Midnight is approaching and the Chinese men's soccer team is set for a friendly match against Vietnam, a showdown that is seen as a revenge for the country's soccer team after last year's defeat on the road.
Looking back at the two warm-ups last month, the national soccer team's performance was sluggish, drawing with Malaysia and failing to score a single goal against Syria. This series of performance has aroused the dissatisfaction of many fans, but also let the coach Jankovic determined to revolutionize the national football lineup. Therefore, in the match against Vietnam, Yankovic may start a new starting lineup.
In the goalkeeper position, Yan Junling's status has fluctuated in the past two years, and the opponent's shot is slightly over the line, and then the city can be broken. Therefore, Yan Junling was jokingly called by the fans as "shooting dead".
The psychological shadow lingers over Yan Junling's three consecutive misses in last year's preliminaries away to Vietnam. Facing another showdown with Vietnam, Jankovic is likely to discard Yan Junling in favor of Wang Dalei, who has performed well this season, as the starting goalkeeper.
On the back line, with the age, Li Lei's condition declined obviously. In this training session of the national soccer team, Jankovic invited Liu Yang of the Asian Games team, with the intention of fostering him as the starting left back. As for the right back, it is expected to be between He Yupeng and Ye Lijiang.
With two center backs, Zhang Linmiao and Zhu Chenjie, out due to injuries, naturalized player Jiang Guangtai and Shenhua rising star Jiang Shenglong will join forces with the national soccer team's starting center backs to form a brand new center back pair. The pair will need to show understanding and consistency in the game.
In the midfield, Li Ke and Wu Xi will continue to serve as the double back starting, Dai Weijun will sit in the front waist position. As the core of the team's midfield attack, Dai Weijun's play will directly affect the effectiveness of the national football team's attack.
In the forward position, Tan Long will replace Eckerson as the starting center forward, Wu Lei and Xie Pengfei as the left and right wingers respectively. Tan Long, who had an impressive performance in the Asian Games, will have an even more obvious advantage in height and headers against Vietnam's smaller team. He will not only be able to score on his own, but also create opportunities for Wu Lei and Xie Pengfei.
On the bench, attacking players like Wei Shihao and Fang Hao are on standby. Once the national football team's offense is blocked, Jankovic will send them on the field and use their speed and breakthrough ability to impact the Vietnamese backline.
The upcoming National Football Team vs Vietnam match will be broadcast live on CCTV5, the CCTV sports channel. Fans can watch this much-anticipated showdown from the comfort of their homes. The warriors of the national soccer team will have to go all out for a brilliant victory at home to wash away the shame of losing on the road in the last World Qualifier.
