Holidays add blockage to fans, and the national football team rarely "drops the chain", but the first blockage in 2024 will come earlier than before.
On the evening of January 1, in a FIFA A-level friendly match, the Chinese men's football team was reversed 1-2 by Hong Kong, China, and the three people got a red card for a "good start". On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2022, the national football team lost to Vietnam in the world preliminaries, unlocking the record for the fastest blockage in the Lunar New Year. This time is the first day of 2024, and the national football team will "make persistent efforts" to unlock the record for the fastest blockage in the solar calendar year.
The match between the national football team and Oman, ** Chinese football team.
Because the game was played in a completely closed situation, fans could not intuitively feel the poor performance of the national football team, but the first loss to Hong Kong, China after 39 years, coupled with the "explosive" performance of 3 people who were sent off, made fans think about this game even more.
In the 9th minute of this game, the national football team scored a goal by Tan Long to take the lead. However, in the second half, the situation changed abruptly, Hong Kong, China player Pan Peixuan scored two goals in the 50th and 55th minutes to overtake, and national football players Wang Shangyuan, Wu Shaocong and an assistant coach were sent off with red cards. According to blogger @asaikana, the first of the two red cards of the national football player is a disrespectful speech to the referee, and the second is a dangerous action. Pan Peixuan, who became famous after scoring two games, said on social ** after the game: "Our national football team played the spirit of Shaolin and sent three red cards. "Considering that the national football team is ranked 79th in the world and Hong Kong, China is only ranked 150th, this defeat is undoubtedly a loss and a loss.
A few days earlier, the national football team had just lost 0-2 to Oman, and Jankovic attributed the defeat to the fact that the team's physical fitness was not at its best after a large training cycle, and said that if he could play well in the game with Hong Kong, he would give the players a day off. But after two consecutive defeats on New Year's Eve, the holiday of the national football team is estimated to be in vain, and fans have little hope for the performance of the national football team in the Asian Cup. The confidence and popularity that we had built up over Thailand last year were almost gone.
Data map: National football coach Jankovic.
Coach Jankovic has always insisted on ruling the army with an iron fist, after Li Ke was ordered to leave the team due to late training and missed the Asian Cup. After nearly a month of closed training, the outside world knows little about the situation of the national football team, but judging from the results of three red cards in a warm-up game, the player's psychology seems to have a problem. With limited strength and emotional instability, the Asian Cup has not yet started, and the national football team is on the verge of collapse.
South Korea's coach Jurgen Klinsmann said his team had not won the Asian Cup in 64 years and it was time to win it. Japan, which has won the most championships in history, has just announced a squad led by 20 players in Europe, with a total value of more than 300 million euros, which is a dimensionality reduction blow to the whole of Asia. When asked whether the goal of the national football team is to reach the quarterfinals, Jankovic did not respond positively, but stressed the need to be down-to-earth: "Let's take it step by step, focus on the first game against Tajikistan, and try to do the best." ”
In this Asian Cup, the national football team will play Tajikistan for the first time on January 13, followed by Lebanon and the host Qatar team. Tajikistan are a "mysterious division" and they will also play a warm-up match against Hong Kong on January 4, where the results can be compared. Lebanon and Qatar have chosen to change coaches on the spot, and the prospects of the national football team to qualify from the group are uncertain. The national football team has only failed to qualify from the group twice in the previous Asian Cup, both after 2000, in 2007 and 2011.
When the Asian powerhouses are eyeing the Asian Cup, the national football team, which is in a worrying state, is being eyed by Asian teams. There are still 10 days left before the first match of the Asian Cup, and there is not much time left for the national football team to adjust.
Poster News Editor: Ma Hongzhen.