In Brief: 'Victory is not all it's cracked up to be' as national soccer team faces challenge
At the beginning of the new year, the national football team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in a warm-up match, to 1-2 against Hong Kong, China, after 38 years again tasted defeat. The team also because of the players impulsive, was shown three red cards, can be said to be "lost completely".
In the face of such a result, fans and netizens' emotions are once again high; some people have even raised the lesson of Beijing's loss to Hong Kong, China, to the height of the "black May 19th".
The national team lost 1-2 to Hong Kong, China in a warm-up match in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
However, the author believes that the loss of the national football team is "due to strength", currently in the second class in Asia, mistakes in the game is inevitable. Therefore, for the national football team's warm-up loss, we should not be too "serious", on the one hand, because of the limited strength, on the other hand, the national football team needs to learn to "pick the victory".
Thoughts behind the loss
We can accept the loss of the national soccer team in the warm-up match, but we cannot tolerate this kind of loss. This loss not only exposed the lack of strength of the national football team, but also exposed the fatal flaws in the team's psychological control and players' mental stability.
At the technical and tactical level, the national football team began to try to change the 442 double striker formation, but neglected the midfield control and defense, giving the opponent more opportunities. In the end, Hong Kong, China striker Pan Peixuan scored twice to turn the game around 2-1.
After the match, Hong Kong, China striker Pan Peixuan took to social media to troll the rough style of the national soccer team.
In addition to losing the game, the national soccer team's rough style and consecutive red cards undoubtedly exacerbated the embarrassment of losing the game. Midfielder Wang Shangyuan and defender Wu Shaochong were shown red cards for "Shaolin Soccer" style rough play, and assistant coach Pelovic expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee's decision, but after the red cards were shown, he had no choice.
The national football team needs to seriously summarize and reflect
After losing 0-2 to Oman in the previous round, the national soccer team once again triggered fans' attention on the first day of the 2024 New Year with a 1-2 defeat against Hong Kong, China. People can't help but recall that on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2023, the national soccer team lost to Vietnam away from home, sparking discontent and skepticism among fans across the country.
Compared with last year's loss to Vietnam, the national football team lost to Hong Kong this year. On the one hand, the national soccer team's loss to Vietnam was an official match, the most crucial qualifier for the Asian World Cup, a real core tournament; while the national soccer team's loss to Hong Kong, China was an internal warm-up match, mainly to find the feeling for the next 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar.
On the other hand, the state of the national football team is in the doldrums, in addition to the subjective strength of the soldiers, mentality control defects, the objective level is also very bad - Hong Kong, China, the Super League is in the league stage, Hong Kong, China, the players are completely in the state of the league; and the Chinese Super League ended as early as November, the majority of the international players rested for nearly a month, from the last The official league nearly 60 days, is not at all the state of the league.
The national soccer team needs to be "quiet".
From the absence of the main goalkeeper Yan Junling from the national football team against Oman and Hong Kong, China, Yankovic obviously know. After all, the warm-up matches are more important to examine the performance of the players, especially the rotational players. Warm-up matches also have a lot of room for error - losses and technical and tactical mistakes in warm-up matches are within acceptable limits in order to ensure that fewer mistakes are made in official matches.
