SportsTalk March 27th: In the fourth round of the Asian top 36 of the World Cup preliminaries, the Chinese national football team defeated Singapore 4-1 at home. “Sports Weekly” reporter Ma Dexing wrote an article that coach Ivankovic has won a good opportunity to re-understand Chinese football.
In the last away game against Singapore, the national football team only drew 2-2. I have to say that this draw has a lot to do with head coach Ivankovic not being familiar with Chinese football and not understanding the characteristics of Chinese players. The 442 formation and diamond midfield position made the international players very uncomfortable, especially in the second half. After a goal was recovered by the opponent at the beginning, the opportunities and threats created by the national football team were not even as good as those of the Singapore team. If not for luck in the final stage, the national football team might even fail in Singapore.
After returning to Tianjin’s home court this time, coach Ivankovic still insisted on using the 442 formation and diamond midfield position. Minor adjustments were made in terms of personnel, that is, in addition to Wang Dalei replacing Yan Junling, Gao Tianyi replaced Wang Shangyuan and Gao Zhunyi replaced Zhang Linpeng. After the game started, the Singaporean players, who were already familiar with the Chinese team, actually played very relaxedly and very smartly, dealing with the Chinese team. In contrast, the Chinese team played poorly, perhaps due to greater pressure at home.
Frankly speaking, although the Chinese team scored first, the overall performance was still unsatisfactory. From a matchup point of view, after Gao Tianyi replaced Wang Shangyuan, his intensity and hardness in the confrontation may be slightly better, but it did not play a substantial role in controlling the midfield of the entire team. Although three starters were replaced, it is difficult to say that it had a good effect.
The UAE referee Omar Ali, who officiated this game, was also considered “awesome” and awarded a point to the national football team in the 64th minute. ball. Since there is no VAR in all games during the top 36 of the World Preliminaries, there is no chance to change the decision after the referee calls a penalty kick. And this penalty kick can also be said to be one of the few penalties that can be regarded as “profitable” for the Chinese team in recent times. Fernando made a free kick and won.His first goal for the national team.
After the Chinese team took the lead, it fell into a state of “not knowing how to play” for a period of time. On the contrary, the Singaporean team may have objections to the referee’s penalty kick, so it was holding back its energy to fight back, which once overwhelmed the Chinese team. Just 8 minutes later, the Chinese team made a substitution and replaced Fernando with Wang Shangyuan. However, less than 7 minutes after Wang Shangyuan came on the field, Li Yuanyi was sent off for a foul by the referee during the pursuit defense. The Chinese team had to fight with 10 men. Judging from the overall trend of the game, this red card was actually the real turning point of the game.
After the Chinese team was forced to fight with 10 people, the players’ thinking on the court became unified, which was to shrink defense and wait for opportunities. Fight back. And this may be the most familiar style of play for this current national team and this group of players, and it can also be said to be the “legacy” left by the predecessor Jankovic. In the end, the national football team defeated Singapore 4-1.
For the Chinese team, winning and 3 points is undoubtedly the best medicine, especially for the current Chinese team. Only by winning can the hope of advancing to the top 18 be maintained. More importantly, the victory in this game also bought head coach Ivankovic time to transform the Chinese team. From the perspective of the Chinese team qualifying, after scoring 3 points, it accumulates 7 points and ranks second in the group. Under normal circumstances, when four teams are in a group and the top two in the group qualify, they only need to score 10 points. The top two teams in the group are basically locked in to advance. Therefore, for the current Chinese team, they are only 3 points away from hitting the line. Therefore, the next home game against Thailand is to go all out to win without any room for negotiation.
From the perspective of head coach Ivankovic, because of the victory in this game, he won at least 2 months With the time, we can re-understand and become familiar with Chinese football, and on this basis, we can revise the technical and tactical ideological guidance of the two China-Singapore games. Although Ivan once led Taishan to win the Chinese Super League championship, after all, that was more than 10 years ago. Judging from the two games between China and Singapore, Ivan urgently needs to re-understand Chinese football, be familiar with Chinese football, and be familiar with the characteristics of Chinese players. In the next two months, Ivan and his assistants can comprehensively inspect and understand Chinese players through the league and make their own choices.
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