A 0-0 draw with the Philippines on the road made the national football team 'back before liberation' which had won two consecutive games. Looking back on the whole game, the national football team has an advantage in both ball possession rate and absolute goal scoring opportunities. Perhaps the ability to grasp the opportunity is too poor, or the national football team that failed to get rid of the impact of adverse conditions on the road failed to win the opponent. Although he lost 2 points in the plan, this basin of 'cold water' was poured at the right time, and the draw with the Philippines is by no means the 'end'.
In the 0-0 draw with the Philippines, the national football team ended its 6-game winning streak against its opponents and ended its 3-game winning streak in the world preliminaries.
There are a lot of 'cakes', but the national football team can't eat it
Shooting 35 times and shooting 14 times, which is the shooting data statistics of the national football team after the game. In contrast, his opponent, the Philippines, only shot 8 times in this game, with 4 straight shots. From the perspective of perception, the national football team does not seem to be as strong as expected, but in terms of scoring opportunities, the national football team is in an absolute advantage. Yang Xu's point grabbing shot in the first 3 minutes and Wu Lei's volley in the ninth minute, including Hao Junmin's powerful shot in stoppage time, even if we seize one of these opportunities, the situation facing the national football team will be very different from now.
Unfortunately, the national football team failed to solve the problem of insufficient ability to seize opportunities in this game. In fact, the team has exposed this problem in the game with Maldives and Guam. However, due to the relatively limited strength of the opponent, the praise after successive big victories overshadowed the problems pointed out by Lippi more than once.
In the previous two games, no matter Maldives or Guam, there was no big iron bucket array, which gave the national football team sufficient offensive space. In the away game in the Philippines, it was expected that the opponent would adopt conservative tactics, but the defense quality was so high that it seemed to be beyond the expectation of the national football team. Coupled with the interference of some objective conditions, the international players who lack the ability to grasp opportunities have completely fallen into a state of silence, which has also become the biggest obstacle to winning. The three points that should have been won became one point, and the national football team handed the top position of the group to its opponent Syria in the next game.
There are not many opportunities for the national football team. In stoppage time, Hao Junmin almost killed his opponent.
The Philippines is not the end
A draw wiped out the good situation accumulated by the national football team in two consecutive games. Especially in Syria's 5-2 away victory over the Philippines, it makes people feel more frustrated. But football is never a matter of calculation. We can calculate the win or lose only by the score of each other. Qatar drew at home with India and Saudi Arabia 2-2 away with Yemen, including England's away defeat to the Czech Republic in the European qualifier & hellip& hellip; Unpopularity is a regular factor in football. However, in view of the painful experience in the past, when the cold door appears on the national football team participating in important competitions, it will quickly arouse people's sensitive nerves.
Four rounds have been completed in the top 40 of the world preliminaries, except one round of empty rounds. The national football team won 2 wins and 1 draw in 3 games, ranking second temporarily. In terms of the situation, the national football team is far from reaching the 'doomsday moment'.
After the away game against Syria next month, the second half of the world's top 40 qualifiers will start in March next year. At that time, the national football team will face Maldives, the Philippines and Syria. From the schedule, the advantage of the national football team is quite obvious. If the next game remains unbeaten against Syria, it is an acceptable result. After all, there is a great difference between home and away games in this qualifier.
'cold water' was poured at the right time
Successive victories over Maldives and Guam did not seem to make the national football players aware of the cruelty of the world qualifier. Lippi also said after the game: 'the big score victory in the first two games makes the players feel they can easily win the game, but in fact. The team has to work harder to win the next game and complete the promotion goal. "
It is less than a month before the away game against Syria on November 14. Objectively, there is not much room for Lippi to transform the team, and it is difficult to improve the ability of the offensive side to grasp opportunities for the time being. However, ideologically, the 'cold water' in the draw with the Philippines was poured at the right time. The 2 points lost in this battle are much less than those lost in Syria, the strongest opponent in the same group.
Lippi has established the new national football team for more than four months after his return. During this period, he has played 3 friendly matches between the national teams and 3 world preliminary matches, winning 5 wins and 1 draw. Six games have been used to run in a lot of lineups. After defeating the weak team and establishing some confidence, the next thing the national football team should think about is how to win in the key hard battle.