() On the evening of July 17, Beijing Workers' Stadium.

The opening match of the Asian Cup, the first round of Group A, the host China vs Bahrain.

Both managers said before the game that the hosts were a double-edged sword. If you use it well, it will be a great help, but once the scene is at a disadvantage, the pressure on the home team players is great.

The Asian Cup is divided into 4 divisions: Beijing, Jinan, Chongqing, and Chengdu. The longitude and latitude span are very large, who makes China a big land!

In this game, Alihan sent a formation of 442. Tang Wu, Shao Jiayi and Sun Yangyang, the three international players who stayed abroad, were all sitting on the bench, and it was not until the 30th minute of the first half that Alihan sent Shao Jiayi to replace the injured Li Xiaopeng.

Although it was 442, a discerning person could see at a glance that Alihan had his own ideas.

The Dutchman lined up Tang Wu's Olympic teammate Yan Song on the left flank, trying to make a way from this side. The two forwards Li Jinyu and Hao Cannon were asked to pull the opposing defense line and attract the attention of the opposing defenders.

Zhao Junzhe, who originally played in the front midfield, was sent to the right side, and Li Xiaopeng and Shao Jiayi, who came on as a substitute, were in the middle.

Alihan's idea is very realistic, that is, he wants the national football team to form a high-level pressing after conceding the ball in the frontcourt. Once the attack is unsuccessful, don't let the opponent form a quick counterattack, and buy the defender some time to return to the defense.

Such a lineup arrangement made some fans who are familiar with the national football players a little surprised and a little confused. But seeing the 2-0 lead, everyone didn't say anything.

Although the scene was not noisy with gongs and drums and firecrackers, it was still full of fans. Some people were also a little dissatisfied after seeing that Tang Wu and Sun Sun did not play, after all, they were Tang Wu and Sun Taiyang's personal fans.

Tang Wu sat on the bench, if nothing else, he would have no chance to play in this game.

A few days ago, he went to Inner Mongolia and the United Arab Emirates to play a 2-0 game, and Alihan seemed to be in order to "make up" Tang Wu, so he still sent Tang Wu to start.

The UAE is much stronger than Lebanon, so Tang Wu was discussing with Sun Sun at this time the cooperation in the last game, and at the same time, he nested it in this game to see if there were any similarities.

"Brother Sun, look at this ball. What would you do if it were you? ”

"Me? I wouldn't have rushed forward so recklessly! Sun Sun said disdainfully.

In the middle of the field, the national football team is taking advantage of corner kick opportunities to press hard. But Shao Jiayi's front point was pushed by the opponent, and the Bahrain team took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The ball was kicked into the air by a defender, and No. 29 Hubayr quickly caught up with the ball by the player who earned the top of the player. Facing Zhou Ting, who came to scramble, and Liu Yunfei, who attacked, Hubaier gently picked the ball up and picked it into the net.

2-1, Bahrain pulled a goal back in the 51st minute of the second half.

"I guess this ball is hanging for me, and I really can't imagine that my teammates will leak the top." Even if he was scored, Tang Wu sat on the bench and analyzed, "But I can't let this striker pick the ball so easily, if I play well, maybe I can still kick him." ”

"It's true that with your position and position, you have this ability, if you are on the field, you will basically not lose this ball." Sun Sun also echoed.

When the national football team loses a goal, the biggest reaction is the fans and coaches.

Alihan and the coaching staff hid their faces at the same time, and seemed to be unwilling. The fans also booed again and again, obviously they pressed the attack a second ago, who would have thought that a minute later, someone would score a goal?

It's just a shame!

But in addition to the above-mentioned personnel, whether it is the national football substitute or the security and shooting personnel on the sidelines, they are all expressionless, as if this should have happened.

"The coach is actually quite level." Looking at his teammates who restarted, Tang Wu gave a pertinent evaluation.

"Oh? How so? ”

"Our coach played very well when he was a player, don't look at his age now, his thinking is quite clear, and his skills and tactics are also more advanced for Asian football."

