A calm analysis of the reasons for the defeat of the national football team, things are not that simple

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a day celebrated by the whole country, the national football team went to Vietnam to compete in the second half of the top 12 matches. The disastrous defeat in Vietnam made the majority of fans and friends very angry, and there was an overwhelming amount of curses. Netizens yelled: The national football team is so bad. Of course, the overall strength is indeed insufficient, but this battle was a disastrous defeat. Coach Li Xiaopeng must bear the main responsibility. Let us analyze it based on the details of the game.

In the National Football Team’s Spring Festival schedule, the first match against the Japanese team is also the first game for new coach Li Xiaopeng. Facing Japan in the first round, Li Tie and his team lost 0:1, but the game was not completely one-sided. In the second half, the national football team started to gain momentum after replacing the planning players, forcing the Japanese team to lie down and stall for time. Although they lost, people seemed to see hope of competing against a strong team. Looking back at Japan’s goals.

The next round was an away game against Japan, and it was almost the same plot. Junya Ito moved forward at high speed to get rid of Wang Shenchao. Although Wang Shenchao immediately followed up to defend, he accidentally handed the ball in order to block the cross. The identical plot reflected the lack of preparation by head coach Li Xiaopeng and the failure to make key arrangements based on Junya Ito's characteristics, causing the national football team to fall twice in one place. However, compared with Li Tie's period, another shortcoming was exposed.

That’s because the defensive positioning is chaotic. The height and body of the Japanese team’s players are completely inferior to our three tall central defenders, but the ball is unmarked and they barely need to take off to easily top the ball. It shows that not only the tactics are arranged for key players, but the defensive position is also very confusing. The three central defenders cannot watch one person. This is a low-level mistake that did not occur during Li Tie's period. Moreover, after changing the plan, he was still unable to fight back, posing almost no threat to the Japanese team's gate. At this time, it can be said that Li Xiaopeng may not have a good run-in in the first game, which is forgivable. It was against Vietnam that the head coach's incompetence was completely exposed.

Facing Vietnam in the first round, Li Tie led the team to a 2:0 lead. However, after taking the lead, the Chinese team's defense was lax and Vietnam pulled back two goals in a short period of time. At the last moment, Wu Lei's absolute victory Kill 3:2 to win. At that time, everyone criticized Li Tie's "narrow victory" and believed that such a performance was really unsatisfactory. However, Li Tie at least held the bottom line, but Li Xiaopeng made the Chinese team lose even their bottoms. In just nine minutes, Vietnam scored with a header and led 1:0.

At this time, you can see that Vietnam has seven players attacking in our penalty area, while we have eight players defending. The two central defenders were attracted to the forward point, and the position in the middle of the goal was unguarded. The defensive midfielder and central defender overlapped, and only Wang Shenchao was left open in the middle of the goal. However, Wang Shenchao, who came in a hurry, lost his defensive position and could only watch the ball go into the goal. It has to be said that the center of the No. 1 goal was empty, and Li Xiaopeng's defensive arrangement was very poor.

The second goal was the same as when Japan's Wang Shenchao defended Junya Ito's handball in the second round. A simple pass on the right could make the Chinese team, which was not tight in marking, lose its position. When the ball was passed, we saw that the defensive players were stuck in their positions. However, the next second they were all attracted by the passer. The Vietnamese player who followed up in the middle was ignored again and easily passed the ball. Enter the empty door. Keep falling down in the same place, which shows Li Xiaopeng's low coaching level. The defense is terrible and the offense is equally disorganized.

The offense is basically a big kick forward, with offensive players lined up in a row, trying to create chaos in the opponent's penalty area and score goals. This offensive method is tantamount to scratching a lottery ticket. All offensive players have their backs or semi-backs to the goal, and the opponent also has five defenders to defend. It's hard to get anything going with this poor offense. Facing teams such as Vietnam and Japan that lack height, it is a reasonable tactic to play high and high, but the team lacks a true fulcrum center. Luo Guofu and Zhang Yuning can barely fill this role. But this tactic requires that the ball must be given to the following central midfielder immediately after the fight. Obviously, the running without the ball is not done well. The midfielder who immediately follows up is always the midfielder from the opposite side. Our midfielder cannot follow up in time. . To make matters worse, Luo Guofu, the thigh he once relied on, was in poor condition. After losing the ball continuously, his mentality exploded, so he was replaced by Wei Shihao, a breakthrough player. In the final stage, Wei Shihao assisted Xu Xin to get a goal back.

The national football team's ground passing speed is slow, and the passing and receiving runs are not in place. Often no one catches the ball, so they have to pass it back to the backcourt. Facing Japan's high-pressure press, returning the ball to the backcourt is tantamount to handing the knife to the opponent.

People often think that this is a sign of low player quality, but in actual games, who organizes, who advances and who receives the ball are all arranged by the head coach. The players are like actors and the head coach is like a director. The actors' acting skills are not good, but what this director directed is even more terrible.

Moreover, Li Xiaopeng looked confident on the sidelines and remained unmoved. However, the team suffered a disastrous defeat. How could he have any confidence? On the other hand, Li Tie shouted on the court from beginning to end and continued to give instructions on the spot. Although Li Tie often makes arrogant remarks at press conferences, which is disgusting. But what we ultimately want is not a press conference to sincerely apologize and admit our mistakes, but a real win and the final dignity of representing the country! It has to be said that the coaching change was a failure. Li Xiaopeng was dismissed by Shandong Taishan for a reason. His ability was indeed insufficient. The national football team needs a large number of football talents to add in, and of course it also needs good head coaches to formulate the most suitable style of play and tactics for us. Blindly changing coaches and apologizing may be able to temporarily calm public opinion. Behind the scenes, the eagerness for quick success and instant gain from the top management is the most important problem that needs to be solved.