After the training, the Chinese team returned to the hotel to rest.
As soon as Zhao Yang returned to his room, the team leaders Li Yu and Li Gang came in.
Zhao Yang asked the two team leaders to sit down and went to pour them water.
Li Gang stopped Zhao Yang and went to pour water himself, saying: "It's been a hard day. You're welcome. You can take a break. I'll do it."
Li Gang poured three glasses of water, sat down on the sofa with Li Yu, and spoke first: "Xiao Zhao, we are going to fight Qatar tomorrow. How are you feeling? Are you nervous?"
Li Yu said: "This is a life and death battle, so it's normal to be nervous."
Zhao Yang said: "One thing, not too big, more exciting."
Li Gang sighed: "That's good. Our players are most afraid of games like this. Many times our opponents are not as strong as us, but we lose the game in a daze."
Li Yu said: "It is said that his mental quality is poor, but in fact it is also his lack of strength."
Zhao Yang didn't know what kind of medicine the two team leaders were selling in the gourd, so he could only follow: "Yes, people with good skills are bold, and those who are bold are more talented."
Li Gang said: "This sentence is good, it is the truth."
Li Yu said: "Xiao Zhao, who is stronger between us and Qatar?"
Zhao Yang pondered for a moment, "It should be between brothers."
Li Yu said: "Then what is our winning rate in this game?"
Zhao Yang said: "If we perform normally, we have the home court advantage and our opponents have nothing to ask for, so our hope of winning should be greater."
Li Gang said seriously: "We not only need a greater hope of winning, we need to win. Neither Chinese football nor fans can bear the result of being eliminated from the top 40."
Zhao Yang said nothing, waiting for Li Gang to continue.
After pondering for a moment, Li Gang said: "You have also seen the tactical drills during this period. Coach Perlan's starting lineup is not our strongest player. Several people like Feng Xiaoting, Hao Jun, Huang Bo and Zhang Zhe are in the substitute lineup.
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The issue Li Gang mentioned involves the power struggle between the Chinese coaching staff and foreign teachers. Originally, Zhao Yang did not want to get involved in these matters, but it was related to the overall situation of the Chinese national team qualifying, and Zhao Yang could not help but stay out of the matter.
Zhao Yang said: "Maybe Coach Perlan has his own ideas."
Li Gang said: "Every coach has his own ideas, but we can't pin all our hopes on foreign teachers."
Li Yu said: "Yes, we have hired a lot of foreign teachers. We can only get out of the World Cup once. If you hadn't come back in time last time, we might not have even had the chance to fight this life and death battle."
Li Gang said: "No matter what the formation is, it still has to be executed by the players. If we don't arrange the best players, how can we play the best game. Hao Jun has even played in the Bundesliga and is the most skilled in our team."
Oh, besides you, can’t you play in the Asian qualifiers?”
Zhao Yang roughly understood the meaning of the two team leaders. They did not want to seize or decentralize power, but they also hoped to win the game more steadily.
Zhao Yang didn't want to talk in circles with the two team leaders, and said: "Two team leaders, tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Li Gang said: "In the team affairs meeting later, we are going to recommend that Peilan reuse Hao Jun and Feng Xiaoting. I hope you can support us."
Zhao Yang thought about it. After this period of training and competition, he recognized Hao Jun's strength. Although he did not want to influence Peilan's tactical deployment, Peilan's command was indeed not impeccable. In the previous victories,
The opponent is too weak and cannot see the problem. This life and death battle really requires Perrin to think more comprehensively.
Zhao Yang said: "If necessary, I can advise Peilan."
After Li Gang and Li Yu left, Zhao Yang still felt uneasy, so he called his agent Xu Bing to ask him how to handle the matter.
After hearing this, Xu Bing told Zhao Yang that he could not follow the Hua Guo coaching staff on this matter, so as not to arouse Peran's suspicion. If he felt that what the Hua Guo coaching staff said was reasonable, he could communicate with Peran privately.
Xu Bing also told Zhao Yang not to mention anything about coach Hua Guo and only express his own opinions.
Finally, Xu Bing also asked Zhao Yang not to give Perrin any tactical advice. Foreigners have strong self-esteem, which may make Perrin think that Zhao Yang doubts his coaching ability.
Qatar does not need to win, the Chinese team must win. Xu Bing suggested that Zhao Yang consider the mentality of both sides of the game and let Perrin use Hao Jun.
Xu Bing is indeed a veteran, and Zhao Yang admires his advice very much.
After dinner, the team held a pre-war team meeting in the hotel conference room.
The theme of the meeting was the final battle with Qatar the next day.
The tactical play has been rehearsed many times, and the key is to determine the starting personnel.
Before Zhao Yang returned, Perrin experienced a serious crisis of trust.
During that period, the Chinese Football Association once had the idea of changing the coach and began to intervene in the team's personnel arrangements. It was only at that time that Zhao Yang was truly included in the national team's camp.
After Zhao Yang returned, the national team's performance improved, and Perrin overcame the crisis of confidence and regained control of the team.
Although the Chinese team has won three games in a row, it is still in a dangerous situation. As long as it loses, it may lose the opportunity to enter the top 12 in Asia.
At this time, the Huaguo coaching staff did not dare to take risks. At the team affairs meeting, they hoped that Perlan could reuse the defender Feng Xiaoting, midfielder Hao Jun, Huang Bo and Zhang Zhe who had been marginalized by him.
Previously, in the three important games against Qatar and Hong Kong teams, these four people did not get much playing time. In this key game against Qatar, the Chinese coaching staff hopes that they can have more opportunities.
Especially Hao Jun, who has played in the Bundesliga and can organize and break through, can start. If he can start, he can help Zhao Yang find shooting opportunities.
Hao Jun is very capable and has experience playing in top European leagues, but his problems are also obvious, that is, his physical fitness is too poor and his confrontation is too poor.
Head coach Perrin's coaching style is somewhat conservative. He believes that Qatar has good physical fitness and strong confrontation, and Hao Jun is not suitable to start in such a game.
The Chinese coaching staff and Perrin had a heated debate about this at the meeting, but they remained at a stalemate and neither could convince the other.
On this occasion, the Chinese coaching staff hoped that Zhao Yang would stand up and suggest to Peilan. Li Gang and Zhao Yang winked several times, but Zhao Yang pretended not to see it.
After the meeting, Zhao Yang came to Peilan's room. He did not mention the Chinese coach's suggestions, but only expressed his views on tomorrow's game.
Zhao Yang believes that Qatar has already qualified for the group stage and secured the victory, and has little interest in defeating the Chinese team. Therefore, the Chinese team's defense should not be under too much pressure, so the Chinese team should focus on offense.
This was an angle other than tactics. Peilan felt that it made sense, so he asked Zhao Yang to go back and said that he would think about it carefully.