Due to the epidemic, the situation of the World Preliminary 12 is complicated, and the teams have to invest more energy to deal with off-field challenges. The first opponent of China's national football team - Australia, this assembly seems to be in a hurry, two scorers are absent, the preparation for the competition seems to be overstretched.September 3, the morning battle, the national football team can get a point in this match?
Time to prepare for war is short
When it comes to the Australian team, our fans still remember the "Golden Generation" players such as Cowell and Viduka, while Cahill, who used to play in the Chinese Super League, has also retired. Although the team has been in the AFC for a long time, our fans are not familiar with the team that has advanced to the World Cup for four consecutive times. Nowadays, the Australian team has a feeling of "empty buildings".
The team released a 27-man roster with only one player playing in the AFL, with the rest of the players coming from clubs in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
It is worth mentioning that in June of this year, when the 40 strong match, Australia's squad still has 10 people from the Australian Premier League, but the epidemic prevention policy for local players out of the country to participate in the creation of a lot of difficulties, resulting in Leckie, McLaren two scorers do not have access to the first two battles of the 12 strong tournament. It can be said that the Australian team that came to Doha is a temporary team put together by the manager Arnold.
Recently, Australian players have been arriving in Doha, and the team will have its only practice session before the first match today, which is the only opportunity for the players assembled from all over the world to understand the tactical intentions of the manager.
Of course, the Australian players themselves are not bad, even if they are in a hurry, the team still has a certain strength. One of the most familiar players to our fans is Shanghai Harbour's Mui, a midfielder who has been playing in the Chinese Super League for almost a year. Interestingly, Seaport player Stanley Wong said, "I won't give in to Muy on the field."
Be wary of the "tower" of the opponent's defense.
The one to be really wary of is Rokic, who has just returned to the Australian team. The veteran has scored two goals and assisted once recently for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, and has shown excellent athleticism. Rokic was the centerpiece of Australia's attack in the last World Cup.
In addition, Hrstic, who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, and Jackson Irvine, who plays for St. Pauli in the Bundesliga, have both been in excellent form of late, with the latter being Australia's highest-attendance player in the Top 40.
Special attention needs to be paid to the opponent's back line of 1.98 meters Suta, this defensive hero in the 40 strong game scored 6 headers, the number of goals ranked first in the team. How to limit this player in the set-piece defense, Li Tie's coaching staff still need to spend some more brainpower. "We have some understanding of Soutar, the coaching staff gave some information, his primary characteristic is that the positioning ball will come up, I will be closer to him and be ready." National Football League goalkeeper Yan Junling said.
Similarly, the national football team is no stranger to Sainsbury's and McGovern, who have played in the Chinese Super League, as well as Grant (Sydney FC) and Taggart (Cerezo Osaka), who have been frequently encountered in the AFC Champions League, and the team has been practicing in recent days in a targeted manner in conjunction with the playing style of the Australian team.
Australia's head coach Arnold has reportedly been at the helm of the team since the summer of 2018 and knows all the players in the team very well. He is also the head coach of the Australian National Olympic team, which Arnold led at the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, where he failed to break out of the group stage with one win and two losses.
audible
Leko (Shanghai Harbour skipper): "China need to focus on themselves, they need to have confidence in themselves, even though Australia has a lot of good players, China still has a good chance."
Arnold (Australia skipper): "China are very strong defensively and have a lot of experienced players, we don't have a lot of time to practice together so we want to make sure the players can be ready."
World Qualifier - Round of 12
Australia vs China
September 3, 02∶00
Khalifa International Stadium
CCTV5 Live
Records of the last 5 matches between Australia and China
Time Race Result
2015.1.22 Asian Cup China 0:2 Australia
2013.7.28 East Asia Cup China 4:3 Australia
2008.6.22 World Qualifier China 1:0 Australia
2008.3.26 World Qualifier China 0:0 Australia
2007.3.24 Warm-up match China 0:2 Australia
