(Cat flutter Chinese Throughout June, Zhao Yaning didn't have much to do. And with the arrival of July, he also reported to the national team and was ready to play the Asian Cup with the national team.

Zhao Yaning said that the Chinese team would play well in this year's Asian Cup, but in fact, he was not very confident.

And the reason why he has no confidence is very simple: after 04 years, FIFA made an important decision: because Australia's annual games are too monotonous, Australia's strength is too much stronger than other teams, so FIFA let Australia's overlord Australia leave Australia and merge it into the jurisdiction of the AFC. This move has undoubtedly given one more strong opponent to the Asian competition, and Australia's strength is also a first-class team in Asia.

Asia is naturally dissatisfied with this resolution: Asia has only four and a half places in the World Cup, and Australia has come, but the number of places has not increased, that is, they are destined to steal Asia's places. Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China, these countries are already crowded enough, but now they have expanded to 6 people to grab four places, which is naturally even more nervous.

Even, some people have proposed that they should simply let China go to Australia to form a group, and when they get there, China should be the strength to sweep away.

However, in private, Zhao Yaning is very opposed to this, and he even looks down on Australia, which has joined the AFC: What is the excitement if you have to get the AFC? Looking at how easy it is to qualify? If you really want to become stronger, you go to UEFA and South American Football Confederation to mix, play with strong teams and get stronger and stronger, and always participate in weak teams, what kind of ability is it?

However, since Australia has done this, Zhao Yaning can only continue.

What makes Zhao Yaning feel even more depressed is that although China's points have been high enough in the past two years, because China did not play well enough in the Asian Cup qualifiers, China was regarded as a second-tier group when the group was grouped. China and Japan, Vietnam, and Qatar are in a group because the second in Group B will face the first place in Group A, so if the Chinese team wants to avoid playing against Australia, the strongest team in Group A, they will have to compete with Japan in the group for the top spot in the group.

It's really troublesome.

However, the benefits are not without it. At least, there is no need to touch South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Zhao Yaning is still more happy. The four teams of Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran have always been a team higher than the Chinese team, although Zhao Yaning doesn't even know their composition, but he also knows very well that the Chinese team has always been afraid of them. Now it seems that Iran does not have to worry: they seem to be engaged in infighting again, but South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China are still not sure of taking it.

Zhao Yaning himself is not afraid of them, but football is not played alone after all. He always thinks of a line from a movie: I'm a little taller than them, but with you, it's a little lower - and for Zhao Yaning, he is a lot taller than the players in Japan, South Korea and Shayi, but with ten people, it's a little lower......

Comparatively, Japan is still the weakest of these teams. Although it can be regarded as a strong team in Asia, Japan's combat effectiveness has been declining since 2004, Hidetoshi Nakata has not aged and declined, and Japan has not seen new outstanding players for a period of time, because of the world's tactical changes, many of their players have gone the wrong way, and it is difficult to catch up in time, and now, their European-level players, that is, can only rely on a Nakamura Shunsuke as the core of the team, dragging the team forward - Zhao Yaning Although he does not think that the Chinese team must be very good with himself, but, he is much stronger than Shunsuke Nakamura, and he still has this confidence.

After returning to the national team, after meeting Coach Gao, after a detailed understanding of the changes in the national team during this time, Zhao Yaning's confidence was also stronger.

"The national team is now Li Leilei as the starting goalkeeper, our goalkeeper has been replaced, you know, the physical fitness of Asians is there, as soon as they reach the age of 27 or 28, their physical fitness will decline, and it will not work if they are not replaced."

This Zhao Yaning has no opinion, and he knows this. European goalkeepers can play football after the age of 30, and even some goalkeepers only show their strength after the age of 30. But Asians can't, Asians' bodies begin to decline before the age of 30, and it is impossible to play high-level football all the time.

As a goalkeeper, it may seem that you don't need physical fitness as well as other positions, but it's not. The goalkeeper's reaction speed is very fast, and the bounce and flexibility are very good. Goalkeepers who are not good enough in physical fitness suffer a lot when defending - what Zhao Yaning doesn't know is that in the future Manchester United, there is a goalkeeper named De Gea, and his physical fitness is very unqualified. Although he didn't have to pick his goalkeeping skills, his poor body determined that his air defense was weak, and whenever he saw the opponent's set-piece, United fans couldn't help but be afraid.

And the goalkeeper with good physical fitness, some of them don't matter if their skills are a little worse - the most typical is the future Bayern goalkeeper Neuer, his poor hand ball skills can't bear to look directly, and he can't always successfully save the ball in his hands, even if he likes fans, he can only joke that he is a wall in front of the goal. However, even so, he is still an extremely reliable goalkeeper because he has almost the best physical and mental qualities in the goalkeeper position.

