National footballers arrive in Haikou to officially kick off their campaign for the final two matches of the Western Asia World Preliminary 12. Dream Qatar
World Cup
The journey is out of reach, but in these last two battles, the
China national soccer team
What tasks remain to be accomplished? In fact, precisely because of the victory and defeat has been determined, Li Xiaopeng coaching team instead has more room for adjustment, whether it is the adjustment of the team structure, such as the stability of the coaching seats, or the future construction of the player lineup, as well as the next stage of the goal, after these two games will give a clear answer.
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Stabilization is the key
Although the team has only played two games, but the shadow of the first day of the New Year's defeat against Vietnam lingers, the team in the game presented a mental state is not satisfactory, this is certainly related to the team itself is more tired, the players are physically and mentally exhausted. However, from an objective point of view, from the away game against Japan to the away game with Vietnam, the Chinese team in the technical and tactical level of the lack of local highlights, which is particularly worrying.
Recall that before Li Xiaopeng took office, if not for the
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
In personal remarks and external contacts in some of the "gaffe", from the results alone, the CFA and the relevant parties may not be so decisive to adjust the coach. This undoubtedly brought Li Xiaopeng a lot of pressure. From the many public statements after taking office and internal management style, Li Xiaopeng has always maintained a "high emotional intelligence", won the public's goodwill, but in the long term, people's attention will naturally be transferred to a more critical level of performance.
During his campaign in the Chinese Super League, Li Xiaopeng had won the Coach of the Season for two consecutive years, and with Harbour winning the league title in the 2018 season, the winner of the Best Coach award might still be in doubt if Pereira hadn't been hit with a penalty; in 2019, the
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
Led Wuhan team to achieve sixth place in the league, when the outside world for the "two Li" fight speculation, until the AFC Cup final Shandong Taishan returned in defeat, only to have the later "three boring stick" said. Li Xiaopeng became
the national team
Head coach, seems to be a top-down decision. From the current situation of the national team, local coaches, no matter who is in charge of the whip will not be easy, Li Xiaopeng showed the courage and commitment is worth recognizing, but only so is not enough.
China still faces a big challenge in the last two matches of the upcoming 12-team group stage, with Saudi Arabia needing to fight for all the points and a chance to get out of the tournament. Oman, on the other hand, has no hope of advancing and may not have a strong will to fight. For the last two matches, the Chinese side's goal is to make sure that there is no collapse, in other words, to avoid ending with two consecutive losses. In the event of an extreme situation, the pressure on the new coaching staff will be unimaginable.
