This is very rare! After the very disappointing failures in the first two rounds, no one in the current national football team has even a trace of good expectations for the round of 18. Just when the national football team was actively playing away from Australia in the third round, the national football team ushered in a rare opportunity to prepare without too much pressure - because the outside world did not have any expectations, so the attention was extremely low. In this atmosphere, even the national football coach Ivankovic smiled.
The national football team departed for Australia on the 5th, and immediately after arriving, they underwent adaptation training. Three days later, on the 8th, the national football team should have gradually adapted to the local climate, and at this time, on the side of the training ground, we rarely saw the relaxed preparation side of the national football team. The video footage transmitted from the front shows that while the national football team is training, Ivan on the sidelines is talking and laughing with the members of the coaching staff, showing a relaxed smile from time to time (above). Ivan's relaxed expression was quickly captured by reporters on the sidelines and sent back to China.
As we all know, the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan in the first round of the round of 18, and the national football team was reversed by the Saudi team in the second round under the good situation of playing one more person and leading by one goal, these two defeats made Ivankovic questioned, almost made him lose his handsome seal. Fortunately, he was shrewd and signed a "life-saving" contract in advance that the Football Association could not refuse, but it was difficult to fire him, which allowed him to avoid the worry of getting out of class.
In any case, even if Ivan stays, it will be difficult to convince the public, and how to make the players willingly obey his command in the next game is a big problem. Everyone understands that if the generals don't work together, it will be almost impossible to win according to the current strength of the national football team.
We don't know how the national football team solves this problem. However, judging from the relaxed atmosphere of preparation for the game that Ivan showed at this moment, the national football team seems to have found a solution. Perhaps, the national football players have swept away the haze of the previous two consecutive defeats. The haze is swept away, and the face is happy.
From the perspective of the strength of both sides, the national football team is definitely weaker than the Australia team, plus Ivan continues to coach, so the national football team has a high probability of losing this game, and no one expects them to bring back even 1 point. may also be because of this, the preparation of the national football team seems so easy. Anyway, no matter how you play, you lose, but at this time there is no pressure.
Sometimes the national football team is weird! Often when you expect a lot from them, they often let you down. On the contrary, when you give up on them, it suddenly brings you a glimmer of hope. It's right to prepare for the battle easily, but it's taboo to be nervous with a straight face. Maybe Ivankovic deliberately made a relaxed expression to relieve the pressure on the national football players! If you don't go into the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, and I hope that the national football team will show its best strength, even if it loses, it will lose vigorously, instead of nesting.