The national football team lost the initiative of "fighting for four" after three consecutive defeats, and only consecutive wins in the last two rounds have any hope of promotion

Reporter Chen Yong reports Hangzhou "Big Lotus", 70,588 fans watched the Sino-Australian battle in the top 18 matches, creating a new attendance record for the national football match. Unfortunately, the national football team failed to get points, and after losing 0-2 to Australia, they suffered three consecutive defeats, not only losing the qualification for the World Cup, but also losing the initiative in the competition for a play-off place.

In this game, the starting lineup of the national football team is goalkeeper Wang Dalei, defenders Li Lei, Jiang Shenglong, Han Pengfei, Yang Zexiang, midfielder Huang Zhengyu, midfielders from left to right Xie Wenneng, Cao Yongjing and Xu Haoyang, Wei Shihao and Zhang Yuning partner double forwards. This set of starters is consistent with the lineup of the national football team's exercise on the 23rd, in other words, two days before the game, Ivan was actually clear. But in fact, Ivan really doesn't have too many cards to play, and the only possible variables are Baihelam and Serginho, who is called "Bird Stopper" by fans, but the latter is basically positioned as a substitute because he has not played for a long time.

The national football team was completely passive in the first half, and in the 6th minute, Australia launched a threatening attack, but the latter player failed to score. In the 16th minute, under the intensive defense of the national football team, Australia still knocked on the door of the national football team, and this goal was achieved by Australia through the second attack-After Owen's shot was blocked by Li Lei's tackle, Huang Zhengyu failed to clear the ball in time, and Owen continued to pull the ball to dodge the angle and shoot to break the goal, giving the away team the lead.

In the 29th minute, Australia scored again, after the national football team blocked the opponent's cross, Velupille followed up in the middle to make up the shot, Wang Dalei came out of his hand when he saved, the ball slid into the door, the national football team fell behind 0-2, and this score was finally maintained to the end.

After the game, there was a discussion about the second goal conceded, and at the press conference, a reporter asked about the goalkeeper, and Ivan gave an interpretation: "The goalkeeper of any team is very crucial, and the second goal is an accident, which can happen in any game. The Australian goalkeeper played in Europe, but such a good goalkeeper was also hit by a 40-meter lob shot in the game against Bahrain. It was a really difficult ball to judge, we defended intensively and the goalkeeper's view was easily blocked. Everyone should think of something positive, away against Saudi Arabia, Wang Dalei's performance is very good. ”

Wang Dalei said after the game that a mistake is a mistake, and there is nothing to say, "To be honest, I didn't see the ball, my vision was blocked, and when the ball bounced, I reacted subconsciously." As a veteran player, I've been through a lot of this kind of thing, and I still have to stay focused on the field. ”

After falling behind 0-2 at half-time, the national football team was in a very difficult situation. In the 34th minute, Cao Yongjing retired from injury, and Baihelam came on as a substitute, and like the last game against Saudi Arabia, the national football team once again made passive adjustments. In the second half, Ivan took the initiative to make substitutions, in the 46th minute, Serginho came on the field, and in the 54th minute, Serginho shot hard after the national football team continued to cooperate, and the Australian goalkeeper held the ball out with one hand.

In this game, the national football team performed poorly in the first half, and there was an improvement in the second half, in the end, the possession ratio was 49% to 51%, the shot ratio was 12 to 7, and the corner kick ratio was 6 to 6.

In the 66th minute, the much-anticipated Wang Yudong came off the bench, less than 19 years old, he ushered in the debut of the national football team, very energetic, in addition to daring to break through on the left side, he will also observe the situation on the field and cooperate with his teammates, in this regard, Wang Yudong can be called a big heart player.

On the whole, Serginho and Wang Yudong performed well. After the game, Ivan also said: "From a positive point of view, it is Serginho and Wang Yudong's debut performance that makes us more satisfied and meets expectations, Wang Yudong, as an 18-year-old player, is not stage frightened and dares to show himself; As for Serginho, he said his problem before the game, his last official game was in November last year, and he is definitely not in the best form at the moment, and I hope that through the league, he can adjust his form to the best for the next games. ”

If there are no surprises, Serginho should be in the starting lineup for the last two crucial games against Indonesia and Bahrain, and the national football team must win both of these games to have any hope. As for Wang Yudong, considering his physical confrontation and game experience, there is a high probability that his positioning in the short term will still be a substitute wonder, but there is no doubt that after coming off the bench in this game, Wang Yudong has locked the national football list and entered the rotation lineup.

The national football team has no play to go straight to the World Cup, and can only fight for the top four in the group at present. After Indonesia defeated Bahrain 1-0, the national football team has lost the initiative - because of the huge disadvantage of 3 points and 7 goal difference, if it cannot defeat Indonesia in the next round, it will basically be declared out, even if the national football team wins two consecutive victories as desired, there is also a theoretical possibility of being eliminated by Indonesia.

Of course, the initiative in math is of limited practical significance. After all, it is very difficult for Indonesia to win the final round away against Japan, and from this practical level, it is not too dependent on the opponent to make mistakes. Therefore, for the national football team, if it can win two consecutive wins after three consecutive defeats as in the first round, it will still be a high probability to advance to the top four. As for Bahrain, which is currently on the same score, if the national football team can win two consecutive victories as desired, there is naturally no need to worry about the disadvantage of goal difference.

Behind this China-Australia game, there is a lot of discussion about the use of personnel and techniques and tactics, and perhaps similar discussions are of limited use to the game of strong teams. However, when facing Indonesia and Bahrain, the use of personnel, technical tactics and on-the-spot play are indispensable.