Subsequently, in the third group stage of the Kuwait team, Liu Yihai did not send the main force to play, but sent more substitute players, and Lin Qi also got the opportunity to start.

In the match with Indonesia, Lin Qi also came on as a substitute for about 60 minutes, but in the last 30 minutes of the game, Lin Qi failed to expand the score for the Chinese national team.

However, this did not affect the early qualification of the Chinese national team, before Lin Qi debuted, the Chinese national team had a 2:0 lead over the opponent, and An Run scored the third goal of the Chinese national team.

Compared with An Run, Lin Qi's performance in the first two games of this Asian Cup is not eye-catching, in the two games, he only scored one goal, while An Run has three goals, but don't forget, Lin Qi's playing time is less than 60 minutes, less than one-third of An Run's playing time, so overall, Lin Qi's performance is not bad.

The next game against Kuwait was Lin Qi's first start for the Chinese national team.

Although the Kuwaiti national team is not well-known and they do not have many outstanding players in the team, the overall strength of this team is not weak, especially their defense, which can be called the most solid defense among the four teams in Group B. Kuwait have conceded just one goal in two matches and they lost 0-1 to South Korea in their last fixture.

South Korea had a tough time winning the game, as they were narrowly missed out on a draw by Kuwait, who were not too good in attack, but in defence, their players did a very good job.

Kuwait's tactical play in this Asian Cup is a typical defensive counterattack, they never take the initiative to attack, but look for opportunities for quick counterattacks while stabilizing the defense!

And this kind of team that is good at defending and counter-attacking. Generally speaking, it is not too easy to play, and if you are not careful, you may be forced to draw or even defeated by your opponent.

This is a rather difficult opponent, if it were not for the Chinese national team to qualify as the first in the group in advance, Liu Yihai would definitely not dare to send a substitute lineup against the Kuwait team.

However, since it has qualified as the group leader, the outcome of the final group stage is irrelevant to the Chinese national team. Liu Yihai always has to give the substitute players some opportunities to appear, and at the same time, the main players of the Chinese national team also need to rest properly, so that they can have a better state in the knockout stage.

The Chinese national team is with this very relaxed mood to face the third game of their group stage, at the beginning of the game, the Chinese national team took the initiative, this is not to say that the Chinese national team's substitute lineup is stronger than the Kuwait team, but the Kuwait team is used to being in a passive position in the game, if you really let them take the initiative to attack. Instead, they won't kick.

Even if it is a substitute lineup, the attack of the Chinese national team is also playing well, after all, the players have experienced the training camp before the start of the Asian Cup, and they may not be as good as the main players of the Chinese national team in terms of personal ability, but in terms of mutual cooperation, they are not much worse.

This made the attack of the Chinese national team also play smoothly in this game, and the fans of Huaxia did not give up their support for the team because of the insignificance of this game, even if it was only a substitute lineup. The fans also felt pleasing to the eye.

Yes, it's pleasing to the eye. Under Liu Yihai's monster-like training, the Chinese national team's current style of play is very pleasing to the eye, and every player on the field clearly knows what he should do and how to play.

Although in the first half of the game, the Chinese national team failed to break the goal of the Kuwait team, but the Chinese fans in the stands were still in a good mood. I have to say that even the substitute lineup of the Chinese national team has given fans a great surprise, and I am afraid that no one would have thought before the game that their substitute lineup can also play wonderfully.

In attack, the substitute lineup of the Chinese national team played very fluently. They got a lot of chances, but unfortunately they couldn't take them all, and in terms of defense, the Chinese national team will not take it lightly, they really didn't let the Kuwait team's quick counterattack threaten their goal.

Judging from various statistics, the Chinese national team has an all-round advantage on the field, and the only thing they need to do in the second half of the game is to convert these advantages on the field into an advantage in the score. The substitute players of the Chinese national team don't want to just go through the motions, they finally play the game, and they must bring a victory to the team!

At halftime, Liu Yihai, the head coach of the Chinese national team, told the players the magic weapon to win in this game - Lin Qi!

Liu Yihai is not rigid, although he has always implemented his own team building ideas, but if other tactical play can bring the team a victory, Liu Yihai will not hesitate to use it.

In the second half of the game, Liu Yihai decided to adopt the playing style of the Quancheng team and the Huaxia Youth Team, with Lin Qi as the offensive core, and other players should continue to create opportunities for Lin Qi to hit the goal!

This style of play seems to be very inappropriate for the Chinese national team, but Liu Yihai is very resolute, he told the players.

"If you want to win this game, you can only rely on Lin Qi, Kuwait's defense is indeed very strong, even if we send the main lineup in this game, there is no guarantee that we will be able to break their goal, but Lin Qi can, Lin Qi must be able to!"

Liu Yihai gave Lin Qi full trust, in fact, he has always trusted Lin Qi, and the reason why Lin Qi has not been able to play the main role in the Chinese national team until now is mainly because he has been in the national team for too short a time and has too little run-in with the players.

And the run-in with the substitute players will also be very helpful to Lin Qi, Liu Yihai's tactical play style is still a little different from the Quancheng team and the Huaxia Youth Team, at least he will not use that kind of bombardment style of play, Liu Yihai is on the basis of his own tactical ideas, asking the players to cooperate with Lin Qi as much as possible.

This is not only to win the game, but more importantly, to hone Lin Qi, even if the change in the style of play in the second half of the Chinese national team cannot bring them a victory, as long as Lin Qi can improve in cooperation with other players, it is also a big gain.

Liu Yihai's goal in this Asian Cup is very clear, he wants to be the champion, he wants to stand on the final podium, and to achieve this goal, Liu Yihai believes that he cannot do without the help of Lin Qi, the god of war.

The Chinese national team seems to have played unusually easy in the first two games, but this does not mean that they can play as easily in the following games.

Asian football as a whole is weak, the strength of the national teams is even better, today's group stage is relatively more like an audition, and only those teams that have passed the audition are the best teams in the whole Asia, and in the knockout stage, even if the Chinese national team is strong, it will encounter a lot of trouble.

It is not necessary to say that the Chinese national team is not necessarily the strongest team in this Asian Cup, even if they are the strongest, they dare not guarantee that they can win every game, after all, on the football field, it is not uncommon for the weak to defeat the strong.

At this time, Lin Qi's goal is particularly important, he can use his own goals to help the team defeat strong opponents, and at the same time, he can also allow the team to ensure the advantage of the score when encountering relatively weak opponents!

It is not so much that he changed the way the Chinese national team played in the second half of the game to make the team win, but rather to cultivate the tacit understanding between Lin Qi and his teammates, Liu Yihai needs to play Lin Qi's role in this Asian Cup.

Under Liu Yihai's arrangement, the group stage with the Kuwait team is more like a training match for Lin Qi of the Chinese national team. (To be continued......)