National Football Team: Strive to win + train newcomers! Battle of Honor, refusing to be at the bottom

Reporter Chen Yong reports At about 9:30 p.m. on the 6th, the national football team arrived in Chongqing, and after losing 0-1 to Indonesia, the last home game of the national football team against Bahrain became a battle of honor. As for how this battle of honour will be played, it is reported that winning is still the primary goal, while young or new players may get more opportunities to play.

Even if it is a battle of honor, winning is an inevitable goal, and more importantly, striving to win is also to avoid the national football team from being at the bottom of the group in the round of 18.

At present, the points of the Chinese team and the Bahrain team are 6 points, however, the goal difference of the Chinese team is -14, and the goal difference of the Bahrain team is -10, needless to say, even if the two teams draw, the ranking of the Bahrain team is still higher than that of the national football team, and the national football team will end the round of 18 with the bottom of the group.

Of course, in the case of missing the 2026 World Cup, it doesn't make much sense to be at the bottom, but the national football team still needs to show the mental outlook and technical and tactical level it should have in this game.

In terms of the comprehensive performance of the two teams in the round of 18, the strength of the two sides is relatively close, the national football team is 2 wins, Bahrain is 1 win and 3 draws, in the first meeting between the two sides, the national football team defeated Bahrain 1-0 away. In the 1-0 away game, the national football team's possession rate was only 29%, which can be said to be completely suppressed by the opponent, but the national football team's defense was good at that time, and the national football team had 7 shots on goal, while controlling the opponent's shots on 6. Bahrain also received a red card in this game, but it was obtained in the last minute of the game and did not have much impact on the course of the game.

On the whole, as long as the national football team with the advantage of home field plays the spirit of the past, of course, there is still the possibility of winning.

With the goal of going all out to win, the starting lineup of the national football team is likely to remain stable, and at the same time, it will give young people more opportunities.

On the offensive side, Xie Wenneng and Lin Liangming are likely to return to the starting lineup, which are also two new forces. As for the selection of other players in the front court, it needs to be adjusted according to the fatigue level of the players, but in any case, the personnel deployment in the front court is relatively abundant, and there are more back players. The young man on the offensive end, Wang Yudong has grown up rapidly, and Liu Chengyu is also expected to continue to get the opportunity to play.

The back position is a problem, Wang Shangyuan played the whole game in the game with Indonesia, in fact, the national football team can completely adopt a double back style of play, and in the battle of honor, Ivankovic does not need to stick to his 442 formation. In this case, Yang Mingyang, who is of course not a young man who is not a newcomer to the national football team, is expected to get a chance. At the same time, considering the shortage of personnel, the national football team will also recruit Hou Yongyong, an attacker from Yunnan Yukun, to join the team again.

Hu Hetao was injured and missed the game, and Zhu Chenjie also suffered an injury, and the defense line of the national football team is indeed facing a lot of problems. At the center back level, the combination of Wei Zhen and Jiang Guangtai is a choice, and it is relatively safe, in fact, there is another option, that is, to arrange Wu Shaocong to play, this post-00 defender is also very important for the future of the national football team.

As for the fullbacks, Li Lei and Wang Shiqin have the possibility of playing, the veteran Li Lei is 33 years old, and considering the instability of the league appearance, it is unlikely that he will continue to play for the country in the future, this game may be the farewell game of his national team, Wang Shiqin is a young man who is less than 22 years old, especially the lack of personnel in the fullback position of the national football team, it is also necessary to exercise, and the two can actually play successively.

For the national football team, the real renewal and rejuvenation will most likely be carried out during the East Asian Cup and the invitational tournament in September, which will be the real reconstruction of the national football team, of which the East Asian Cup is more about inspecting young players, and the national football team will theoretically be officially rebuilt during the international break in September.