The physicality of Asians generally determines the decline of players relatively early – to be precise, East Asian players. Diet and living conditions are determined, and there is no way to do this. The diet of China, Japan and South Korea is not conducive to the maintenance of players compared to the West, and if you add to this the fact that the players themselves are not very disciplined, then it is extremely common for the peak of the players to decline before the age of 30. Most of the Chinese players are like this, and a few who have good self-discipline can hold on for a longer time. And Japanese players, although there are models of long-lived players like Miura Chira, there is no shortage of negative examples like Nakata Hidetoshi - in 2000, Nakata Hidetoshi's physical condition was at its peak, and Fan Zhiyi couldn't stop him from fouling him. However, after just a few years, his body is in a mess, and he even plans to retire early - he always has nothing to focus on models, female stars, and making money, even Da Luo's alien physique is difficult to last long, let alone him?

It's the same in China, the change of goalkeeper has been a noisy thing since last year, and now that it has changed, Zhao Yaning doesn't think it's unexpected.

"On the guard line, we are now using Sun Xiang, Li Datou, Feng Xiaoting, Xu Yunliang, of course, this is Sun Jihe did not come back, after he comes back, he may have to change."

In this regard, although Zhao Yaning frowned a little, he still accepted it.

During the Alihan period, Li Datou and Zheng Zhi were the defenders on the back line - Chinese defenders are generally slow to turn, and Zheng Zhishang, who has good physical fitness, can effectively make up for this problem.

But Zheng Zhi himself has always been quite dissatisfied with this arrangement: he plays in the front midfield in China, and sometimes he also plays in the back midfield, but it is difficult for him to be satisfied with putting him in the back position. In the national team, he is also an excellent player, as a big name, Coach Gao did not dare to offend him casually, so he moved him back to the back position, and in the defender position, Feng Xiaoting was used.

Zhao Yaning can understand that Zheng Zhi should return to the back waist - firstly, Zheng Zhi himself is willing, he still has to consider what he says, and secondly, because there is really no one available in the back of the Chinese team, Zhou Haibo is now faintly China's first back, but his strength is ...... Anyway, Zhao Yaning can't look down on it.

However, Coach Gao asked Feng Xiaoting to go instead of using Xu Yunliang, which still made Zhao Yaning a little puzzled. Xu Yunliang's physical fitness is obviously better, and he turns faster. However, the use of Feng Xiaoting, to a large extent, is because he is the defender of the National Olympic team - there is an unwritten rule in Chinese football, the main central defender has always been the main force of the National Olympic Team, and it is difficult for others to get on the position. Coach Gao still didn't dare to break this rule, and only dared to use Feng Xiaoting.

However, it is still a good idea to let Xu Yunliang play right back. At the beginning, the two fullbacks of the Chinese team have always attacked on the left and defended on the right, and now, it is the same. It's just that Coach Gao himself knows that Sun Jihe is back, but I'm afraid that there will be trouble, and when the time comes, whether to press him or let him play, Coach Gao has to get Zhao Yaning's support to do things.

Sun Jihe has been a substitute in Manchester City this year, and his strength has dropped a lot, but Zhao Yaning feels that he should still be stronger than this group of goods in China. Therefore, he also put forward his opinion: let Sun Jihe play the main force, and at the same time let Xu Yunliang play the center back.

"Let's try." In this regard, Coach Gao did not say anything.

Then, above the midfield, the current mid lane trio is Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibo and Shao Jiayi. All three of them are players who play in the five major leagues, plus Zhao Yaning on the left and Qu Bo on the right, China's midfielder is definitely first-class in Asia, and there are not many midfielders who can make up five midfielders in Europe.

On the front line, it's a little worse. Now, the forward line of the Chinese team is only Gao Lin, Han Penghe and Daewoo, who have an aging state. This kind of strength is a lot lower than before.

"Our tactics are now close to counterattacking. It's a bit like Chelsea's style of play. ”

Coach Gao used the most concise words to explain China's style of play: Zhao Yaning is very familiar with Chelsea, and this sentence made him understand what kind of football he is playing now.

And this idea is good: Gao Lin has always been criticized for not being able to shoot, but I have to say that his other abilities are very good, and it is not a problem to be a tactical fulcrum in the front court. Although the Chinese team's defense has the problem of slow speed, if the defense line is contracted tightly enough, it can also block the opponent's attack well.

And when it comes to counterattacking, with Zhao Yaning, he can indeed fight back very well. It's just that......

"How did you kick when I didn't come back?" In this regard, Zhao Yaning is quite strange.

"Let Mao Jianqing kick your position, his ability is good, you can imitate your role and conduct tactical rehearsals. The effect is quite good, and our training is also very effective, and now, you are sent back to conduct tactical coordination exercises with us. ”

"You're bothered." Zhao Yaning rarely used an honorific. To be able to do all this, not to mention the ability, at least it is done with heart. This approach is enough to satisfy Zhao Yaning: what he needs is not such a helper who is willing to do things honestly? Cat flutter Chinese