The national football team will fight Japan again, and honestly put the bus

Reporter Chen Yong reports With successive defeats to Indonesia and Bahrain, the prospects for the national football team to qualify for the round of 18 are good, and Chinese fans are ecstatic, and even full of expectations for reaching the top four of the group. Under such circumstances, the national football team ushered in a rematch with Japan, the strongest opponent in the group.

For this game, the outside world naturally hopes to get points, especially since Japan is currently far ahead in points, and the fighting spirit should not be so strong, and there seems to be a certain possibility for the national football team to score points. But from a realistic point of view, the national football team should focus more on the strategy and process of the game, in short, insist on anti-counterattack and even put the bus, insist on playing hard, and ensure a high degree of concentration. In this way, the national football team is expected to avoid a big defeat like the first leg, as for whether there can be an unexpected joy, it depends on luck.

On the 15th, the day after the national football team won 1-0 away to Bahrain, Japan defeated Indonesia 4-0 away. So far, Japan has accumulated 13 points with 4 wins and 1 draw in the half-time, leading Australia, Saudi Arabia and the national football team with 6 points. What's even crazier is that Japan scored 19 goals in 5 games, which is more than the combined goals of 5 teams from Australia, Saudi Arabia, China, Bahrain and Indonesia.

In the battle between India and Japan, Indonesia did not play conservatively, although the possession rate was not as good as Japan's, but it dared to attack, and even created a chance for a single goal, with a shot ratio of 8 to 12 and a corner kick ratio of 4 to 6, which was still good on the field. But in the end, they still lost the game 0-4.

For the national football team, there is no choice in the rematch with Japan, that is, to continue to insist on defending against the back, and even more so to resolutely put the bus.

Four of the five matches in the first half of the national football team had less than 30% possession, 23% away to Japan, 26% away to Australia, 24% away to Indonesia, and 29% away to Bahrain (AFC data). The only one with more than 30% possession was at home against Saudi Arabia, where the national football team played 11 and 10 for a long time and got 43% possession.

Obviously, the national football team does not have the ability to control the ball at all in the round of 18, whether it is against traditional strong teams such as Australia and Saudi Arabia, or slightly weaker teams such as Bahrain and Indonesia, they cannot control the rhythm of the game, and they are basically anti-counter play. In addition, according to the situation of the game, the national football team even chose a five-back formation in some games, and the game against Japan should also be this tactic.

In the first leg, the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan, and in that game, the mentality and tactical level of the national football team were exposed to great problems, which is also something that needs to be considered in the rematch. At that time, the national football team conceded 7 goals, 2 in the first half and 5 in the second half, including 1 in stoppage time in the second half and 5 in other times; In terms of the way of conceding the ball, 1 goal was conceded by a corner header, 2 goals were conceded by a cross from the side of the sports battle, 1 goal was conceded by a penetrating rib in the sports battle, 2 goals were conceded by a breakthrough in the middle of the sports battle, and 1 goal was conceded by a long-range shot in the middle of the sports battle.

The seven goals conceded in different ways, so the national football rematch must learn a lesson. First and foremost, make sure you have the morale and tenacity to not be affected by conceding goals. In fact, the first half of the national football team was relatively tenacious, but in the second half, morale declined rapidly, almost collapsed, and conceded 5 goals in one go.

Secondly, among the 7 goals conceded by the national football team, 3 are scored by the opponent's header, a corner kick and two crosses, which actually has a lot to do with the lack of concentration of the international players.

In comparison, the other 4 goals conceded were scored by Japan in the best way, and they all appeared in the second half. In addition to high morale and morale, it is necessary to intensify the fight in the midfield to reduce the pressure on the defensive line as much as possible.

Overall, the national football team suffered a 0-7 defeat, of course, it was inferior in skills, but it was also self-tidal. Therefore, make sure to fight to the end, pay a high degree of concentration, and have more communication and echoes with each other, so that you can hopefully build a strong fence and avoid another fiasco.

As of the first half, the national football team has conceded a total of 13 goals, including 4 set-pieces and 6 headers, which all occurred in the first three games, and Indonesia, Bahrain games, the quality of the national football team's defense has improved, in the case of extremely low possession rate, the quality of set-piece defense and the header defense in the middle is not bad, and the outside world expects the national football team to have a good performance in the game with Japan, especially the defense.