Qatar can say that the dragon national team's old legs are wrong.
The initial exchanges between Dragon Football and Qatar began in the 1970s. Due to the friendly relationship, cooperation between the two parties has become increasingly frequent.
After entering the 1980s, the Dragon Country men's football team has been at the top level in Asia. The Qatar Football Association is willing to have long-term competition exchanges with the Dragon Country team as to whether to improve the country's level.
The conflict started in 1987 due to an unwise decision by the Dragon Football Association, which led to bad relations between the two teams. Since then, every time they meet the national football team, Qatar does not need to mobilize to play the national football team.
The reason was that after Weisi took over the National Football Team in 2016, they needed to find a warm-up match in preparation for the Asian Games. Qatar stepped in to help when the arrangements of the National Football Association were not in place, and took the initiative to provide food and accommodation for the national football team to go to Doha for warm-up.
Contest.
It turned out that in the second year, according to the agreement, the Qatar team should return to the Dragon Kingdom for exchanges and discussions.
Since the main focus at that time was on preparing for the qualifying rights for the 1988 Olympics, the Dragon Football Association arranged for the Guangdong Foshan team, which was still in the second division league, to play against the Qatar national team. Such an approach was not an insult to Wanli.
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After returning home, the Qatari media rushed to report on it, which also made the Qatari football team resentful and eager to use victory to complete revenge.
Then came the famous "Three Black Minutes", and at that time perhaps no one would have imagined that Qatar's revenge would come so quickly.
On October 28, 1989, in the Asian finals of the 14th World Cup preliminaries, the Dragon State men's football team coached by Gao Fengwen missed Qatar in the final game.
They were already out at the time and should have had nothing to desire. In contrast, the Chinese men's football team only needed to win the wrong leg against Dongfang to realize their dream of the World Cup for the first time in history.
It turns out that it was the shame of missing the Chinese second team that year that made the Qataris, who were always thinking about revenge, soar in combat effectiveness.
The Longguo men's football team finally took a 1-0 lead through Wu Qunli's goal in the 76th minute of the game. It turned out that they encountered three black minutes in the 86th and 89th minutes, and Qatar scored 2 goals in a row to complete an astonishing comeback.
Italy's summer World Cup dream was shattered, and the Dragon Football Association regretted it.
Eight years later, in 1997, the Longguo men's football team led by Qi Wusheng once again launched an attack on the World Cup.
At that time, the Dragon State men's football team took the initiative to advance after winning consecutive games against Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. When they returned to Golden State's home stadium, they faced Qatar. If the Dragon Country men's football team could win, they might be able to win tickets to the World Cup.
I want to know that the national football team, which has many famous players such as Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai, Li Tie, Li Ming, Ma Mingyu and Gao Feng, is obviously better.
Fan Zhiyi, who originally made great passes and shots, could not stop two mistakes in his own backcourt, allowing the Qatar team to counterattack twice in a row within 5 minutes of the eastern half, causing the Dragon Country men's football team to encounter a reversal.
At that time, all the Dragon Kingdom fans shouted "Replace Li Tie", which can be regarded as a famous scene in Dragon Kingdom football.
Losing this game, after the top 10 matches, was unanimously considered by the outside world to be a fatal injury for the Dragon Country men's football team to lose the right to qualify.
Then there was the qualifier for the 2018 World Cup. The two teams were in the same group in the first stage (top 40). The Long Guo team lost 0-1 in the away game, and then returned to home to coach Gao Hongbo.
Led by the East, the Dragon Country team defeated the wrong leg 2-0 and was lucky enough to catch the last train of the top 12 matches.
And that game was not the only victory the Dragon Country team had in the past five encounters with the wrong leg!
It can be seen that although Qatar has absolute strength and is not considered a top team in Asia, it has always been the victim of the Dragons.
Therefore, the national football coaching team headed by Lippi did not dare to be careless about the wrong leg and made sufficient preparations for the game.
And Pan Yi also offered suggestions.
His suggestions include the starting lineup and the tactics he recommends.
"When they play Qatar, they will definitely be looking for a good start."
At the pre-game meeting with coaches organized by Lippi, Pan Yi said that.
"Qatar is not a particularly strong team, but if they cannot produce something in the opening stage, they can probably stabilize their position and compete with them for the initiative."
Of course, the purpose of attacking is to score a goal, but even if the goal is not scored, it can still disrupt the rhythm of the wrong leg.
But because of the strength of the national football team, Pan Yifeng knew it well.
The international players are still not familiar with his tactics, but the time is too short. Even if Pan Yi has reduced his tactical ideas a lot, making them more direct and easier to accept, they still need some time.
