The Chinese men's national hockey training team and Beijing Kunlun Hongxing VankeLong continue to stick to the bitter cold in Russia, (will return directly to China on January 21 to enter the closed loop) to prepare for the final sprint of the Winter Olympics preparations, which should be one of the few national teams in all countries that are still training overseas. Because it is still abroad, few reporters pay attention to it, and few leaders pay attention to it; although it is lonely overseas and the Arctic is bitterly cold, it is rare to continue to stick to it in obscurity for the goal of the Winter Olympics.
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Unfortunately, yesterday's opening did not start, losing 1-5 to the powerful giants, the St. Petersburg Army. Judging from the trend of this year's KHL, the lineup of Russian players participating in the Winter Olympics will still be dominated by the five teams of SKA, CSKA, Dynamo, Ufa and Ma Gangcheng, so from yesterday's game, there is basically no chance for the Chinese team. The opening 12 minutes were 3:0 behind, and then the Army basically closed the game, until the end of the third quarter, due to the rapid decline in Kunlun Hongxing's physical fitness, the Army scored 2 more goals effortlessly, easily won the game 5-1, and gave Hongxing eleven consecutive defeats. At present, because the KHL teams are too long on the road, the flying physical exertion is extremely high, and when the strong team faces the weak team, it is often the criterion to win at the lowest cost, so it will not be fully oppressed for 60 minutes, unless the team wants to take points, or faces the test inside and outside the playoff circle, the team we face will be completely suppressed for sixty minutes. For example, torpedoes, such as Illustrator, or the Finnish national club Joker team that wants to train for the Olympics, often meet such a team and we will lose big scores. This also puts forward higher requirements for the overall defensive type of our team.
Goalkeeper Smith is currently the most serious player in the team, followed by Wang Taylor
Yesterday's game highlighted such a problem. Although I rarely criticize the Chinese local players because they are young and have too little experience in the game, making mistakes on the field will definitely be a growing pain, so I am very tolerant. But yesterday's game really made it difficult to be satisfied. Yesterday there was basically little communication with teammates, the defense was not active, there were more mistakes in taking the ball, the running position was often wrong, from the key data blocking of defensive enthusiasm, at the end of the second quarter, only one local player had the data of blocking, and the Chinese player had contributed 13 blocks. Recall that 8 local players played, the game against chemicals, 3 defensive players and Chinese players matched, emphasizing defense, making wedding dresses for Chinese players, the game was played more smoothly. And yesterday's platoon arrangement is not very easy to understand, the three offensive players, when paired with the high strength of the Chinese players, it is difficult to have a positive defensive beginning, resulting in often loopholes in the defense. Throughout the season, due to the head coach's poor military strategy, almost no Kunlun Hongxing was seen reflecting the overall defensiveness at the defensive end, or having a tactical integrity, so yesterday's game was just a microcosm of our tactical shortcomings, and it had little to do with the player's personal strength. Although Yan Ruinan has to pay a lot of responsibility for the two balls lost (retreating to block his own goalkeeper's movement, the initiative behind the goal is wrong), but personally believe that it is still due to lack of experience. In the last two games, Yan Ruinan has lost three goals, and he has been calm throughout the season, and it seems that he is still a psychological test for a long time throughout the season, and he needs to be overcome more, which is the way to grow.
Kovalev had difficulty fighting the fire
At the beginning of 2022, the overall state of the Chinese men's national ice hockey team is like this, the strong goalkeeper can attack and defend the weak goalkeeper, and playing more and playing less can create opportunities. However, in the case of a certain gap in the overall strength, the requirements for the defender and the overall defensive type put forward higher requirements. If it can't be prevented, the organizational ability of the forward line will be greatly reduced, and it will also lead to the loss of control of the whole game. Therefore, the subsequent games are to emphasize the overall co-defense, especially the participation of the forward in the defense is the top priority, and the Chinese players need to play more to alleviate the physical pressure of the core players. Prepare for the final sprint for the Winter Olympics.