In just the second round of the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese team faced a life-and-death battle. Their opponent was Lebanon, which lost 0-3 to the host Qatar in the first round. Due to the sluggish first game, they only tied with Tajikistan 0-0. Therefore, if the national football team wants to advance from the group, they must defeat Lebanon. The match time of the National Football Team is at 19:30 on the evening of January 17th, which is the prime time period in the evening. CCTV5 will broadcast it live.
In the match against Tajikistan, the national football team played the worst first half in the history of the Asian Cup. At the beginning of the first half, the national football team took 0 shots and the opponent took 8 shots. If Tajikistan did not lack a shooter, the national football team would have lost the ball long ago. Although the situation of the national football team has improved after substitutions in the second half, it is undeniable that the national football team can score 1 point in a 0-0 draw, and they can whisper a little luck.
The coaching ability of national football coach Jankovic has also been greatly questioned. Jankovic insists on using a system of switching between 3 central defenders and 4 defenders, but Liu Binbin, who is used as a right-back, is obviously unable to assume the defensive responsibility of the wing-back position. . At the same time, Dai Weijun, who was originally more suitable for the center, was moved to the left. The combination of midfielders Wang Shangyuan and Wang Qiuming also proved to be useless. There are huge doubts as to whether the combination of Wu Lei and Tan Long is the best strike partner for the national football team.
Although Lebanon lost to Qatar 0-3 in the last game, judging from their performance, they performed better than the national football team. The Lebanese team has better speed and physical conditions than Tajikistan. In the match against Qatar, Lebanon had less than 40% of the ball possession rate, made 9 shots, and had 5 shots on target. Although the head coach of the Lebanese team, Radulovic, tried his best to give the Chinese team a high hat at the pre-match press conference, the fighting capacity of this team cannot be ignored.
In the past, the national football team also had the experience of being eliminated in the Asian Cup group stage, but Tajikistan and Lebanon are not really strong teams in Asia. If they are overwhelmed by these two opponents and cannot qualify, then I really don’t know how to evaluate the current China. Football now. What is certain is that if Jankovic insists on the tactical arrangement of the first game and the international players continue their performance level in the first game, the Chinese team may really lose to Lebanon.
