With such a small talent base, how can it be possible to select enough good football talents?

Fortunately, after the investigation report came out, the Dragon Football Association learned from the pain, determined to spend a lot of effort on youth training, after the continuous promotion of the Dragon Football Association, in the past two years, the reserve talent base of Dragon Football has grown rapidly, according to the latest statistics, stimulated by the Dragon Team for the second time in the history of the World Cup finals, the number of young players in the current age of 08 has reached 100,000 nationwide!

And that number continues to grow!

The U14 national youth team organized and selected by the Dragon Football Association, that is, the young players of the 04 age group, the talent base has reached 10,000 people, although this number is still too small compared to the developed countries of football, but it has been improved a lot compared to the 97 age group where Shen Feng is located!

I believe that as more and more children join the sport of football and become a member of the reserve talents of Longguo football, and the youth training system of Longguo football will be further improved, the future of Longguo football will be very bright, and one day, it will be able to truly stand among the strong in international football!

The future of Dragon Country football is bright, but for now, the Dragon Country team still faces many practical difficulties!

In this match against Wales, Lippi fielded a starting line-up with an average age of 30 years old - this is in no way representative of the future of Dragon Football!

It's not that Lippi doesn't want to update and iterate on the Dragon Country team, but the eleven people in this starting lineup are the strongest in all positions in the field of the current Dragon Country players, especially the oldest and almost 38-year-old veteran captain Zheng Zhi, whose role in this Dragon Country team is not only the spiritual leader, but also the position on the field is irreplaceable for the time being!

Lippi has been looking for Zheng Zhi's successor since he took over the Dragon Country team, and until now, he has still not found a suitable candidate!

The young players represented by Wei Shihao, Deng Hanwen, and Zhang Yuning, although they have shown a certain talent and ability, their strength, even in Asia, is not first-class, let alone in the world.

At least, there are only less than three months left to prepare for the World Cup in Russia, and these U23 youngsters are not yet able to provoke the pillars of the Dragon Country team!

At present, this Dragon Country team has Shen Feng on the front line, and the attack power and goal efficiency are guaranteed; After changing to a five-back system, Zheng Zhi's position in the backfield is as a central defender, and on the left side there is Zhang Linpeng, who is in the prime of his career, and Feng Xiaoting, who is experienced and has the same good ability, and the intensity of defense can be basically guaranteed.

At present, the most abundant talent reserve of this Dragon team is the position of fullbacks on both sides, Li Xuepeng, Wang Shenchao, Jiang Zhipeng, Wu Xi, including the teenager Deng Hanwen, have a good performance in these two positions, and each person's characteristics are different, so that Lippi has more combinations to choose from in terms of arrangement.

However, after Zheng Zhi's position in the backfield, the control of the Dragon Country team in the midfield has declined, although Zhang Xizhe and Hao Junmin also have good scheduling ability, but there is still a certain gap with Zheng Zhi in terms of game experience and overall situation.

Moreover, in the 5-4-1 tactical system of the Dragon Country team, including Shen Feng at the front, when necessary, they need to retreat to their own half and directly participate in the defense, and the defensive pressure of the four people in the midfield is even greater.

How to launch a counterattack on the spot once the opportunity is given to Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin and others need to think seriously when their attention is divided by the defense!

Judging from the first half of this game with the Welsh team, the midfielder composed of Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin, Zhao Xuri, and Yu Hanchao can only be said to be decent, and the defense is very hard, but in the counterattack, there is no bright performance.

The goal of the Dragon Country team was Zheng Zhi in the central defender position, a direct connection with Shen Feng, and Zhang Xizhe and the four of them basically became spectators in the process of scoring goals.

It can be said that in the 5-4-1 tactical system of the Dragon Country, the performance of the four midfielders can determine the overall performance of the Dragon Country Team in a game to a large extent!

Lippi's four midfield starters in this game against Wales have not performed as well as he expected so far.

When Lippi is at halftime, whether he will make personnel adjustments has become the most concerned thing for fans!

Lippi is a recognized master tactician, known as the "Silver Fox", and his on-the-spot scheduling ability is among the best among managers in the world.

However, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!

How to fry a good dish on the basis of the existing players of the Dragon Country team will test Lippi's ability!

At the beginning of the second half, Lippi made the first substitution of the game, but instead of adjusting the midfield as everyone predicted, he replaced a midfielder and replaced a striker!

It was Zhao Xuri who was replaced, and it was Wu Lei who replaced him!

This substitution adjustment made Xu Yang, the on-site commentator of this game, a little confused, and hesitated, "On the bench of the Dragon Country team, although there are no very good candidates in the midfield, but what kind of tactical purpose does Lippi send Wu Lei to play, we still don't know yet." ”

The forward commentator sent by the National Television Sports Channel for this game was Liu Jiayuan, and he speculated, "Is it possible that Lippi is going to adjust the formation and change the 5-4-1 in the first half to 5-3-2?" ”

"Can't rule it out! However, judging from the situation of the game in the first half, the primary task of the Dragon Country team in the second half is still to maintain the strength of the defense, if the formation is adjusted, the ability to counterattack is strengthened, but there will be one less person in the midfield, and the density of defense is bound to be affected! Xu Yang said.

"What is the purpose of Lippi's substitution, let's take a look at it in conjunction with the game." Liu Jiayuan said.

The second half of the game officially began, and the fans found that the formation of the Dragon Country team was not affected by the personnel adjustment, it was still 5-4-1, but the top one at the front became just replaced by Wu Lei, Shen Feng's position retreated, came to the midfield, and Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin, and Yu Hanchao lined up in a line, and took on the heavy responsibility of blocking the attack of the Welsh team.

"Shen Feng's position is retreating, this change is a bit unexpected!" Liu Jiayuan said.

"But if you think about it, there is some truth to this change!" Xu Yang said, "Our first impression of Shen Feng is naturally his sharp and efficient offensive ability, but in fact, Shen Feng can not only score goals himself, but also create many shooting opportunities for his teammates!" ”