On the afternoon of the 17th, Singapore defeated Guam 1-0 away and won 3-1 on aggregate over two legs to advance to the round of 36, and the last opponent of the Chinese team in the group was produced.
The national football team is in the same group as South Korea, Thailand and Singapore - on November 16, the national football team will play the first match of the round of 36, away to Thailand.
With the last month left before the first match of the World Qualifiers, Jankovic has led the team to all eight warm-up matches - but as of now, the main squad of the national football team is far from certain, and Jankovic needs to finalize the plan as soon as possible in the last month.
The national football team is about to face the severe test of the World Preliminary Round.
The 3-4-3 technical and tactical system has been determined
Jankovic officially took over as the national football manager in Haikou in early March, and played a total of eight warm-up games in seven and a half months.
In March, they played two away games against New Zealand, drawing 0-0 in the first game and losing 1-2 in the second game. After six matches, they played at home, beating Myanmar 4-0 and Palestine 2-0 in Dalian in June; In September, they drew 1-1 with Malaysia in Chengdu and lost 0-1 to Syria; He returned to Dalian in October, beating Vietnam 2-0 and defeating Uzbekistan 1-2.
Statistics show that the national football team in the Yankovic era has 8 warm-up games with 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, scoring 11 goals and conceding 6 goals, considering the weak opponent in the June game, if you remove the results of these two games against the weak team, on the whole, the overall performance of the national football warm-up game can only be regarded as decent, and there are not many highlights.
National football coach Jankovic.
"From the point of view of opponents, there are physically strong ones (New Zealand, Syria, Uzbekistan), and other opponents come from different regions and have different styles."
Jankovic is satisfied with the results of these eight warm-up games, "I am more happy with the team's ability to adjust and adapt, the stability and integrity of the defense is what we have always requested. ”
In 8 warm-up matches, the biggest takeaway for Jankovic was the establishment of a 3-4-3 tactical system.
In the first half of the June game against Myanmar, the national football team with a 4-4-2 formation gave the opponent too many opportunities to possess the ball and counterattack, and in the second half, Jankovic changed to three central defenders, and after this game, Jankovic decided to adopt a three-centre-back system, which has been used to this day.
Wu Lei (left) wears the captain's armband for Jiang Guangtai.
As for the technical and tactical system, Jankovic still said that the team will switch between three central defenders and four defenders in the game, "We will prepare two formations, two different playing styles, and different coordination and movement on the offensive end. At this stage, I am satisfied with the speed at which players accept and learn tactical ideas. ”
In October's games against Vietnam and Uzbekistan, the average possession rate of the national football team was only about 30% - in the case of insufficient individual technical ability of players, shrinking the defense against teams of the same level is the most helpless but realistic choice for the national football team at this stage.
In the last 15 minutes with Uzbekistan, the national football backline made two mistakes that led to the goal conceded - trying to avoid mistakes as much as possible, which is also what this national football team must do in the World Qualifiers.
The national football players thanked the fans for their support after the game.
At least three positions are to be determined
The three-centre-back system has been decided, but in terms of the starting line-up, at least from the two games against Vietnam and Uzbekistan in October, the national football team has no answers in several positions.
The main goalkeeper is still Yan Junling, with three central defenders Jiang Guangtai in the center and Wu Shaocong on the left, but the right central defender will be a question.
Jankovic let Wang Shangyuan play two right-back games, which is considering that the Henan captain has a long experience of playing right-back, and can play right-back when switching formations to four backs, but in terms of the position responsibilities of the right-center defender itself, this is not what Wang Shangyuan is good at.
This position Zhu Chenjie, Zhang Linpeng and even Jiang Shenglong can be competent, and Jankovic should choose a full-fledged central defender for the sake of safety.
In the two warm-up games in this period, the most worrying position is the right wing-back.
Centre forward Axon (left) is in worrying form.
Jankovic abandoned Deng Hanwen, but He Yupeng and Fang Hao, two Asian Games players with experience and ability, are difficult to qualify for such a high-intensity competition as the World Qualifiers, and Jankovic's favorite player is still recovering tomorrow, and this position is what Yankovic needs to answer the most.
Zhang Linpeng and Wang Shenchao's experience and ability are still relatively outstanding domestic players at this stage, but their age determines that they can only play one of the two high-intensity matches in five days.
Left-winger Li Lei defends more solidly, Liu Yang is characterized by attack - different options can be made against different levels of opponent Jankovic, and the balanced Li Shuai has been seriously injured against Malaysia before, and if he can recover from injury, it is also an alternative to this position.
The double back position Li Que has basically secured the national football team in the last four warm-up games, and Wu Xi's experience and ability are still top-notch, but age issues make it impossible for him to ensure a consistent performance in both games.
At present, Wang Qiuming is injured in the season against Uzbekistan, Gao Tianyi is still immature, and Jankovic can actually let Wang Shangyuan return to a better back position to enhance thickness.
Wei Shihao is brilliant, he has locked in the main position.
Of the three attackers, Wei Shihao's performance against Uzbekistan should allow him to lock in a starter away to Thailand, and of course Wu Lei's position is no problem, and now Jankovic has a headache for the center candidate.
Axon has never been able to find his form, Tan Long is the oldest player in the team, Zhang Yuning was injured for more than half a year when he played, and he just came back...
If the defensive counter-attacking thinking continues, Jankovic can actually consider replacing the center with a dexterous player, and send Xie Pengfei or Dai Weijun to stand between the midfield and the forward as a link.
Regarding the selection of candidates for the final World Qualifiers, Jankovic said, "We will follow all the players, there are actually players who are injured and absent in this training camp, and we will also track the suitable players in the league in the following month. ”