world preliminaries in Asia, the national football team ushered in the final match of the group stage. It was also a life and death battle. The opponent was the powerful South Korean team. After a 1-1 draw with Thailand at home in the last round, the national football team forced itself into an embarrassing situation. They must not lose to South Korea in the final round to ensure qualifying. Once they lose, and the Thai team beats Singapore, the national football team's path to the World Cup will come to an abrupt end.
Different from what the media speculated before the game, Ivankovic arranged a 442 formation. Baihe Lamu, who scored a goal in the last game, started the game and formed an attacking combination with Fernando, one high and one fast. Behind Xie Weneng, Wang Shangyuan, Jiang Shenglong, and Xu Haoyang, we need players with strong defensive ability and fast speed; Liu Yang, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, and Yang Zexiang form the defense line, with Wang Dalei in goal. Stars such as Son Heung-min and Lee Gang-in all appeared on the Korean team's side, which shows that the Korean team also wants to win with all its strength.
After the opening, the South Korean team had an absolute advantage in ball possession. The national football team defended step by step, and then waited for opportunities to counterattack. In the 5th minute, the Korean team's three frontcourt players cooperated in the attack. Huang Heecan broke into the penalty area to get the ball, but the ball was too hard and crossed the bottom line; in the 12th minute, Son Heung-min cut all the way from the left side and then handed it to his teammates who were following up on the right side. But it was later destroyed by the national football players; in the 18th minute, Li Gangren took a corner kick from the left, and Liu Yang blocked the opponent's shot in front of the goal;
In the 20th minute, Sun Xingmin once again cut in from the left and reached the top of the penalty area. Wang Dalei took a low shot and Wang Dalei confiscated the ball; after Sun Xingmin shot, Li Gangren, who was open on the right, seemed to be making a silent protest; in the 22nd minute, the South Korean team got an excellent set kick in the frontcourt, and Sun Xingmin took the penalty but was blocked by the national football player Out of the baseline; in the 25th minute, Sun Xingmin once again took a set kick shot, and the ball was blocked again;
overcame South Korea's offensive for nearly half an hour, and the national football team was also able to make sporadic counterattacks. In the 27th minute, Fernando received the ball with his back in midfield, and Zheng Yourong knocked him down from behind; in the 30th minute, Sun Heung-min cut in from the left, and this time he chose to pass it to Li Gangren, whose low shot was confiscated by Wang Dalei; in the 32nd minute In the 36th minute, Zheng Yourong brought down Fernando, and the referee showed him a yellow card; in the 36th minute, the national football team got a set kick on the right side of the front court, and Jiang Shenglong headed the ball in front of the goal, but unfortunately he failed to hit it! The line of this ball is very good, as long as it is upright, it will go in;
could not attack for a long time, and the Korean players became anxious and fouled frequently after that; in the 42nd minute, Fernando's cross from the left was blocked, and Liu Yang met the ball with a low shot in the penalty area. He was blocked by the defender again; in the 44th minute, facing the boos from the Chinese fans, Sun Xingmin responded with a 3-0 gesture; after halftime, the two teams fought 0-0; overall, the national football team's halftime score The tactics were successful. Although the South Korean team had nearly 80% of the ball, they had 0 excellent chances. On the contrary, the national football team had two threatening shots that almost turned into goals.
The South Korean team will definitely strengthen its offense in the second half. If the national football team can use counterattacks or set-pieces to score one, they will have great hope of qualifying! However, we must also beware of insufficient defensive efforts caused by declining physical fitness. Once the Korean team scores an early goal, the national football team will be in a precarious situation.
After changing sides and fighting again, the thing we were most worried about happened. The Korean team obviously strengthened its attack and scored a goal; in the 49th minute, the Korean team played sharp cooperation in the frontcourt, and Hwang In-beom broke into the penalty area and his low shot was blocked; after that, the Korean team continued to besiege. In the 61st minute, Son Heung-min swept in front of the goal from the left. The ball was blocked, but the clearance was not far away. Li Gangren followed up and scored, 1-0;
After losing the ball, the national football team faced the problem of offense and defense. If you only concede one goal, you can still gain a goal difference advantage. If the score goes out, although it is possible to equalize, it is more likely that South Korea will continue to score. In the 74th minute, Son Heung-min was still able to break out in the face of two people on the left, and then his cross from the baseline was blocked. This series of actions clearly demonstrated the gap in ability between the two teams; in the 77th minute, Huang Hee-chan was right He broke into the penalty area with the ball and was intercepted. Zhou Mingui's follow-up shot was saved by Wang Dalei;
After that, the national football team withstood South Korea's strong attack and defended the score of 0-1. Sun Xingmin had the highest 6 statistics in the game. He succeeded in 5 of 6 dribbles. He scored 8.1 points and was awarded the best player.After 6 rounds, the national football team has 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 8 points and a goal difference of 0. The Thai team is 3 points behind, with a goal difference of -2. Their match with Singapore is ongoing, and the current score is still 0-0. If the Thai team wants to qualify, it must beat Singapore by 3 goals. Based on the strength comparison between the two teams and the fact that the Thai team is playing at home, the qualifying situation of the national football team is already very uncertain.
