The Daily News revealed that our men's soccer team quietly embarked on a trip to Thailand yesterday afternoon after completing the ultimate domestic preparation for the first match of the World Cup qualifiers. The trip to Thailand, the secrecy is particularly tight, head coach Jankovic only arranged a formal training, even if it is a positional ball practice, but also only false.
It is reported that the Chinese team has departed from Shenzhen and headed straight to Bangkok to start their 13th journey to compete for the World Cup ticket. Coach Jankovic has been tight-lipped about the tactical arrangements for the match against Thailand on the 16th. Today's "field acclimatization" activity was designed to help players familiarize themselves with the climate and the field, and did not reveal much about the tactical aspects. After this match, the future direction of the Chinese team may change drastically.
Since the 11th, the Chinese team has started targeted training. The focus of the training is on localized pressing and attack-defense transition. Coach Jankovic has elaborated a training plan and emphasized that the players must strictly follow the tactical discipline, which comes from the valuable experience of the warm-up matches. With the Chinese Super League season coming to an end, the national team players are generally feeling tired and some of them are carrying injuries. As a result, the Chinese team did not experience high-intensity training during their preparations in Shenzhen, nor did they play a full-court confrontation that simulated a real game. Due to the lack of actual testing, it is unclear whether Coach Yang's tactics have any real-world effect.
Facing the rival Korea in the same group, China's first match with Thailand is crucial, and any mistake may put them in a passive position. Therefore, the coach attached great importance to tactical confidentiality, for several consecutive days the implementation of closed training measures to ensure that the content of the training is not leaked. 14 morning, the Chinese team in the Shenzhen Grand Olympic Center outside the field to review the content of the training. In view of the difficulty of ensuring the confidentiality of the training away from home, today only arranged a stepping on the field training, so that the players to find the feeling and adjust the state. Positioning ball training is also just a false alarm, the real tactical design will not be fully displayed, in order to give the opponent an unexpected blow.