To blend in.
For example, the most advanced pressing technique in world football now uses basic frontcourt interspersed movement and coordination.
But in that game, if the national football team had no retreat, it would have to win to have a chance of survival.
I believe Qatar is also aware of this and will make use of it to make a fuss.
Therefore, both sides attach great importance to a wrong start, and the national football team must also make a good start.
"The key to their victory lies on the wings."
Pan Yi played Qatar's formation and tactics on the projection screen. He guessed that the defensive counterattack tactics used in the previous group matches should be adopted.
"In that game, they played high up the pitch right after the start. The two full-backs wanted to be bold and aggressive. They needed to be more threatening on the wing, attracting the opposing team's defensive power, and then attack from the other side, or from the center.
To create opportunities.”
With Pan Yi's PPT demonstration, all coaches clearly saw Pan Yi's arrangement.
The full-backs are involved in the attack, which is not the focus of Pan Yi's training exercises in the past period of time.
And he has been emphasizing the offensive concept of using reality to create illusions and imaginings to create reality. That means attacking a certain point, attracting defensive forces, and then suddenly moving to another point to create a threat.
Is this a routine that Pan Yi often uses in the Swedish team? In fact, this is also the case with York City now.
Bu Nao's playing style is different from Sweden and York City's "only" playing style. The Long Guo team has Zhang Linpeng at right back, and it is better than Jiang Zhipeng on the left.
In the formation designed by Pan Yi for the national football team, right winger Wu Lei will also be the most sought-after attacking point. After all, he who plays for Hamburg can now be said to be the top star of the National Football Team!
Therefore, the national team will focus on the right wing.
Of course, whether Lin Liangming and Wu Lei will change positions, we will be able to flexibly match them when the time comes.
Once the wing is blocked, Pan Yi also hopes to switch to the center to attack.
In the current Dragon Country team, the ability of the midfielder is actually very good outside Asia. Captain Zheng Zhi, as well as Huang Bowen and Wu Xi can all be said to be good at offense and defense.
Zhang Yuning, who currently plays for Vitesse in the Eredivisie, is currently the strongest foreign center. His advantage is that he can hold the ball and pass the ball. He also has advantages in high balls. It should be said that he is very suitable for Pan Yicuo.
The tactics of the center are in need.
With Zhang Yuning in the center, Wu Lei and Lin Liangming making crosses or outside cuts from the wings, and adding deep penetration in the midfield, the national football team's offensive capabilities can definitely be unleashed.
Gao Lin is not needed, maybe because Pan Yi doesn't trust "Gao Jiji's" finishing touches, so he can be left on standby on the bench at the critical moment when points are needed.
On the back line, in addition to the two fullbacks Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Zhipeng, Pan Yi also used the central defender combination of Feng Xiaoting and Mei Fang, and this defense can basically be said to be the defense line of Changzhou Hengtai.
The biggest change that Pan Yi made to the original main lineup was to insist on Wang Dalei's starting goalkeeper position!
The current starting goalkeeper of the national football team, Yan Junling, gives fans a very stable impression. In the game, Yan Junling makes fewer mistakes than Wang Dalei. This is because he is more stable and will choose to deal with mistakes in a safe way.
But the problem is that he is so stable, which also makes him a veritable "squat" goalkeeper. He wishes he could not leave the small penalty area throughout the game, let alone the big penalty area.
Isn't this very inconsistent with Pan Yi's requirements for modern goalkeepers?
On the other hand, Wang Dalei, first of all, is a domineering goalkeeper. Once his teammates make mistakes or lose concentration, he can always stand up and remind them.
Is there something Yan Junling doesn't possess? Is Yan Junling's goalkeeping style more calm than passionate? Even if his teammates make mistakes or lose concentration, he will not immediately stand up to remind them.
Secondly, in addition to impressive penalty kick saves, Wang Dalei also frequently helped the team create threats with his precise long passes.
His powerful leg throw from Shandong Luke can be thrown directly across the half court to find his own counterattack player. He has provided many assists to his own forwards. Wang Dalei is also nicknamed the "assist goalkeeper".
Yan Junling's kicking skills are a bit rough. Not only can he not find his center forward, but he can easily be broken by the wrong leg and he can counterattack on the spot.
If you take that style and use two world-class goalkeepers as a wrong comparison, Yan Junling will defeat De Gea, and Wang Dalei will defeat Neuer.
None of them are world-class, but if Pan Yi were asked to choose, he would definitely choose Neuer.
In terms of saves from the beginning, although Yan Junling is more stable, Wang Dalei's "nerve knife" attribute allows him to often make some incredible saves.
