Xinhua News Agency reporters Xiao Shiyao and Su Xiaopo
From leading to being tied by the Oman team, the Chinese men’s football team lost a good game in Sharjah. This weak 1:1 tie made the Chinese team hopeless to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
The Chinese team currently ranks fifth in the group with 4 points, and qualifying may be minimal. After the game, when the Chinese team’s players walked to the audience, some fans shouted “Don’t give up”. The scene was both moving and sad.
This is a game that is expected to win. Through four games of trials, the Chinese coach Li Tie finally found the most suitable starting lineup. The naturalized forwards Alan and Luo Guofu revitalized the frontcourt attack, and Xu Xin’s appearance enhanced the hardness of the midfield defense. For most of the game, the Chinese team suppressed their opponents.
The players are not hard at work. The reporter has been with the team for three months, and he can clearly feel that the physical and mental state of the players has been improving recently. When they are on the field, the three services are fighting for their lives. Every ball must be contended. Luo Guofu was repeatedly violated and stood up, Zhang Yuning’s lips turned pale, and Yan Junling flew to the ground after making a rescue. These scenes were confusing.
It is a pity that the unsatisfactory result is composed of individual details. If the forward has a better ability to seize opportunities, we may have killed the game long ago; if Li Tie’s substitutions are more cautious, perhaps we can maintain the victory; if the corner kick defensive attention is a little more focused… but there is no football field. if.
Objectively speaking, the Chinese team has lost its valuable home court advantage, and it is indeed not easy for the players to train abroad for a long time. But competitive sports focuses on results, especially national team games. The difficulties you experience often help you gain praise after success, but it is difficult to help you understand when you fail. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear the weight of the truth, the coaches and players of the Chinese team will not fail to understand.
What Li Tie and his players have to face now is not only to face the strong enemy Australia in four days, but also the psychological pressure that there is nowhere to resolve the vortex of public opinion. The only thing the Chinese team can do is to unite and look forward, for those lovely fans who have not given up, but also for themselves, to seek a chance.
And the reality that is far more cruel than a game itself is that, as Li Tie said: “We are close to the Oman team. 1:1 is a normal result.” No matter whether you accept it or not, the current national football team does not have a 20 The ability to easily defeat the Oman team like a year ago. From the perspective of the entire top 12 games, we have been far behind the top Asian teams. The existing rankings are, in a sense, a true reflection of the level of Chinese football in recent years. Whether it is a famous coach in the world or a naturalized player, there will be no essential difference.
Now the average age of this national football team is close to 30 years old, and where are our young players? The Chinese Men’s National Youth Team failed to qualify for the second Asian Youth Championship in 2016 and 2018, and even failed to enter the 2020 Asian Youth Championship.
Therefore, if you want to pay off the historical debts, Chinese football must be prepared to sit on the bench and insist on “starting from the baby” and “for a long time” to solidly promote the reform and development of football. (over)Return to Sohu to see more
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