In 2024, the Qatar Asian Cup will open with a whistle. In the last Qatar Asian Cup 13 years ago, the Chinese national team, ranked 6th in the odds of winning the championship and 5th in Asia, only won 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, and for the first time in the team's history, there was an embarrassment of 0 goals in the sports battle. The "Gao Jiajun", which erected the flag in May 2009, finally drove high and went low, creating the worst Asian Cup record in the history of the national football team. Today, we might as well review that Asian Cup together and sound the alarm bell for the upcoming Chinese team.
It was also an Asian Cup after the storm in the Chinese football circle
Like this Asian Cup, the Chinese football circle at that time also experienced a storm known as "scraping bones to cure poison". In 2009, "Gao Jiajun" drew 1-1 with Germany, defeated Iran 1-0, and lost to Saudi Arabia 1-4, starting with a record of one win, one draw and one loss. In 2010, the Chinese team drew 0-0 with Japan in the East Asian Cup, swept South Korea 3-0, and defeated Hong Kong 2-0 to win the East Asian semifinals. Before the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup, although the national football team used "training" to relieve pressure on the team, in front of reporters, coach Gao Hongbo said that he hoped that the team would go to the end and strive to win the championship.
Although it seems that today, Gao Gui was completely slapped in the face, but the national football team at that time ranked 5th in Asia, and the team showed excellent tactical literacy in a series of games, no matter how you think about it, it is difficult for us to imagine that the national football team will lose the group stage.
This is a real "sign-up".
At that time, people in the Chinese football circle also believed that the team had drawn a good signing. The Chinese team has only lost 2 games against Kuwait in the past few years, and once had an unbeaten record of 11 years. As for Qatar, although it has repeatedly blocked the national football team in the World Preliminaries, it has always been an opponent that the Chinese team can win completely in the Asian Cup. Although the national football team gradually fell behind in the head-to-head record between the Uzbekistan team and the Chinese team that year, many people believed that the national football team could win at least 1 win, 2 draws, or even 2 wins and 1 loss (won Kuwait and Qatar, and lost to Uzbekistan in the last round. ）
The host won the first round, and the national football team fought hard after winning
In the first round of the game, the Chinese team's sports efficiency was very poor, the basic offensive function of the front court relied on the personal breakthrough of the players, and the ball control was dominated by the back court. Although the national football team defeated Kuwait 2-0 with Zhang Linpeng and Deng Zhuoxiang's set-pieces, the former national youth coach at the time, Crouchen, believed that the Chinese team could win by luck, and the team's three lines were seriously disjointed, and it was difficult to cope with the impact of high-level teams. In the first game, the host Qatar team lost to the Uzbekistan team, which made the second round of the national football team a decisive battle.
Against Qatar: The referee secretly helped, and Milutinovic discovered the Achilles' heel of the national football team
Ahead of the match against Qatar, the AFC hinted that if the hosts fail to make it out of the group stage, it will have an impact on the ratings of the Asian Cup. Before the game, the coaching staff asked the players to pay attention to the pressing action, avoid physical contact, and not give the referee too many opportunities to play cards.
Soon after the start of the game, the Chinese team received two yellow cards in the pressing, and the referee's decision set the tone for the game. Milutinovic bluntly said that the Chinese team's back cannot provide strong protection for the back line, as long as he plays a long shot in front of the penalty area, it is easy to penetrate the defense of the national football team. In addition, the coaching staff was considering "training" and replaced Yang Zhi, who had performed better before, with Zeng Cheng. In the end, the national football team was defeated by the Qatar team with 2 wonderful world waves. In the whole game, the national football team almost didn't get too good shooting opportunities, Gao Lin and Zhao Peng became the target of criticism after the game because of their poor performance.
Although China drew 2-2 with Uzbekistan in the final round, they still finished third in the group, losing the group stage of the Asian Cup for the second time in a row after 2007.
This is the lowest point of the national football team in the Asian Cup
Judging from the content of the game to the ending of the game, the 2011 Asian Cup was the lowest point for the national football team to compete in the Asian Cup. In 3 games, the running distance of the national football team was insufficient, 0 goals in the sports battle, 3 of the 4 goals conceded were long-range shots, and the back waist was weak, as for the core Deng Zhuoxiang, who was established as the No. 10, he did not successfully organize an attack except for the free kick world wave. A ** even summarized the 2011 Asian Cup with the title of "One General is Incompetent and Exhausts the Three Armies". The defeat in the 2011 Asian Cup punctured the bubble since the national football team won the 2010 East Asian semifinals, and the national football team once again entered a low period. It was not until 2015 and 2019 that the image of Chinese football gradually picked up.
This time, it is the Asian Cup after the storm is over, and it is another newcomer to the trip, this time, the national football team will not go down again, right?