The 3-1 victory over Syria, the national football team’s record of four victories to enter the top 12 matches, the whole country was jubilant. Being able to cope with major changes and not being panicked, the overall performance of the Tiejiajun on this trip to West Asia is gratifying, but if you analyze the four games in detail, it is not difficult to find that the current national team still exists in defense. With obvious shortcomings, Li Tie has been in charge of the national football coach for more than a year and has been trying new combinations of personnel in order to make up for and solve them, but so far, the effect has not been obvious. Although only one goal was conceded in four games, it was precisely this one in the Sino-Syrian battle, which magnified the shortcomings of the national football’s defense line and made people worry about the prospect of the national football team in the top 12 matches.
Syria measures the competitiveness of national football
Although only one goal was conceded in the four group matches, only Syria has a certain amount of offensive ability among the four opponents. It is difficult for the other three teams to pose a substantive threat to the national football team on the offensive end.
Compared with the games against Guam, the Philippines, and Maldives, the Sino-Syrian battle is more like a yardstick, which can measure the current real competitiveness of the national football team in Asian football relatively accurately. Syria has reached the top 12 finals in two consecutive World Preliminaries. The last World Preliminaries entered the play-offs as the third in the group, but finally lost to Australia and did not get tickets for the final battle with Honduras. . The Chinese team wants to break through in the top 12 matches, and Syria is an opponent that must be surpassed.
Judging from the performance of the Sino-Syrian battle, although the Chinese team defeated their opponents 3-1, Syria also used the Chinese team’s double central defenders’ consecutive errors to score a goal. After equalizing the score, it even occupied the advantage on the field for a time, suppressing the Chinese team’s inability to play the ball. If it were not for Wu Lei to use his personal ability to create a penalty again, it would be difficult to predict the final trend of the game.
It is worth mentioning that this Syrian team only played in the incomplete team. High center forward Soma and Asian footballer Khribin were absent from the group match in Sharjah. Only Marvas and backup center Dali, the Chinese team’s defense can still be disturbed. In the end, Osman still took advantage of the consecutive mistakes of the Chinese team’s defense line to seize the opportunity to score a goal. If this kind of loss appears in the top 12 matches, the national football team wants to go ahead again, and the difficulty can be imagined.
The rear defense problem has not been fully resolved
Li Tie has been in charge of the national team coach for one and a half years, and has been focusing on strengthening the combination of offensive and defensive personnel. With the addition of naturalized players and Wu Lei’s state of bursting, the national football’s offensive firepower has improved to a certain extent, 4 games Scored 17 goals, attack points are widely distributed, except for Wu Xi in the midfielder, almost everyone has achieved something. But on the back line, the problem has not been completely resolved. In the second half of the top 12 games, whether the combination of Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai can withstand the impact of the opponent is worthy of attention.
After Li Tie took over the team, the central defender combination of Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai became the main force of the national team. Jiang Guangtai, as the only defender among the naturalized players, was tall, strong and physically strong. When choosing Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai to partner, Li Tie may mainly consider that the two are club teammates and have a higher degree of understanding. Prior to the training camp in Suzhou, Li Tie also tried to let Li Ang and Jiang Guangtai partner with the central defender, Zhang Linpeng as the right back, but finally chose to give up.
However, judging from the actual situation, the combination of the two has not yet achieved the expected results. The two consecutive low-level errors in the Sino-Syrian battle resulted in losing the ball. In the Sino-Philippine battle, Jiang Guang’s inattentive pass also allowed the opposing forward to catch a counterattack opportunity, but the opponent’s strength was limited and did not translate into a score.
There are various signs that Jiang Guangtai, as a naturalized player, has a certain ability, but there are also situations in which the ball is not cleanly handled, and the ball is passed horizontally and returned randomly. This situation was also reflected in the two-round Super Finals between Evergrande and Jiangsu last year. Zhang Linpeng has excellent physical conditions and a strong sense of responsibility, but because of his long-term role as a right back, his position as a central defender is not dominant. And compared to Feng Xiaoting, the captain of the national football team in the last World Cup, their ability to play is relatively average.
A good defender is hard to find
In this trip to West Asia, in addition to Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai, there are Li Ang, Yu Dabao, Zheng Zheng and others who can serve as central defenders in the Tiejia Army. They also represent the highest level of local central defenders. In addition to the current central defenders, Lippi also tried Liu Yiming, Shi Ke, Yu Yang and other candidates during the 2019 UAE Asian Cup, but the effect was not completely satisfactory. Compared with Fan Zhiyi, Li Weifeng, Feng Xiaoting and others, the current national football back line has always been difficult to find a core and spiritual leader.
On the one hand, this is related to the talent gap in the local league. On the other hand, Chinese Super League clubs rarely introduce foreign central defenders. Even if the national team wants to naturalize high-level central defenders, the range of available talents is very limited. Jiang Guangtai is the only naturalized central defender because he has Chinese descent. Before he was naturalized, he had not played in the Chinese Super League.
The top 12 group draw was officially conducted on July 1. As a fourth-tier team, the Chinese team, in addition to ensuring that they will not meet with the UAE, it is possible to encounter any other opponents. Comparing with the proactive attack of the top 40, the top 12 national football team must tie up the fence first and look for opportunities to counterattack if they want to make a difference. How to improve the defensive tacit degree of the national football back line, first of all ensure that there are no low-level mistakes in the game, this is probably a problem that Li Tie must solve in the next stage. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)Return to Sohu to see more
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