After drinking too much wine, Gao shunyao boasted in front of his girlfriend that he would take the team to Brazil next year. However, when he woke up the next day and the strength of the wine was gone, Gao shunyao was slightly annoyed when he lay in bed.
Going to Brazil is not so easy, especially for the Chinese team.
During this period of time, the national team competition has always been the biggest problem for Gao shunyao. Thinking about the achievements of the national team, he can't help but have a headache. Now the Chinese team ranks third in the group, the hope of qualification is still very slim. If they want to get the top two of the group and qualify for the world cup, they need not only to win by themselves, but also to lose by Iran at this time. The former may rely on hard work, but the latter can only rely on luck. It's just a big word to say that their team will be able to qualify.
The world cup is not so easy to play, if it is so easy, the Chinese team will not enter the World Cup finals for so many years. Even now that they have Gao shunyao, it's still not easy for them to qualify in the group. After waking up, Gao shunyao was also upset. He boasted that he wanted to give the girl the greatest romance, but he was afraid that this time, he might let his girlfriend down.
However, although his chagrin flashed by, he turned over to look at his girlfriend's sweet face and thought about the girl's happy look after hearing his words. He immediately put down his depression. He didn't have the heart to break this illusion after he just made the girl happy. After biting his teeth, Gao shunyao can only make up his mind to think about what he said. Anyway, he should try his best.
After that, Gao shunyao paid more attention to the future competition. In his mind, it's not just about the national team, but also about his personal commitment. Now he can only believe that his team has a chance in the future. After all, the last two games have not been played. Since the ball has not been played, that is to say, everything is possible. Who knows how to win or lose in the end?
However, it is not easy to win the last two games. Because in the remaining two teams, there is a very difficult opponent - now the first team in the group, the Japanese team, is the next opponent of the Chinese team.
The second round group match between China and Japan is about to start. This match is also the one that worries Gao shunyao the most. In the away game, China has already lost the ball. If it doesn't win at home, it is basically like saying goodbye to the world cup ahead of time. This game is to win in any case, but look at the list of the Japanese team, the strength of this team, and really let Gao shunyao some helpless.
As the latest Asian champion, the Japanese team is very good now. Every time I see their information, Gao shunyao is upset from the bottom of his heart: the opponent is really too strong, it's not easy to win.
Japan's goalkeeper, still Kawashima Yongsi - as Japan's door, his level is second to none even in Asia. There is no need to be picky about this position. Although Gao shunyao is not a top goalkeeper in his eyes now, he is also a master in Asia at least.
This link is definitely not the weakness of the Japanese team.
However, Japan's defensive line is a little worse. It was Yoshida, Yoshida, Yoshino and Nagoya who started as the main force. Three of the four are overseas players, including the best players in the league and the main defenders of the giants. And the remaining one is not studying abroad. Takashi Kono is now one of the best defenders in Japan. Not studying abroad is largely limited by his body. In theory, this should be regarded as the strongest defensive line taken by Japan.
If you only look at fame, they are indeed the strongest defensive line that Japan can take out now. At least they are much better than the Chinese team. But having said that, seeing this Japanese team, Gao shunyao was very happy: Although the other team didn't look weak, at least they were much weaker than before.
Today's Japanese team is not the era led by the former king Tanaka. Because of the age, the old guards of that generation have quit the Japanese national team. After losing the defender who even dares to fight against Drogba, the problem of Japanese team overemphasizing technology and ignoring physical conditions has become more and more prominent. Now their back line has Yoshida matsutake who plays in the Premier League, but their strength is not as good as before.
Gao shunyao has played in Japan, and he is quite clear about the standard of these guards in Japan. Compared with the players of Tanaka's generation who had no technical or physical problems, Japan's defensive skills and consciousness may be there, but the most important confrontation is that they don't have an advantage.
