In the top 18 of the national football team, state adjustment is the key

Reporter Chen Yong reports The Chinese national team, which played away against Indonesia on June 5 and Bahrain at home on June 10, will usher in the final battle in June. Only by winning both games can it be possible to qualify for the play-offs, and head coach Ivan has a clear understanding of this: "If (the national football team) wants to enter the next stage (of the World Preliminary Tournament), the first step is to win the game (away against Indonesia), which requires the team to play attacking football in the game and dare to attack." Of course, we have to make a reasonable tactical allocation of players, and the players have to run with all their strength and implement our tactical intentions to achieve our goal of the game. ”

For the national football team, the good news is that the attacking international players in the league have exploded recently, which can give Ivan more choice; Of course, the weak midfield position and defense line are still areas where he needs to pay more attention, but fortunately, Yang Mingyang joined the team in time and is expected to bring a strong supplement to the national football team. "We need to make good use of the people we have and fully believe in their capabilities. As professional athletes, especially those selected for the national team, they should be able to take on the pressure of the game. We believe that players can turn pressure into motivation. Judging from Ivan's expression, he still has a lot of trust in the internationals. The June campaign is the most crucial campaign since Ivan led the team, and he needs to maximize the potential of his international players and play at the highest level of national football.

At 21:45 on June 5, Beijing time, the top 18 of the World Preliminaries, the national football team's away challenge to Indonesia will start in Jakarta, which is a life-and-death battle, and if you lose, you will miss the play-offs and completely lose the qualification to qualify for the World Cup. At 19 o'clock on June 10, the national football team will play against Bahrain at Chongqing Longxing Professional Football Stadium, which is also the last round of 18 match. In such a crucial game, the fighting spirit of the international players is undoubtedly strong, so the factors that affect the outcome of the game are mainly the following aspects: the head coach's arrangement, technical and tactical arrangements, on-the-spot command, and the players' on-the-spot performance.

The current situation of the national football team's group is: Japan has qualified, and the remaining 5 teams have the possibility of advancing to the play-offs, including Australia with 13 points, Saudi Arabia with 10 points, Indonesia with 9 points, and Bahrain and the national football team with 6 points.

The national football team won the first leg against Indonesia and Bahrain, so as long as they win the remaining two games, they can confirm their qualification for the play-offs. There is a lot of uncertainty in the event of a draw with Indonesia – although the mutual record against Indonesia is still superior, Indonesia, who are three points ahead, will miss out on the play-offs if they get points in the final round. In the last round of 18, Indonesia played Japan away, although the possibility of losing is very high in theory, but since Japan has already confirmed their qualification, it is unknown what kind of lineup and mentality they will play this game with. Therefore, what the national football team has to do is to strive for victory and avoid "accidents".

In the process of the round of 18, some of coach Ivan's technical and tactical arrangements and on-the-spot command were questioned by the outside world, which also affected the performance of the national football team to a large extent. In the first training session on the 24th, Ivan said that the team had no other choice and must beat Indonesia away to have the possibility of entering the next stage. So, "Everyone's goal is very clear, let's work together." ”

Regarding the technical and tactical arrangements, Ivan said that if you want to win, you must play offensive football, "Everyone must dare to attack. Of course, we have to make a reasonable tactical allocation of players, and the players have to run with all their might, give their all, and implement our tactical intentions to achieve the goal. ”

In fact, in many previous games, the technical tactics and lineup arrangements of the national football team are also biased towards offense, such as in the case of arranging double forwards, the left and right wingbacks are often pure attackers, such as the away game with Saudi Arabia, the forwards are Zhang Yuning and Lin Liangming, and the left and right wingers and forwards are Xie Wenneng, Cao Yongjing and Wei Shihao, which is almost a pure offensive style of play. Of course, if Xu Haoyang starts, he is not a pure attacker, relatively balanced, and can operate on the side or in the middle.

Due to the suspension of Xie Wenneng and Lin Liangming, and Jiang Shenglong's injury, Ivan's on-the-spot command may be a big problem for the game against Indonesia. Judging from the current lineup of the national football team, the players he often used in the past 18 matches can barely make up a set of starters, but there are not many substitute players who have often played before: the central defender is normally Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Guangtai, and Han Pengfei can be on call at any time; full-backs Hu Hetao, Li Lei and Yang Zexiang choose two of the three; The players often used in the midfield are mainly Zhang Yuning, Wei Shihao, Wang Yudong, Xu Haoyang, Cao Yongjing and Wang Shangyuan, of course, Serginho can also play as the main team, which is only 7 people, and 6 people must be selected from them. Therefore, for Ivan, the most important thing at the moment is to dig out suitable substitutes in the midfield and use them decisively when the national football team's physical fitness is declining.

If there are no new injuries in the game against Indonesia, and against Bahrain, Ivan's line-up and on-the-spot substitutions will be much more relaxed.

Of course, it's also important to play on the spot. In the past period, the internationals, especially the attackers in the central midfield, have mostly performed well and maintained good form. Theoretically, if the league and round of 18 matches are normally a one-week back-to-back match, they should be able to continue.

However, in order to allow the national football team to have more time to prepare, the previous league schedule was somewhat dense, in this case, the international players were a little tired, so in this training cycle, the national football team did not arrange a warm-up match, hoping that after the national football team recovers properly, they can face the opponent in a better physical condition.

It is worth noting that the international players play the FA Cup and the game against Indonesia between two weeks, so once the players relax more, it is likely that their form will be difficult to maintain. Therefore, during this time, the training arrangements and ideological work of the national football team are very important, and the national players should properly recover their physical condition, but after that, they must be tightened up from the body to the psyche, and devote themselves to training and games with full fighting spirit.

Easier said than done, for example, in the previous AFC Champions League, double-line battles, when the schedule was intensive, the players were in good condition, because they were always holding a string, but once the AFC Champions League was over and entered a single-line battle, after the psychological level was relaxed, it led to a sharp decline in state, which was the "AFC Champions League sequelae" mentioned earlier.

However, it is reassuring that in the many round of 18 matches that have been played, regardless of the result, the mental outlook of the international players can still be guaranteed, and there should be no surprises in the game against Indonesia.