The night was low, and at midnight on October 13, 2022 Qatar
World Cup
In the fourth round of Group B of the Asian qualifiers, the Chinese men's soccer team started a fierce battle with Saudi Arabia on the road, and finally lost to the opponent with a score of 2-3, while Saudi Arabia led the table with four consecutive victories. In Sohu Sports' "No Spit Soccer" program, reporters Wang Xiaorui, Bai Guohua, and Xiao Blush made an in-depth analysis of the game and commented on the game through the link.
Commenting on Li Tie's use of naturalized players, Bai Guohua said that he should not expect local players to suddenly explode and change the game. The overall level of Chinese players has declined significantly compared to the past, which is also the original purpose of introducing naturalized players. At present, what is needed is to try to let the naturalized players and local players in the field position of mutual integration. According to Bai Guohua, even if the consecutive losses, according to the current environment of the national football team, Li Tie will not be replaced for the time being, but the next two games the Chinese team must strive for victory.
After the first three rounds of matches, Li Tie has fully expected the degree of difficulty of this game. Challenging Saudi Arabia, who had won three consecutive matches on the road, he set up a 5-3-2 formation, similar to the strategy he used against Japan, but with a lot of adjustments to the personnel, and the preferred candidates in the hearts of the fans were all given the chance to play. In the first half, under the onslaught of the Saudis, our defense looked quite passive, and after falling behind 0-2, we could only let go of the ball. In the second half, the naturalized attacking players such as Luo Guofu, Alan, and Ekerson were replaced, finally forming a synergy, and the performance of the attacking end was gradually equal to that of the opponents, and no longer just beaten like in the first half. From the strength shown, the Chinese team is obviously inferior to the Saudi team, losing the game seems reasonable, but what should we do next?
In response to the weak defense exposed by the national football team in this game, Bai Guohua pointed out: "There are inherent deficiencies in the defense of this national football team. The first is the lack of match training. Li Tie did not play any official matches after taking over the team and went straight into the 40-team tournament, followed by no warm-up matches to improve themselves. The second is that many players in the lack of warm-up training in the case, in the 12 strong match to expose their shortcomings. 12 strong match intensity is not the super, the Asian championship can be compared, and the super, the Asian championship many are foreign aid with us to play. The third is that the national team is currently very short of people in the center of the midfield axis position, Zhu Chenjie is still young, Li Ang made a serious mistake, Ji Zhongguo and Jin Jingdao did not play their own level, or the level itself is so. The fourth is the problem of the head coach to build a defense system, this game we have used four back, three center back, constantly swinging, which is related to the individual ability of the players, the head coach training and command level. The most important thing is still that we are green and yellow."
Regarding Li Tie's activation of naturalized players, Bai Guohua said: "First of all, don't fantasize that the local players suddenly explode and change the game. The level of our players has dropped significantly compared to the past, otherwise why would we want to naturalize? Secondly, the naturalized players are basically in the offensive line, Jiang Guangtai's individual role is limited, only a little better than the local players. This creates some problems for the head coach: the naturalized players' ability is there, but the fear that they will destroy the balance of the entire formation after they are all on the field, and the defense will have problems, which may be why Li Tie is reluctant to send all the naturalized players on the offensive line. In fact, we are clear that our midfield is not qualified, then we can only maximize part of the advantage - naturalized players, to attack instead of defense, by changing the position of the players on the field, so that naturalized players and Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning field coexistence, otherwise this fight is completely hopeless."
"Soccer game success or failure, if the result is good it is not called trial and error, losing may prove that the talent and mentality of the coaching staff have problems. 12 strong tournament spans a long time, our team's situation is also relatively special, the head coach needs to consider a lot of things, (constantly changing formations) are not blameworthy. In fact, we discuss so many problems, if we win are not a problem. With the current environment of the national football team, losing again will not replace Li Tie, because the local coach is unlikely to be taken over, and there is no point. Foreign coaches we can think of are unlikely, and involves the issue of money, according to the current situation of the national football team, it is unlikely to be in this area (foreign coaches salary) to make a big fuss. And the national football team has been two consecutive into the 12 strong, when the team can be stable into this level of competition, for the head coach's promotion is also very big." Bai Guohua analyzed.
Predicting the matches against Oman and Australia in November, Bai said: "After coming back the players have to continue to train behind closed doors, the psychological problems must be overcome. It's been two or three months since they've been cooped up together, and they can't go out, and the space they have to move around in West Asia is pretty much just the room - on the pitch, and the psychological problems need to be dealt with. And whether our home stadium can be open or not, whether there are fans or not, these conditions need to be considered. In addition, after the first four rounds of matches, the coaching staff and players have their own strength in mind, the rhythm of the game will be better mastered. There are strong and weak players in the 12-team tournament, but every game will be very close, and every game will be hard to win until the end. Against Oman our three points must be taken, otherwise it's a wash, against Australia is certainly the strength of the underdog, but also must win."