Fame and ability are not the same thing, especially for defenders. No matter how famous they are, as long as there is one weakness, the team will fail. Even when Gao shunyao had not been in Europe before, he was fearless in the face of Yoshida ma. Now, after more than two years of growth, when he met his old opponent, he was only more excited.He believes that as long as his teammates can pass the ball to his feet, then he will always have a chance to score. Even if it is to let him choose this line of defense, in his view, there is nothing can not be.
But the big question is, can they get the ball under their feet.
Although the Japanese team's back line is not strong, it is seen from Gao shunyao's point of view as a striker. However, from the overall point of view, they are still terrible. The support ability of Japan's back line to the midfield is absolutely excellent. Although they are not good at defense, they have strong offensive support ability, which is of great help to their midfield.
The midfield of the Japanese team, in front of the Chinese team, has a general advantage.
The midfield of the Japanese team is composed of five players: Hirohito Endo, Takeshi hasetani, Keiyo Honda, Shinji Kawakami and Shensi Okazaki. Among the five, Hirohito endo is the No. 1 local player in J League, and Takeshi hasetani is Gao shunyao's teammate. This season, he is also the main rotation player at Wolfsburg. Xiangchuan zhensi went to Manchester United this season. Although he didn't play as well as the Bundesliga in the Premier League, he didn't degrade much. The other two, Keiyo Honda, are players of CSKA Moscow. Although in the view of European football, the Russian league is not a great League, it is still better to be able to play there than in Asia. And Okazaki Shensi played well in Stuttgart last season. Although he was only a rotating player, he didn't score many goals and didn't have any status, Stuttgart didn't play well and only ranked 12 in the league, but he was noticed by other Bundesliga teams, which is enough to show his level.
In the past, the strongest of the Japanese team was their midfield, but now the strongest is still midfield. If you look at the level of the midfield players of your team and the level of the Japanese team, Gao shunyao can only sigh that if you want to compete with the Japanese team in midfield, no one in Asia can do it - South Korea is not bad, Australia is very strong, but simply speaking, they are not Japan's opponents.
However, although Japan's midfield strength is still as strong as Gao shunyao's memory, they are not without problems. In carefully observing the recent games of the Japanese team, Gao shunyao also quickly noticed some fatal problems of the Japanese team.
Japan's midfield organization is good, but they are not without any problems. At least their forward is still Maeda liaoyi, which also makes Gao shunyao relieved. This old striker, playing Gao shunyao, was the first choice in Japan's attack line when he played in Japan. Now five years later, Japan's forward line can only rely on him. Japan's other talent update is very fast, but the forward is still like that, still half dead.
When Gao shunyao was playing football in Japan, someone predicted that there would be a time when Japan would be out of touch in the future, and there would be fatal short boards in some positions. Now with the passage of time, although the Japanese midfield has no problem, but in the attack, they exposed the problem. Their European players, such as Yuzuo meiguishi, didn't play at a good level. The domestic strikers were not able to play well, and their offensive ability was very poor.
time has passed five or six years, and the front line has not been replaced. No wonder Japanese domestic media make complaints about themselves. They say that the Japanese football team only knows that the ball control does not know the attack, and the competition of the football team is not as good as that of the women's football team.
This Japanese team, on the whole, is still thick in the middle and thin on both sides. They have top midfield players, but they don't have great ability at both ends. The forwards are not good enough, the defenders are not hard enough, although they have the advantage of controlling the ball, they can't win many games, which is also their old problem.
And this is the biggest problem Gao shunyao found: the Japanese team has strong control, but controlling the scene does not mean that it determines the outcome. They can get the ball, but it doesn't mean that if they have the ball, they will win.
After all, this is a home game in China. It's not easy for Japan to win so easily.
It is a difficult problem for a technical team not to score, especially when it comes to the away game. Even Barcelona's technical level is very strong, but Guardiola's performance in leading the team away from home is still criticized. However good Japan's control of the ball is, it is not as good as Barcelona's, which makes Gao shunyao more confident.
Home court advantage belongs to China. Gao shunyao also has reason to believe that his team can make good use of their home advantage to win this game.
After all, the players of the Chinese team have played quite well in recent days.