In the 1/4 final of the Asian Cup ended yesterday morning, the national football defender made three mistakes in “giving gifts”, resulting in the team losing 0 to 3 against Iran and stopping 8. This kind of cutout method is just a concentrated reflection of the aging problem and the power gap of the national football team. Looking back at this Asian Cup, the gap between Chinese football and Asian football has widened further. Just like every competition, there are still many problems to be solved in Chinese football this time.
Replay
Less offensive talents, less defensive internal friction
Wu Lei still played with thick bandage on his left shoulder. Facing the tough “Persian iron ride”, lippi would rather risk the aggravation of Wu Lei’s injury than see the team fall into the dilemma of poor attack again. In this campaign, Wu Lei was still the most threatening attack point of the Chinese team, and the only shot in the first half was his sling.
Looking back at this Asian Cup, the National Football attack has not been very smooth. In the first battle of Kyrgyzstan, only Thunder did not rain. Instead, it was taken the lead by the opponent in taking advantage of the opportunity of the outside world. The final victory was based on the opponent’s goalkeeper’s mistakes and Yu Dabao’s magic pen. The Philippines can win 3 goals in the second battle, relying on Wu Lei’s two-legged world wave. In fact, neither attack was an absolute chance to break the door, but Wu Lei solved the problem by his personal ability.
In the match with the South Korean team for the first place of the team, the problem of the national football team’s “weakness” was highlighted. Wu Lei was hidden by Lippi due to injury at that time, and the team’s attack fell to a standstill. The whole game was suppressed by South Korean attackers led by Sun Xingzhen and Huang Yifu. Without Wu Lei, the Chinese team hardly attacked. No wonder Lippi lamented that China needs to cultivate more offensive players like Wu Lei, “but at present we don’t have too many talents in this field.”
Compared with the attacking end, the defensive end of the Chinese team has generated too much internal friction in the constant change. In the previous four games, Lippi switched back and forth between three defenders and four defenders, which kept the players in the process of adapting to the new position. Therefore, in the match against South Korea, Thailand and Iran, the national football defense was in chaos, and there were five lost goals caused by the guard’s mistakes.
If a stable formation and personnel matching can be maintained before, such mistakes may be avoided. It overestimates the technical and tactical qualities of Chinese players and stubbornly sticks to the “awkward” style of play. Lippi is to blame for this.
Comparison
The aging of the national football team is so young
when playing against Iran, Zheng Zhi, the 38-year-old captain, still started. In the 10th minute of the game, his rescue in front of the door prevented the national football team from losing the ball too early.
It is an infinite honor for Zheng Zhi to continue to fight for the country at the “old age” that is not confused in recent years, but it also reflects the embarrassment of Chinese football. The youth training is not good, and there is no successor, which is reflected in this old national football. Among the 23 players participating in the national football team, there are 15 players reaching the age of 30, and there are only 8 “post-90s”, with an average age of 29.3.
In Lippi’s view, the national team should not undertake the task of training newcomers, so the U23 players he brought to UAE this time were only Wei Shihao, Liu Yiming and Liu Yang. But they were either injured or their strength was not satisfactory. If Li Xuepeng was not temporarily injured, Liu Yang might have to sit on the bench.
Since 2017, the U23 policy has been implemented in domestic league matches. Under its influence, outstanding generals such as Huang Zichang, Guo quanbo and Tan Pin Pin have performed well in the league, but in the limited experience of national character, the competition ability shown by these young people is not up to the requirements of the national team, and it is also helpless for Lippi to choose only 3 people in the end.
Looking back at all opponents, young people are already in charge. Whether it is the Iran team led by 24-year-old striker Azmon, Iraq with the talent of Ali after 00, or the Qatar youth army with armeau Izz Ali as the core, it has completed the transition between old and new. Even the Vietnamese team, which was previously regarded as “fish brisket”, was no exception. They, who were 5 years younger than the national football team, scored top 8 in this Asian Cup, in the 1/4 final, Japan lost only one goal.
It is said that the youth train talents takes 10 years as a cycle. After consuming the residual heat of these veterans, who should Chinese football count on in the next 10 years? “To develop football, we must spend time on youth training.” Lippi left the final advice to Chinese football on the occasion of parting.
Thinking
There is no shortage of foreign teachers but lack of patience
The National Football Asian Cup is out, and Lippi will say goodbye completely. During his tenure, Lippi made many attempts in the construction of the national team. However, there was a serious shortage of talents, and finally lipi was “put into the pot without Rice”. As the eighth foreign teacher in the history of Chinese men’s football, Lippi is the most unlucky one, just in time for the most barren era of Chinese football talents.
From Arie Haan to forado, from Camacho to Perlan, Lippi’s failure was expected. However, different from several predecessors, lippi’s failure as the leader of the world cup champion is more representative-the biggest foreign teachers cannot improve the football level of a country by their own efforts.
There is no problem to invite foreign teachers, but the coach can only decide the upper limit of a team, and the lower limit of the team is determined by the hard strength of the domestic players. The Chinese Super League can invite foreign teachers at will, but at the same time, it can also rely on foreign aid to supplement the team’s strength. However, the national team will not work. After all, it still depends on the Chinese to solve the problem themselves. Judging from the record of leading the team, the advantages of foreign teachers are not obvious either. When Gao Hongbo coached the national football team for the second time, the winning rate of 42% was even higher than that of most foreign teachers. After the defeat of UAE, the topic of continuing to invite foreign teachers or returning to local coaches is bound to be mentioned again.
In fact, compared with this problem, Chinese football should understand what kind of football they want to play? Before China, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran and even Vietnam, which had established technical and tactical directions earlier, had all been ahead of the national football team. As a group of veteran generals of the national football team fade out, the gap will only grow larger and larger in the next 10 years.
The fault of youth training, the “virtual fire” of league matches and the stagnation of foreign countries make Chinese football unable to avoid many problems. In the future, whether Chinese football managers, practitioners and followers have enough patience will directly determine the direction of Chinese football. If we can not set hard performance requirements and concentrate all our energy on youth training, Chinese football may usher in a turning point in the next 10 to 15 years.
The asian cup national football war report
on january 7
china 2 to 1 kyrgyzstan
group match
on january 11
philippines 0 to 3 china
group match
on january 16
south Korea 2-0 China
Group match
January 20
Thailand 1-2 China
1/8 final
January 25
China 0-3 Iran
1/4 Final
Author/Beijing News reporter Xu Xiaofan
