Chapter 180: The Final Warm-Up Match
Li Yun and his teammates gathered in Beijing, and then the whole team flew to Australia together, at this time the Australian continent is in summer, which can be described as a time of sunny weather and beautiful wind.
The Chinese national team players did not have the idea of rest and sightseeing, and everyone arrived in Australia and started training the next day.
In the past, the Chinese team had a bad habit, that is, to practice physical fitness before the competition, but the physical energy was exhausted, and the feet were soft during the game.
On January 1, 2015, because it was the first day of the new year, the national team had a half-day holiday, and the big guys didn't go out, and all the players sat around to watch a movie and watch Zhou Xingxing's "Truant Weilong".
When Li Yun was in school, he basically watched each of Zhou Xingxing's movies more than three times, but at this time, watching it with his teammates in a foreign country is another feeling, especially seeing foreigners passing by from time to time, which makes Li Yun have a sense of identity with his teammates.
Although laughing together is not as direct and intense as the friendship won by fighting together, it also makes Li Yun feel that everyone is an ordinary person, a living person with flesh and blood.
Under this subtle feeling, the distance between the players has narrowed a lot.
In the afternoon, the players continued to train, still technical and tactical cooperation, but Li Yun's position changed a few times, he kicked the right side, and the positions of others were also slightly adjusted.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on January 3, 2015, at Sydney's Campbell Town Stadium, the warm-up match between the Chinese men's football team and the Oman men's football team officially began, which was the last warm-up match before the Asian Cup.
The Chinese men's football team and the Oman men's football team have a total of 5 meetings, and the national football team has a slight advantage of 3 wins and 2 losses, but the Chinese men's football team has lost all the last 2 meetings. In the latest FIFA national team rankings, the national football team is ranked 97th, ranking 9th in Asia, and Oman is ranked 93rd, ranking 7th in Asia.
If the previous warm-up match with Palestine was to find a team similar to Saudi Arabia to play, then the match with Oman was completely a simulation of the match with Saudi Arabia, because Saudi Arabia and Oman are closer in strength and more similar in style.
This game will not be broadcast live, it is a completely closed warm-up match, but it is recognized by FIFA, which means that this is a warm-up match that counts points.
Compared with the previous warm-up matches, this time the pre-game press conference Perrin was much more cautious, he said that the purpose of the game is to observe the players, and the Chinese team will send all the main forces to strive for a victory.
In addition, in order to prevent the leakage of tactics, the Chinese men's football players did not wear the jersey numbers on the Asian Cup registration list, and all the jerseys were disrupted, which shows Perlan's concentration and meticulousness at this time.
Li Yun did not start, neither did Yang Xu and Yu Hanchao, this is Peilan's adjustment in this game, Ji Xiang and Yu Hai took their place.
Despite the slight tweaks in formation, the players were still full of morale, while the Omani side seemed to be in average form.
After the start of the game, the Chinese team launched a rush attack, but I don't know if it was too excited, so after the opening, although the Chinese team took the initiative, it continued to make mistakes, and there was no cooperation at all.
Perrin watched angrily from the sidelines, slamming off his tactical board and then standing on the sidelines and shouting commands.
In the 14th minute of the first half, the Oman team scored for the first time in the Chinese half, and No. 7 Al-Hirabi scored with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.
The first threatening attack, the first shot on goal, but it was a goal, Oman 1:0 China.
Li Yun and Yang Xu shook their heads again and again.
After conceding a goal, the Chinese team immediately launched a fierce counterattack, and the players finally had a state after a period of warm-up, and the Chinese team began to constantly threaten the Oman goal.
In the forty-third minute of the first half, Jixiang crossed the middle of Hao Junmin, and Hao Junmin swept the ball and the ball went in.
China 1:1 Oman.
The game continued, and a minute later, Hao Junmin broke through the cross on the left, Wu Lei took the ball in the middle, and then plugged it straight, and Yu Hai, who was following him, easily pushed the goal.
China 2:1 Oman.
The comeback was completed in the first half, and the players were full of confidence.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Li Yun and Yang Xu came on the field and replaced Jixiang and Hao Junmin, Li Yun played the right forward, Yang Xu was the center, and Yu Hai was the left midfielder.
The game continued, in the sixty-fourth minute of the second half, Li Yun broke through on the side, went all the way to the bottom, and then passed the ball to the middle of the inverted triangle, and the follow-up Wu Lei met the ball with a pick-up shot, and the ball went in.
China 3:1 Oman.
In the seventy-second minute of the second half, Yu Haijiao crossed, Ji Xiang pushed the ball to the front of the goal, and Yang Xu pressed the defenders to push the ball in.
China 4:1 Oman.
The game continued, in the eighty-seventh minute of the second half, Li Yun, who had been active on the side, slipped to the middle, and then received a pass from Zheng Zhi, Li Yun accelerated past two defenders, and then shot angrily at the ball, and the ball went in.
China 5:1 Oman.
The fans who watched at the scene gave enthusiastic cheers, and the big win over Oman made the fans even more excited, "Chinese team! Champion! ”
"Chinese team, champion!"
"Chinese team, champion!"
The Chinese men's football team has no achievements worth boasting about since the runner-up in the Asian Cup in 04, and in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, the second place in the Asian qualifying group and the top 8 were not promoted; In 2007, the third place in the group stage of the Asian Cup did not qualify; In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, he was at the bottom of the group in the top 20 of the Asian zone and did not qualify for the top 10; In the 2011 Asian Cup, the third place in the group stage did not advance; In the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, he finished third in the group of the top 20 in Asia and did not qualify for the top 10.
In other words, in the knockout stage of the Asian Cup, the Chinese team has not played for two times, and the World Cup qualifiers are not even qualified to compete with the first-class teams in Asia.
In 13 years, Evergrande won the AFC Champions League on behalf of the Chinese Super League club, and the average audience of the Chinese Super League has increased year by year, and the situation is very good. But at the national team level, from 04 to 15 years, the national football team has been silent for 11 years, which is too long and too long without results.
Those who don't watch the game hope to see the news of the championship and the anti-Japanese annihilation of Korea. Fans watching the game are more rational and hope that the Chinese team can play a set of styles, can play some content, so that everyone can see signs of improvement, and it would be better if they could qualify from the group.
However, the three opponents in the group stage, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and North Korea are all strong teams, and it is really not a simple matter to qualify for the group.
In this match with Oman, the fans shouted the slogan of the championship, not really hoping to win the championship, but actually wanting to motivate the players.
Li Yun looked at the excited fans in the stands, his heart was moved, and he vowed that he would do his best to help the team win, regardless of whether the opponent was Saudi Arabia or Uzbekistan.