On July 1st, Beijing time, the top 12 of the World Preliminaries were officially released. The Chinese team will challenge the two strongest opponents in the group away from Australia and Japan on two international match days in September. For the current national team, the biggest The problem is how to complete the tactical transformation in less than two months, strengthen the defensive ability, and improve the grasp of quick counterattacks on the basis of a solid defense. Such a tactical transformation will also directly question the coaching ability of coach Li Tie.
From breaking intensive defense to “putting the bus”
In the second stage of the previous top 40 group stage, the Chinese team won 4 games and finally qualified. However, it must be pointed out that the opponents in the top 40 are weak. Except for Syria, other opponents are almost unable to face the national football team. From a tactical point of view, the biggest problem that the national football needs to solve is how to crack the opponent’s intensive defense and seize the opportunity to score. On the defensive end, the national football has hardly undergone any decent test.
But after entering the top 12 stage, the whole situation is likely to turn over. There are 5 opponents in the group, each of them is good, and there is no real belly. The tactical focus of the national football team is likely to change from breaking dense defense to how to “put the bus.” “. Especially in the two group matches in September, the national football team will challenge Australia on September 2 and return home to face Japan on September 7. The overall strength of the two teams is higher than that of the Chinese team. They are also frequent visitors of the World Cup. They have rich experience in the game. Against such two opponents, defensive counterattack is probably the best choice for the national football team. It is based on the defense to ensure that it is not easy to lose the ball. If you can “steal” 2 points in these two games, it should be considered not small. Tactical victory.
How to complete the “tactical flip” in a short period of time, from heavy pressure, breaking the dense defense, switching to a stable defense, and looking for counterattack opportunities, will test the coaching wisdom of coach Li Tie. Li Tie is enough to take over the country. He has been preparing for the top 40 group stage. The tactical system and position requirements are also set around such a goal. With the change of opponents, the original tactical system may no longer be suitable for the national team to compete in the top 12.
The return to the double midfielder has become inevitable
The first thing to bear the brunt is the personnel setting on the back waist position. After Li Tie took over the national football team, he has been focusing on building the 442 (4312) formation, which is also the most used starting lineup of the national team in the top 40 group stage. Compared with the previous 433 formation used by the National Football Team, the biggest goal of the 442 is that Li Tie uses a single midfielder. Even if Wu Xi and Zhang Xizhe are allowed to act as a double midfielder, Zhang Xizhe is basically too weak. The main task of organizing offense is to give Wu Xi the task of clearing the periphery and intercepting.
Such a set of tactics is already incapable of facing a slightly stronger team. In the game against the Philippines, the national football team was unable to start the first half. Not only was it unable to score, but also almost succeeded by the Philippines’ counterattack. Fortunately, Li Tie took the initiative to change in the second half and pulled Jin Jingdao back to the position of the midfielder to play with Wu Xi. Double defensive midfielder, strengthen the ability of interception protection in the midfield, to ensure that the national football team won the game without any risk.
However, the battle between China and the Philippines did not completely dispel Li Tie’s obsession with the single midfielder. In the subsequent game against Syria, although the national football team changed to 433, the 433 formation was still a single midfielder. Wu Xi played the role alone. In the back midfielder, Zhang Xizhe and Jin Jingdao are in front of Wu Xi, playing two central midfielders, one on the left and the other on the right. Although the Chinese team eventually defeated Syria, frankly speaking, such a midfield configuration still cannot be reassuring.
Promoting to the top 12 stage, defense has become the top priority of the national football team, returning to the double midfielder configuration, I am afraid it will be the only choice for the national football team. How to deploy midfielders to test Li Tie.
In the Lippi era, the National Football Team’s three midfielders basically adopted a configuration of one midfielder and two controlling midfielders. The midfielder was fully responsible for the defense, and the two controlling midfielders Wu Xi and Hao Junmin were centered. However, from the perspective of Li Tie’s use of troops in this top 40 game, several pure defensive midfielders, such as Li Ke and Chi Zhongguo, have few chances to play and are hardly reused. In the next 12 finals, whether to re-enable the defensive midfielder or choose a controlled midfielder to play the role of the midfielder, from the tactical design point of view, these require the coaching staff to give answers as soon as possible, and also need to be tested by warm-up matches. The effect of adjustment.
The rear defense is still obvious
In addition to the midfield combination, the position of the central defender is also unreasonable. Although the top 40 matches have undergone limited trials, in the Sino-Syrian battle, the central defender combination of Jiang Guangtai and Zhang Linpeng still made low-level errors and led to the loss of the ball. Such defensive performance, if transplanted to the top 12 stage, is simply unimaginable.
If the top 40 matches are more about testing the national football’s ability to attack fortitudes, then on the stage of the top 12 matches, it should be said that the defensive performance will directly determine how far this team can go. On the defensive line, does the national football team still have room for further improvement? Is it possible for the central defender combination to further tap the potential of the existing personnel? I am afraid that Li Tie must pay close attention to these issues, complete adjustments as soon as possible, and start tactical running-in early.
Of course, any tactical transformation of the national football team must be based on the availability of people. In fact, for Li Tie, the real difficulty is that the league cannot provide the national football team with the necessary fresh blood. At present, the average age of this national team is over 30 years old, and it is the “oldest” national team in Asia. Compared with Japan, South Korea, Isha and many other strong Asian teams, it has already evolved to the post-95 generation to “take the lead”. The Chinese team The current squad of 89-91 players, Liu Binbin and Wu Xinghan in 1993 have just ushered in their debut in the top 40 of the national football team, which is really embarrassing.
Warm-up match setting becomes the key
In this case, it becomes crucial to finalize a few valuable warm-up matches for the national football team as soon as possible. It is undoubtedly the most effective means to adjust the lineup through high-quality warm-up matches and examine the effects of tactics. Li Tie was interviewed after the draw for the top 12 matches and also screamed that the national football team needs to arrange several high-level international matches to warm up.
From the perspective of the grouping situation, the national football team is best able to arrange 2-3 warm-up matches before the top 12 matches. The opponents are from East Asia, West Asia and Southeast Asia respectively, in order to target the technical and tactical styles of different opponents in the group. At present, the Chinese Football Association is also actively raising efforts to finalize the warm-up plan as soon as possible. It does not rule out the possibility that the national football team will charter flights abroad to warm up again after the start of the official training camp in August.
Although severely affected by the epidemic, it should be said that several national teams still have the potential to warm up with the Chinese team. For example, the neighboring South Korea team is a good warm-up opponent for the national football team. The Chinese and South Korean women’s football team had two games in the Olympic Games before. For away games, epidemic prevention and control are also ideal.
The first choice for West Asia’s warm-up opponents is undoubtedly the UAE. The national football team went to Sharjah for more than a month before the match. The two sides cooperated tacitly. The UAE also needs to find East Asian teams and simulate the tactical play of the South Korean team. The possibility of this warm-up match is very great. .
For Southeast Asian opponents, the Thai team is undoubtedly the first choice. Thailand is relatively close to China and the two football associations are closely related. If China cannot enter the country due to the epidemic prevention and control, Thailand may even become a potential home for the national football team. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)Return to Sohu to see more
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