The return of striker Wu Lei allowed China's head coach Li Tie to fully test and adjust his lineup during the preparation sprint in Gusau. In the team group confrontation on May 20 and 21, Wu Lei appeared as a right winger, which seems to indicate that the Chinese team will play offensive soccer in the second half of the 40-team tournament.
On the evening of May 19, the national football team relocated from Shanghai to Gusu City, where the remaining matches in Group A of the 40-team tournament will be held, and at the same time, striker Wu Lei, who plays for Espanyol FC, arrived at the tournament area's quarantine-proof red zone at the same time as almost all of the delegation's main players. Since taking over the team for a year and a half, national football boss Li Tie finally ushered in a complete starting lineup.
During the four days of training in Shanghai, the national football team gradually improved their physical fitness through "wake-up" training and small-scale offensive and defensive confrontations. Therefore, from the first practice in Gusu, Li Tie consciously injected more technical and tactical elements in the midfield. In order to avoid players due to non-combat attrition, the whole team recently followed the rhythm of one practice per day for outdoor preparation. However, in the practice on the 20th and 21st, the group confrontation of 11 to 11 people became a fixed practice subject. Wu Lei, as a player especially trusted by the coaching team, quickly determined the position suitable for himself.
Since the beginning of last year as a national football coach, Li Tie in the past 6 training (including 8 teaching games) to try a variety of formations, such as 442, 433, 4321, 4312. it can be seen that the "4 back" tactics have been used more often. From the recent two days of the team group against the practice situation, Li Tie in the second half of the 40 strong match will likely to play "4 back".
In the last two group confrontations, the steady Yan Junling continued to occupy the starting goalkeeper position, and the defenders on the suspected starting side were, from left to right, Stanley Wang, Yu Dabao, Jiang Guangtai, and Zhang Linpeng. These four were also in the same position as the team's starters in previous Chinese Super League matches. However, the pairing of Yu Dabao and Jiang Guangtai is relatively unknown. As the last 12 national football team to break the "big game in South Korea is not good" embarrassing record of the goal hero, YuDaBao in recent years in the club gradually by the coach from the striker transformed into a center back, LiTie insisted on each training call him, perhaps it is valued for its experience in international competitions, a strong psychological quality, and the ability to cope with the situation.
Although Zhang Linpeng can be in the side, but previously in the club and the national team is not regularly as a center back, more because of the team's center back candidate shortage. However, with the arrival of Li Ang, Jiang Guangtai, Zheng Zheng, Yu Dabao position moved back, Zhang Linpeng was able to be re-liberated to the side of the road, he can also play in the right side of the hand of the assist advantage.
The selection of midfielders and strikers is still relatively rich for the coaching staff of the national football team. In the midfield, Wu Xi is currently in hot form, no matter if the team adopts single back or double back tactics, Wu Xi can determine a starting position. During the two group confrontations, Wu Xi's partner in the back was naturalized player Li Ke. However, Li Ke, who has just regained his form at Guoan, will still have to face competition from captain Artemisia Artemisia Junmin and clubmate Ji Zhongguo.
The two attacking ends of the front line are "little motorcycle" Fernando and Wu Lei. Although the two have different technical characteristics, but both speed is superior, can ensure that the team's two wings fly together. On the front line partner is another pair of naturalized players combination of Aixon, Alan. And the combination of the two in the national football team in March during the Shanghai training has been the focus of the trial.
In the 21st group against practice, technical midfielder Zhang Xizhe as both sides of the formation outside the "free man" roaming in the midfield zone, from time to time for the "attacking side" organization, linkage.
