Three days is not a long time, but for Li Tie and his Chinese men’s national team, it is invaluable, especially after the two-game losing streak against Australia and Japan.
According to the plan, the national football team will go to the Sharjah Club for training on the evening of the 12th local time in the UAE. This is also the first training session arranged by the team after the “transfer” from Doha, Qatar. The National Football Team has had the easiest time since it was concentrated in Shanghai on August 18, and the effect of the adjustments was quite significant. In the words of one player, “People are full of blood and resurrected, and the top 12 games are all over again!”
From body to heart, the national football team is completely relaxed
How to get the players out of the shadow of consecutive losses in the shortest time has become the most urgent problem that needs to be solved before Li Tie and the senior leaders of the Football Association with the army supervising team.
The answer is complete relaxation of the body and mind.
Unlike in Doha, where activities can only be performed on specific floors of the hotel, because the national football delegation has contracted the entire Sharjah Convention and Exhibition Hotel, including the original public facilities such as swimming pools and SPA, which have become the “exclusive territory” of national football players and become team members. A great place to relax. Although in accordance with the requirements of bubble epidemic prevention management, the team members can still only stay inside the hotel, but compared with the previous two-point and one-line “from room to restaurant, and then from restaurant to room”, the range of activities and the degree of freedom are undoubtedly much larger.
As the head coach, Li Tie also attaches great importance to the emotional management of the players. In the previous period, the coaching staff did not mention the two games that have ended with the players too much, because they hope that the players can look forward and put the sand Ka as a new starting point. During the training camp in Shanghai, Li Tie deliberately adjusted the training plan and “released” the team members out to meet with his family and friends. After the team arrived in Sharjah, Li Tie did not “close” the players in the hotel, but with the help of the relevant working group of the Football Association, he won the opportunity for the whole team to go out collectively, although most of the time was “wandering around.” , But for players who have been isolated from the outside world since the start of this year’s Super League, even if it is just a short “release”, it is precious.
After the two-game losing streak, the national football coaching staff also underwent tremendous pressure. In the words of the team insiders, after losing, “I feel that everyone’s voice is quieter.” In order to change this “low pressure” state, the staff team led by the Football Association and the coaching staff went to the court to “PK”, and at the same time told the players in this way that the game is still going on and belongs to China. The team’s top 12 matches have just begun.
The goal remains the same, and the team will be the third
Two games with zero points and zero goals, ranking the bottom of the group, this is the cruel reality that the national football team has to face at present, even in the eyes of some online fans, even though the top 12 match has just played one-fifth, the Chinese team “You can start preparing for the 2026 World Cup.”
To ridicule and even ridicule, from Li Tie to the national football team players can only “take everything as it is”. After all, the results are there, there is nothing to say, but this does not mean that they have given up their desire and hard work to qualify, just like As Wu Lei said when talking about consecutive losses, “The first two games were not decisive.”
In fact, facing the top Asian teams in Australia and Japan, it is not surprising that the Chinese team, which is the fourth-tier team in the group, lost. Even in the previous communication with the media, an official of the Chinese Football Association admitted that the top 12 national football teams The probability of losing two games in a row at the beginning of the game is “quite high”, and this means that the Football Association should have been mentally prepared for not getting points in the first two games, and Li Tie also used Qatar more than 20 years ago. The experience of the team participating in the top 10 matches tells everyone that they will fight to the last minute. “When the Qatar team participated in the top 10 in 1997, they lost three games in the first four games (a tie with the Chinese team). Everyone felt that they were definitely out of play, but they won three games in a row. If you come down, you can directly qualify as the group first. From this point of view, the top 12 is a long process, and it is impossible to give up after losing one or two games.”
There is no doubt about continuing to fight, and the goal of qualifying for the top 12 team has not changed, but for Li Tie, the next combat policy and strategy must be adjusted. After losing to the Australian team in the first game, Li Tie admitted that there were some deviations in his opponent’s judgment, especially after conceding consecutive goals in the first half, both offensive and defensive problems appeared. In the match against the Japanese team, after the national football team used all four naturalized players in the second half, the team’s offense has improved a lot, and once suppressed the opponent in the half. Players have always emphasized the main reason for “not losing confidence” when communicating. “The gap in overall strength is one aspect. In the past nearly two years, except for the top 40, the team has not played a high-level game. Now it is facing opponents like Japan and Australia. It must be an adaptation. Time and process.”
Although a bit expensive, the “tuition” paid in the first two games of the National Football Team is not without return. At least the team’s confidence in continuing to play well in the top 12 matches has not changed. For the Chinese team, although it is at the bottom of the rankings and it is quite difficult to qualify directly, but they have already played against the two strongest teams in the same group. If you want to get the third place in the group with the A If the third place in the group competes for the qualification of the last group, whether they can play well in the next games with Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Oman will become a decisive factor. “Go all out and do not allow any loss” will naturally become the whole The team has a consensus on preparing for the next stage of the game.
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