It can be said that Wang Dalei's east limit is not as good as Yan Junling's, but his limit is higher than Yan Junling's.
Based on the comprehensive comparison, it is not difficult to understand why Pan Yi prefers Wang Dalei.
But because of Pan Yi's suggestion, Lippi basically didn't accept it in full.
On the one hand, he didn't trust Pan Yi's judgment; on the other hand, in fact, Pan Yi's starting lineup was not much different from the best eleven in Lippi's mind.
He himself is not the former head coach of Changzhou Hengtai, and he trusts the players from Hengtai more.
And in that lineup, the midfield and backcourt are basically not equal to Hengtai!
As for the forward position, Pan Yi used three European players instead of Gao Lin's Hengtai forward, but that's not a big problem.
As for the goalkeeper, Lippi's favorite Zeng Cheng was injured during the Iran game, so he had no choice.
Moreover, there is one point where Lippi and Pan Yi have highly consistent opinions, that is, they must attack hard from the beginning of the game and strive to score as early as possible so as not to give Qatar a chance to breathe!——
After the coaching meeting, Pan Yima came to the players' dormitory and knocked on Wu Lei's door.
"Boss?" The one who opened the door was Wu Lei's roommate Lin Liangming.
In fact, this is not Pan Yi's arrangement, so that the two main wingers are in the same room and can communicate more.
Because in the match against Qatar, the performance of the two wingers can be said to be the top priority.
"Boss, am I looking for him?" Wu Lei jumped from the bed outside the room.
"Let's chat." Pan Yi said and walked in, leading him to the door.
Pan Yi came to ask Wu Lei if he could.
After all, since he left Hamburg, he has not had many direct interactions with Wu Lei. I hope he can use Nagelsmann to learn a little bit about his current situation.
At present, his performance in Hamburg is pretty good, with a stable score of about ten goals every season. Although it is not as good as when Pan Yi was here, it is no longer enough for a team that is currently in the middle of the pack.
Quite a good result.
But no, Wu Lei's performance in the national team has been unstable.
Sometimes he performs very well, but more often he gets lost on the field and even misses some must-goals.
"What do I think the problem is?" After Pan Yi explained his intention straight to the point, he posed the question to Wu Lei.
Wu Lei thought for a while and said: "Keke has something to do with the formation. In the national team, they basically play in that formation, allowing him to cooperate with Gao Lin in the forward line. But in the club, he often plays in the third
The forward player in the forward system does not need to struggle with the wrong leg in the frontcourt..."
Pan Yi nodded.
Then there is no confusion caused by the different positioning on both sides.
Wu Lei is very fast, very flexible in movement, and has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal. After several years of traveling in Europe, his ability to break through with the ball has also been greatly improved, but he is not a pure center after all.
Putting him at the front to contend with tall and strong defenders on the other side would undoubtedly exploit weaknesses and avoid strengths.
This is not because domestic coaches are sometimes too rigid, or simply because their skills are insufficient.
For example, he knows how to play one, or he can use a two-forward formation.
At that time, there was a forward like Wu Lei in the team who could gain a foothold in the five major European leagues. He would definitely use it, but how to use it?
It just depends on whether he can be directly placed on the front line and become one of the two forwards.
As for whether we want to change to a formation similar to -1 to take advantage of Wu Lei's characteristics, that's out of the question.
Because other formations cannot be used!
In fact, it would be better to drop Wu Lei as a shadow forward than to play as a center. It would also be -1, but I don't like it.
This resulted in Wu Lei's performance in the national team and the club team being completely different.
That's normal. After all, not everyone can perform well in any position. Even if Mbappe is allowed to play center, his level of performance will definitely not be as good as when he plays winger.
"Boss, how do I want him to play?" Wu Lei asked with concern.
At that time, did he really hope to get Pan Yi's guidance?
Pan Yi was well prepared and said with a smile: "Of course he will let me play as a winger comfortably. But, like before in Hamburg, I can play as a left winger or a right winger."
Then Pan Yi looked at Lin Liangming again: "Me too."
Wu Lei is injured with his right foot and Lin Liangming is injured with his left foot.
When there is a tall center forward in the middle, they all play with their own foot. If the main goal is to pass the ball from the east and fly from both wings, then it will not be a big problem.
Especially Lin Liangming, because the York City team has Baker, he basically plays on the left side of the team.
Sometimes when Bu Nao needs to strengthen the shooting ability of both sides, Scaloni will also let Lin Liangming play on the right side and let him cut outside to shoot.
Is this also the case with Wu Lei?