"Then how can you concede a goal?" Sun Sun has a great talent for praise.

"He doesn't know about Asia, and he doesn't understand our country. It's too hard to put the Dutch set on us. Except for Shao Jiayi and the two of us, few people on the team can understand and understand his tactical arrangements. ”

Sun Sun touched his chin and thought for a moment: "That's true." ”

Stamina and tackling skills aside, high pressing requires awareness. Whether it is the awareness of oneself or the awareness of cooperating with teammates to grab is very important. And this kind of pressing is generally done collectively by all the frontcourt players. If one or two people drop the chain, or if only one or two people force it, then there is no other gain than a waste of physical strength.

Tang Wu knew this best.

Don't look at Tang Wu as a goalkeeper, when he was on the back foot at Chelsea, he faced the most three strikers who collectively grabbed it.

Now it's up to Alihan to see if he can react.

After all, he has been coaching in China for two years, and if he continues his game at this level, then the Dutchman is not far from being out of class.

And during the training camp, Alihan emphasized defense at most, and the opening game was not for the national football team and himself.

In the 70th minute of the game, Alihan replaced Hao Dacang with Emperor Li Yi. It didn't take long for the last substitution to unexpectedly use up the last substitution spot and replace Shao Jiayi, who came on as a substitute in the first half, with Sun Sunyang.

"Brother Shao, give." Seeing Shao Jia walking towards him, Tang Wu handed over a towel.

"Damn, replace me before it's hot, it's not good!"

Of the three foreign internationals, Shao Jiayi is not the youngest, but he has the longest recovery period. For protection reasons, Shao Jiayi, who is still recovering, is replaced, and this reason is barely reasonable.

When he was about to win the first game in the opening game, Sun Sunyang, who had just come on the field, drew a foul while defending on the right side and gave the opponent a free kick.

Adnan's free-kick was not very good and was cleared by Zhou Ting. But the Bahraini players on the periphery got the ball again and stuffed it straight to No. 8 Ali in front.

But at this point, both defenders thought that the opponent was going to stretch out their feet to clear the ball, and at the same time there was a mistake.

The ball rolled to Ali's feet and shot straight away, the ball grazed the bottom right corner of the turf and rolled into the net again.

Not only did the fans loudly express their dissatisfaction, but Alihan and others were also dumbfounded.

Walt? Why is this happening?

2-2, Bahrain equalized at the last minute of the game and held on until the end of the game.

Such an ending made many fans in the stands feel like they were stuck in their throats.

It was originally a complete victory, but it was tied by the opponent after two mistakes in the second half.

3 points become 1 point, and no one will be happy.

It's like eating half a rice worm during a meal, there is no other way than to pick up this half of the "corpse" and continue to eat, after all, there is only one Chinese team.

No matter what, the opening game of the national football team finally did not end in a loss, and the last trace of face was saved.

Except for the five shirtless fans under the stands who were painted with the words "Asian Cup Champion" and some hardcore national football fans, other ordinary fans did not give the players applause.

Many people even got up and left the pitch after seeing Bahrain equalize, not believing that they could pull the score away at the last minute.

In the words of fans, the national football team is such a magical and strange team. He's always going to be able to disappoint you in all sorts of weird ways when you're full of confidence, which you wouldn't have guessed before the game!

This is an old problem with the national football team!

"Mom, why didn't Brother Tang Wu play? Isn't he a goalkeeper? Wouldn't we win with him? Between the fan tunnels, there was a childish question.

Facing the child who had just entered elementary school, the young female fan squatted down and sorted out his collar, "It's okay, Brother Tang Wu will play in the next game, and we won't lose the ball when the time comes." ”

"Then what if Brother Tang Wu doesn't play yet?" The child asked curiously.

Looking at the child's innocent eyes, the female fan sighed: "If Brother Tang Wu doesn't play in the next game, I will tell your father not to take us two to watch the game in the future." ”