On October 10, Beijing time, in the third round of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminary Championship, the national football team challenged Australia away. Both teams have not been in good shape lately, with Australia in Asia ranked 4th, losing 0-1 to Bahrain in the first round and drawing 0-0 with Indonesia in the second round, and after two upsets, Australia are fifth in Group C with one point from one draw and one loss. The national football team ranked 13th in Asia, losing 0-7 to Japan in the first round, and was reversed by Saudi Arabia 1-2 in the second round, 0-2 and ranked 6th in Group C. This game of the national football team and Australia directly PK, Alan and Wu Lei were absent due to injury. In the first half, the national football team scored the first goal, but the possession rate was completely blown out, and it was helplessly reversed, and finally the national football team lost 1-3 to Australia in the third round of the World Preliminary Round of 18, the process is very similar to the last loss to Saudi Arabia.
The game was full of ups and downs, and the national football team scored first. In the 20th minute, Wang Dalei kicked off the ball, Zhang Yuning headed the ball, Xie Wenneng faced the defense of the Australia players and scored the goal, and the national football team led Australia 1-0. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first goal scored by the national football team in the round of 18, after losing 1-2 to Saudi Arabia in the last game, and the goal of the national football team was an own goal by Saudi players. For the national football team, the biggest question is whether they can hold it, but in first-half stoppage time, Australia scored from a free-kick and the two teams drew 1-1.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Australia's Goodwin blasted a world wave, Wang Dalei struggled to save but fell short, and the national football team was overtaken by Australia 1-2. In stoppage time, the national football team was once again breached by Australia to seal the victory. In the end, the national team lost 1-3 to Australia, 0-3 and 0 points in the first three games of the round of 18, ranked first from the bottom of Group C, and the next home game against Indonesia!
3 incredible
First, the national football team actually scored first, and Xie Wen was able to score in the face of defenders, which is really a huge surprise. Xie Wenneng is only 23 years old this year, he played for the national football team for the fifth time, scored the first goal of his national football career, and it is predictable that no matter what the final result of the game, Xie Wenneng will definitely be a regular for the national team in the future.
Second, how bad is this Australia team? It has exceeded everyone's imagination, the first 2 games against Bahrain and Indonesia only scored 1 point, now it is not accidental, the reason why it is still ranked 4th in Asia, is mainly to eat the dividends of previous years. Australia's defense is too poor, the new coach Popovich is under a lot of pressure, although this game defeated the Chinese team, but Australia wants to get a place in the World Cup, there is still a certain difficulty.
Third, as the hero of the national football team's goals, Xie Wen was replaced by Baihelamu before the start of the second half. Ivan's substitution adjustment is incomprehensible, and letting Baihelam play must be to strengthen the attack, but judging from the first two games, Baihelamu's state is very average, Xie Wenneng is very active in this game, but he was replaced 45 minutes early, which is incomprehensible.
4 indisputable facts
First, the national football team is really the worst team in the round of 18 of the World Preliminaries, both offensively and defensively. No matter who the national football team is facing, it is common for the ball possession rate to fall behind significantly, and it can only seek opportunities by opening up big feet, and if you are lucky, the opponent's defense is a little lax, you may get a chance to score. But if you want to enter the World Cup, you still need to rely on absolute strength, after the match with Australia, everyone can calm down, as a Football Association official said, the national football team can not enter the World Cup, the round of 18 is the World Cup.
Second, Australia has clearly fallen behind in pass-and-control football, of course, this is a conclusion compared with other strong teams such as Japan, Korea and Iran. Judging from the game, Australia did have a high possession rate, the ball was almost always at their feet before taking the lead, but there were no stars who really had the ability to break through, Japan had three goals and Junya Ito, and Korea had Lee Gang-in and Son Heung-min. So many times, Australia's passing doesn't make much sense, and it still depends on set-pieces to open the situation. Moreover, after leading the national football team, Australia began to control the field, and perhaps their players felt that it was good to win the national football team, and they would accept it when they saw it.
Thirdly, the problems of the national football team are certainly not just with Ivankovic. Even if Ivan's coaching is problematic, but the player clears the game and directly sends Australia a corner, which is the tactic arranged by the coach? Or the player's self-confidence is low, and after possession of the ball, he will basically be tackled, which is basically too bad. Moreover, in the second half, Australia scored the second goal to overtake, the national football team also got the opportunity to break fast, Fernando threatened Australia's goal with the ball, but when the fast attack, there were no teammates next to him at all, and the Australia players have returned to defense, the box is full of Australia players, this is the current situation of the national football, goals often rely on luck, really when it comes to the need to cooperate, the players have no tacit understanding at all. So regardless of whether there will be a change of coach in the future, this national football team will definitely not hope to enter the World Cup, and fans also need to recognize the reality.
Fourth, in the international arena, Wu Lei's role is indeed not too big. Defensively, Wu Lei can't help, after entering the round of 18, Wu Lei's performance on the offensive side is also average, 3 games have passed, the only goal scored by the national football player is still from Xie Wenneng, I hope his injury will recover soon, but even if Wu Lei plays in the next game, the national football team's home game against Indonesia is not optimistic!