Now that they are about to miss Qatar, the first goal of the national football team is to score a goal, so they want to give full play to the offensive power of both wings, rather than just letting the two people pass to the east end.
Therefore, Pan Yi asked whether he wanted Wu Lei to appear more on the left, start diagonally into the penalty area from the wing, or whether he wanted to get behind the defensive player to take advantage of his speed.
If you ask him to get the ball, there will be many choices, which will negate the advantage of inverse-football cutting.
In this way, he and Lin Liangming will become two outside forwards, and with center Zhang Yuning in the middle, they can truly attack Qatar's defense line with three arrows.
"When we are on the court, we must pay attention to changing positions at any time, so that it is not easy for the wrong leg to figure out the routine, and it will also make our playing style more difficult to prevent. When running, pay attention to the position of the midfielder, and then run into the space...
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In the current midfield position of the Long Guo team, the reserve can be said to be the best among the three lines.
In addition to the starters Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, and Huang Bowen, Hao Junmin, Cai Huikang, Cao Yunding, and Sun Ke are all capable of fighting.
Does captain Zheng Zhi even have the precise footwork to pass the ball forward? I want to know if he could often appear in the main attacking midfielder position when he was at Charlton!
So we have to ask whether the forwards can create enough space and whether they can trust the midfielder to pass the fatal pass.
"Very well, we need to pay attention to the full-back on the wrong side..."
While Pan Yi explained in simple terms, the two national football wingers Wu Lei and Lin Liangming nodded frequently.
As their understanding of Pan Yi's national football tactics becomes deeper and deeper, they will become more and more confident in the upcoming games!
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At noon the next day, when the bus full of national team players slowly drove outside Kunming Tuodong Stadium, the fans who had been waiting there for a long time crowded in and cheered towards the team bus.
The entire stadium was completely deserted, and at least two to three thousand fans came to the scene.
That scene made the international players walking outside the bus feel refreshed.
Is that kind of treatment something that the national team, which has suffered many defeats recently, has never experienced?
They all know why fans' attitudes toward them changed so quickly.
Whether it's because Lippi is here, or whether it's because Pan Yi is here, they see hope!
As for tomorrow's adaptive training, Pan Yi also proposed that it be open-ended, allowing all fans and media reporters who came to the scene to enter the outfield to watch the team's training.
This is also a trick that Pan Yi often uses when coaching at the club, which is to let the media and fans watch the game to stimulate Yidong players and make them perform better in training.
As for the secrecy of tactics... the previous training was mainly about recovery and did not involve the content of tactics at all.
Before the training begins, the national football team also allows the media to conduct a simple interview with the national players.
"Everyone knows that they have been forced into desperation, so they have to try their best to win in order to have a glimmer of hope."
Of course captain Zheng Zhi was the first to bear the brunt of the interview mistake.
He faced the camera and microphone and spoke very sincerely.
"He is already 36 years old, so if he has the last chance to compete in the World Cup, he will definitely try his best!"
"Because Qatar is a very capable team, it has always been difficult to play against them, so they must strive to play their best to have any hope of winning."
"But he is also very confident. As long as they can perform at their best, they will have nothing to fear whether they are in charge or not."
Zheng Zhi was also full of praise for the new coaching team.
"Mr. Lippi worked with him when he was at the club. Their group of Italian coaches are very professional and cooperate very well with the players. They are of great help."
"Of course, he focused on one thing: their technical consultant Pan Yi. Everyone knows that he is the world's top football coach, but he is willing to serve as a consultant for the national football team. It is really looked down upon."
"What's even more despising is that he really gave everything for that team. And his concepts and ideas are very advanced. They have not been able to fully grasp many of his things so far, but after that period of training,
They all admired him so much."
"With the help of such a world-class coach and coaching staff, they are really confident to win tomorrow's game!"
After the interview, the national football players began to prepare for training sessions.
The fans and media reporters at the scene were immediately attracted.
A ninety-minute training session, although it is mainly restorative training, is still very compactly arranged.
What's more important is that in just one week, the mental outlook of the national players has undergone considerable changes.
The most obvious thing is that the originally tense mood has now become much more relaxed, which was extremely rare in the past national teams.
Especially during a series of game competitions such as walking the monkey, with Pan Yi teasing from the side, bursts of cheerful laughter burst out from outside the court.
There are also veteran reporters in the media. They admired while watching:
"Sure enough, when Pan Yi comes to the national football team, will he bring a new atmosphere to the team?"
"If I remember correctly, the first time I was so happy when I saw the national football team training was in 2001."
"At that time, the then head coach Milutinovic was promoting happy football in the national football team..."