147 And the wind bloweth up, and the clouds fly
Football is a very important sport that pays attention to inheritance, and "abandonment" is very important in this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Looking at the Iranian team, in the six years since the 2011 Asian Cup, the Iranian Football Federation has also held general elections, but it has always believed that Carlos Queiroz can lead the team to change Iranian football, so there is only one coach.
But what about the Chinese team, how many head coaches have been tossed in the past six years?
From Gao Hongbo to Jose Camacho, to Fu Bo (acting) to Alan Perran, Gao Hongbo, and now Lippi, there are six coaches!
It can be seen that our Chinese football always likes to "overthrow everything", "deny everything", and then start from "zero".
Therefore, the result of "tossing" is that the situation is getting worse.
Marcelo Lippi knows very well in his heart that he didn't look at the big victory over South Korea in Changsha, but the gap between the personal ability and technical and tactical level of the national football players and the top Asian players such as Japan, South Korea, Yi, and Australia will not exist because of the victory or defeat in one or two games.
At the end of the day, it's the quality of the players that matters most about the game.
At this point, the Chinese team does not have an advantage, oh no, there is only one position that has an advantage, that is, the goalkeeper position, which is recognized by Lippi as a world-class player half a step away, this position is not only unmatched in Asia, but also one of the best in Europe.
What's more important is that since Lippi took over the Chinese team in November last year, he has only trained three times in less than half a year. In such a short period of time, the tactical system has not been polished into shape, it is not easy to defeat the South Korean team (in fact, reasonable people know very well that the role of Zhang Zhetian in the game there is actually far from being able to play by tactics, it is completely a Maradona-style victory for one team, this kind of victory is actually irreproducible for the Chinese team), in the face of the Iranian team, whose overall strength is half a grade higher than the South Korean team, Lippi will not be arrogant to think that with Zhang Zhetian, the Chinese team can still win Iran.
The players who can enter the national team are the strongest in this position, and Chinese football is the only one who can find someone stronger than them?
Let's take a look at the historical record of the Chinese team at the Azadi Stadium, the No. 1 Devil's Stadium in Asia.
1976 Asian Cup, Iran 2-0 China;
1989 World Cup Qualifiers, Iran 3-2 China;
1997 World Cup qualifiers, Iran 4-1 China;
2009 warm-up match, Iran 3-1 China;
In the 2004 Olympic qualifiers, Iran 2-1 China.
5 games and 5 losses, the Iranian team is also the nemesis of the Chinese team, the last time the Chinese team defeated the Iranian team was in a friendly match in 2009, Gao Lin scored the winning goal for the Chinese team.
All in all, the Chinese team has not won against the Iranian team for eight years.
The last time the two sides met was in the second round of the Asian round of 12 of this World Preliminary Championship, and the Chinese team at home drew 0-0 with Iran.
In the end, Lippi did not decide on the tactics against Iran, and it will be decided after the training in the past few days.
The Chinese team's expedition to West Asia was not smooth, and the host's various off-the-board moves emerged one after another, and finally contradictions broke out.
Due to dissatisfaction with the pre-match press conference time arranged by the Iranian side, Lippi did not attend on time, and the pre-match press conference time of the Chinese team is to be determined.
According to Iran's arrangement, Lippi should arrive at the Azadi Stadium before 12 noon on March 27 to attend the pre-match press conference, and the Chinese team's training time is scheduled for around 4:30 p.m., which requires Lippi to make two round-trips.
The Espinas Palace Hotel, where the national football team stayed, was far away from Azadei, and the unnecessary trip in the middle was obviously not acceptable to Lippi, and 12 noon was the time for lunch.
China and Iran failed to reach an agreement after negotiations, and finally the AFC announced through its official Weibo that the pre-match press conference of the Chinese team was cancelled.
According to FIFA, the head coach must attend the pre-match press conference and answer questions from reporters or face penalties.
This makes fans worry about whether Lippi will be punished by the AFC, but judging from the response of the staff in the national football team, Lippi's absence from the press conference this time is for a reason, and if there are good reasons, it is likely that he will not be punished by the AFC.
Although Lippi was absent from the press conference, he held a sideline interview and took questions from the Iranian media.
On the afternoon of the 27th, before the Chinese team started training, Lippi was interviewed by the media on the side of the training ground.
"Hopefully the players will recover as soon as possible. Iran are top of the group, they are very strong and we will be looking to continue the performance of the last game while respecting the opponent. ”
Regarding the Azadi Stadium, which can accommodate 100,000 people, Lippi said: "I have led the team twice to complete the game in front of 100,000 spectators. I won't tell you the results yet. ”
Later, Lippi joked: "We've got the phone numbers of 100,000 viewers and we've got in touch with them." ”
Speaking about Iran's head coach Queiroz, Lippi said: "I've heard his name, he's a very good coach and I'm looking forward to meeting him tomorrow. The Chinese team is still a long way from entering the World Cup, and I will go all out to try to help the Chinese team enter the World Cup. ”
A local Iranian reporter asked: "Have you promised that the Chinese team will enter the World Cup?" ”
Lippi said bluntly: "No one can make such a commitment, what I can promise is to give it all to lead the team through every training session, every game, to lead the team to improve. ”
After the interview, the Chinese team began closed training, and the official website of the AFC also began to announce the 23-man list for tomorrow night's match between the Chinese team and the Iranian team.
On the Chinese team's side, Huang Baiwen and Yu Dahai, who were in poor physical condition in the last round against South Korea, returned, and Deng Hanwen and Fan Xiaodong were defeated.
Iran's squad is exactly the same as in the 1-0 win away to Qatar in the previous game, with no suspensions or injuries.
The referee for the Iran-China clash was Singaporean Taki, and the other two assistant referees were also from Singapore.
It is worth mentioning that the three Singaporean referees all understand Chinese and have strict standards, but encourage physical confrontation.
This referee team has officiated the match between China and the Maldives in the round of 40, as well as the round of 12 match where the Chinese team lost 0-1 at home to Syria on October 6 last year, and it can be said that it is an old acquaintance of the Chinese team.
On March 28, 2017, at 19:30 p.m. Beijing time, half an hour before the Sino-Iranian war, in the CCTV studio, CCTV's famous sports host Shao Shengyi, former Chinese team international player Yang Chen and football commentator Xu Yang commented and looked forward to the game before the game.
Yang Chen: "After winning the South Korean team's game, the national football players should take advantage of the victory to chase after it, and Lippi may have new tactical changes in this game." ”
Xu Yang: "You still have to fight your opponent, in the first leg of the game between the two sides, if the Chinese team is braver, there is still a chance to get 3 points." I think that at the Asian level, the national football team can play against any opponent. ”
Regarding the first victory of the national football team, Yang Chen said: "Lippi has his own uniqueness in regulating the psychology of players. ”
Finally, Shao Shengyi concluded: "Whether the national football team can get out of the Azadi Stadium tonight, we will wait and see with you." ”
Iran, Tehran, at 4:20 p.m., with ten minutes to go, the Sino-Iranian war is about to begin.
The weather was beautiful today, with sunshine and white clouds over the Azadi Stadium and a temperature of around 17-18 degrees Celsius, which was perfect for a football match.
Since the Iranian Football Association opened the stadium for free, a large number of spectators poured into the venue, filling the double-storey stands.
As far as the eye can see, there are crowds of people, and the "100,000 people" stadium is bursting!
Although there were only more than 500 fans who came to Iran to cheer for the Chinese team, they were not afraid of the larger number of Iranians, and the Chinese red and five-star red flags formed a bright and bright color in the stadium.