The diamond position in the midfield remains the same? How to adjust the employment of the national football team in June?

Reporter Chen Yong reports After three consecutive defeats against Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, the national football team will usher in the last two round of 18 matches in June, and the only victory against Indonesia can continue the hope of survival. Xie Wen can accumulate yellow cards and be suspended, Wang Shangyuan and Lin Liangming will come back, how will the national football team be adjusted at that time? Can the highly anticipated Serginho and Wang Yudong play a bigger role?

Although another three-game losing streak has made Ivan widely questioned, the old coach will most likely not abandon his diamond-shaped position.

In fact, there is no difference between high and low in any formation, and the main reason for the outside world's doubts about Ivan's superstitious diamond position is that for strong teams such as Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, the national football team does not have players who can play the strength of a single back - even if Ivan's diamond position, in the face of strong opponents, the two full-backs will recycle to form 4312 in most cases, but the full-back players used by Ivan mostly play the role of wing attackers in their respective clubs, and their defensive attributes are really limited. As a result, it is difficult to achieve the expectation of free retraction and release of the actual combat effect.

If you have to insist on the combination of single back and wing-back, compared with the change of formation from 442 diamond position to 4312, the formation similar to 4141 in the second half of the national football team and Australia is actually more in line with the current actual combat strength of the national football team - after Baihelamu and Serginho appeared, Baihelamu replaced Wei Shihao, who originally played the second striker, and returned to the midfield, which enhanced the thickness of the middle, but this formation was exhausted because Zhang Yuning was tired of defense before, and the execution of the single striker declined, which affected the quality of the national football team's counterattack.

But how easy is it to make Ivan change easily? He was reluctant to change his formation after losing consecutive games against strong teams, not to mention facing Indonesia and Bahrain in the first leg, and he won again. At present, it is certain that if the national football team does not qualify for the top four in the group, Ivan will definitely end his mission in the national football team, so optimistically, the game against Indonesia and Bahrain will either be a miracle for the stubborn Ivan, or at least this will be the last time the national football team will use a diamond-shaped midfielder.

Since the formation is "difficult" to change, what about employing people? In the battle between China and Australia, the two "newcomers" Serginho and Wang Yudong performed well, and in the next two games, the positioning of the two people is very simple, Serginho will undoubtedly enter the start, and Wang Yudong is more suitable to be a substitute wonder.

Serginho's ability is undoubted, especially in the front midfield, whether it is 442 or 4231, it is more suitable, of course, he can also play as a shadow striker in the 442 formation. For the national football team, the games that must be won require strong combing ability, and Serginho himself also has a strong scoring ability.

As for Wang Yudong, he is confident that he is not stage frightened in the battle between China and Australia, and dares to break through, and he is not blindly single, and his technical and tactical literacy is good.

But Wang Yudong's current positioning is still a strange soldier, mainly because the starting lineup needs to consider the comprehensive ability of the players, including Wang Yudong's relatively lack of confrontation ability and game experience, especially Xie Wenneng Although suspended, Lin Liangming came back, and there is no shortage of starters on the left side of the national football team. As a substitute, he can fully play Wang Yudong's explosive advantage. Of course, there is a clear difference between playing in the 70th minute or giving more time, and at present, Wang Yudong deserves more playing time.

Against Saudi Arabia and Australia, Zhang Yuning is a starter, Ivan hopes to play squarely, but the crux of the problem is that the opponent gave too much pressure in the first half, and the national football team is often exhausted.

Of course, these are all post-event summaries, and what needs to be looked forward to is how to use Zhang Yuning in the future. As far as the game is concerned, Zhang Yuning's current physical condition cannot last 90 minutes, especially in the face of a strong opponent like Australia, he needs to defend passively in most cases, and his physical fitness will be problematic about 60 minutes or so. Therefore, the tactical arrangement of Zhang Yuning should be "used on the blade".

First of all, in the club, head coach Setien needs to give Zhang Yuning more time and more systematic games, and the better way is to alternate between playing no less than 30 minutes as a substitute and starting a game, and gradually improve his state, and Zhang Yuning's ability is also worthy of Setien's "special" treatment.

Secondly, in the national football team, against Indonesia and Bahrain, it is impossible to let Zhang Yuning be substituted, however, Ivan can give Zhang Yuning some "special" treatment, such as when the national football team is pressing in a high position, Zhang Yuning naturally needs to go all out, but when recycling the defense, Zhang Yuning can reasonably allocate physical energy according to the situation.

As the most indispensable center forward role of the national football team, whether it is in the club's employment or the tactical selection of the national team, Zhang Yuning may be the only player in the national football team who deserves to be treated differently, and this is also for the overall interests of the team.