The three elements of the national football team's away game against Indonesia: intensity, tenacity, and confidence

Reporter Chen Yong reports On June 5, in the penultimate round of the top 18 of the World Preliminaries, the national football team played away against Indonesia, lost, and directly missed the play-offs; draw, with a high probability of missing the play-offs; Only by winning can you truly take the hope of advancing into your own hands.

This is a game that must be won, in addition to the technical and tactical factors that affect the game, the more important thing is the psychological level, simply put, the national football team must play with higher intensity, but also show enough tenacity, of course, the national football team must also have the confidence to win.

You have to get three points, do you want to attack aggressively or win steadily? Different coaches have different options, especially when it comes to lineups. The general view is that a must-win game is a gamble, but it is often the case that the defense is more likely to lead to victory.

In fact, the national football team can actually consider the problem from the perspective of the opponent, for Indonesia, they naturally want to win the game at home once and for all, and even lock in the play-off rights one round in advance. Therefore, it is very possible for them to take advantage of the home advantage to attack aggressively, and Indonesia, which has a large number of naturalized players, can guarantee morale after the opening. In their last home game, they beat Bahrain 1-0 to take the initiative in the round of 18.

If the national football team cares about the end at this time and only thinks about scoring goals quickly, it will give the opponent a chance. This actually brings about a paradox - it is risky to attack in a big way, and it is criticized by public opinion if it is conservative.

In fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem, that is, regardless of the offensive lineup or the stable lineup, it is necessary to ensure the confrontation and defensive intensity, and all players must go all out. For example, the national football team sends a pure attacking midfielder, but as long as everyone dares to fight, dare to press, and go all out to return to position after pressing failure, then this pure offensive lineup can also guarantee the team at the defensive level.

Although Indonesia held the initiative, the second leg against Australia on March 20 this year was more representative - in the first leg, Indonesia won 0-0 at home to Australia, but lost the second leg like a mountain, and finally lost 1-5. Australia had only 40 per cent possession and did not have the most shots on goal, but they used efficient counter-attacks to completely destroy Indonesia.

Indonesia, which is dominated by naturalized players, has no problem playing downwind, but it is easy to collapse against the wind. To be more precise, the Indonesian players have good individual ability and some excellent cooperation, but the integrity is insufficient, and there are some problems with tacit understanding. Of course, the psychological bonus of the home stadium cannot be negated.

Therefore, the national football team must have enough tenacity, which is the key - when the Indonesian team attacks aggressively, the national football team must resist, play an effective counterattack, give the opponent more deterrence, and more importantly, hold on from beginning to end, show enough tenacity, and find Indonesia's weaknesses as the game progresses.

Perhaps, the national football team has the idea of attacking at the beginning to lock up the victory, but more importantly, even if it can't open the situation smoothly, it must be stabilized, the stronger the tenacity, the greater the probability of the opponent making mistakes.

In the interview, the Football Association told reporters: "In fact, the top 18 matches have been played so far, the teams know each other very well, each other's advantages and shortcomings are fully displayed, in the case of a small gap between the technical and tactical levels of the two sides, mental attributes often become the decisive factor." In this kind of crucial duel, the winning side must be the side that is more eager to win, the side that does not relax even if it is ahead, and the side that is not discouraged when it is behind. ”

Hard work is actually just the most basic spiritual attribute, but the national football team has even lacked this attribute before, so the outside world once took this attribute as the bottom line of the national football team, but at a deeper level, what Chinese football actually lacks is the confidence and courage to win, and confidence is more important than hard work.

In recent years, at least the national brand level has dared to fight, but there has always been a lack of confidence, including this round of 18, some games such as the home and Saudi Arabia, the core is the lack of confidence to win and indomitable courage. In fact, tenacity is also closely related to confidence, without confidence, how can we talk about tenacity?

For this match with Indonesia, the fighting attitude of the national football team can be guaranteed, but it cannot guarantee confidence, and this is exactly what the Football Association and the national team need to solve. The good news is that the Football Association clearly recognises this and continues to encourage the players, and as for the effect, the game speaks for itself.