defensive player, Li Tie has such a thought process is indeed logical, but should also see the opportunity." Predicting the November matches against Oman and Australia, Xiao Blush said, "I asked my friends in Suzhou during the National Day, and they are indeed making preparations in accordance with the ongoing hosting (of home competitions), but anything can happen until the last minute official announcement. The most important thing now is to prevent epidemics, soccer will not be higher than life, not higher than the health of citizens. The Chinese team has 1 3 points in hand, there is still a line of expectation, in the competition in November, we have to take at least 4 points, but the results of the competition is kicked out, grabbed out, not counted out, the Chinese team back home, back to the normal track of preparation, the heart is good, the spirit of the comfort, in order to have a better preparation. Now there is the expectation that the home field is organized, the expectation is still great, and expect a good result."
