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

Zhao Yaning said that the Chinese team will achieve good results in this Asian Cup, but in fact, he is not very confident in his heart.

The reason why he has no confidence is very simple: after 04, ff made an important decision: because Australia's annual competition is too monotonous, Australia's strength is much stronger than other teams, so ff let Australia The overlord Australia left Australia and merged into the jurisdiction of the AFC.With this move, there is no doubt that there will be an extra strong enemy in the Asian game. The strength of Australia is also a first-class strong team in Asia.

Asia is naturally dissatisfied with this decision: Asia has only four and a half places in the World Cup, but Australia has come, but the number has not increased, that is to say, they are destined to take away Asia's places.Shai, Japan, South Korea, and China, these countries are already crowded enough, but now it has expanded to 6 people vying for four places, so naturally it is even more tense.

Even, some people suggested that it’s okay to let China go to Australia to form a group. When they get there, China should be able to sweep the power. [

However, in private, Zhao Yaning is very opposed to this. He even looks down on Australia, which has joined the AFC: Why do you want to join in the fun if you get the AFC?Looks like it's easy to get out?If you really want to become stronger, you go to UEFA and CONMEBOL, and you become stronger by playing with strong teams, but you always join forces with underdogs. What kind of skill is it?

However, since Australia does this, Zhao Yaning can only continue to accompany the marriage.

What makes Zhao Yaning feel even more depressed is that although China's points have been high enough in the past two years, it was because China did not play well enough in the Asian Cup qualifiers. The second-grade groups are divided into groups.China, Japan, Vietnam, and Qatar are divided into a group, because the second duel group in Group B is the first, so if the Chinese team wants to avoid fighting against Australia, which is the strongest in the group, they have to compete with Japan in the group No. [-] ranking.

This is really troublesome.

However, speaking of it, the benefits are not without.At least, without touching South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Zhao Yaning is more happy.The four teams of Japan, South Korea and Shay have always been a team higher than the Chinese team. Although Zhao Yaning doesn't even know their personnel composition, he also knows that the Chinese team has always been afraid of them.Now it seems that Iran does not have to worry: they seem to be fighting among themselves again, but South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China are still not sure to win.

Zhao Yaning himself is not afraid of them, but after all, football is not played alone.He always thinks of a line in a movie: I am a little taller than them, but with you, I will be a little lower-but for Zhao Yaning, he is taller than the players of Japan, South Korea, and Shay as a whole A lot, but with ten people, it will be a little lower...

In comparison, 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. Nakata Hidetoshi is prematurely declining. Japan has not appeared new outstanding players during this period of time. Because of the changes in world tactics, Many of their players have gone astray, and it is difficult to catch up with the needs in time. Now, their European-level players can only rely on Shunsuke Nakamura as the core of the team to drag the team forward— ——Although Zhao Yaning doesn’t think that the Chinese team will be good if he has himself, but he is much stronger than Shunsuke Nakamura, and he still has this confidence.

And after returning to the national team, after seeing Coach Gao, after a detailed understanding of the changes in the national team during this period, Zhao Yaning became more confident.

"The national team now has Li Leilei as the starting goalkeeper. Our goalkeeper has been replaced. You also know that the physical fitness of Asians is there. Once they reach the age of 27 or 28, their physical fitness will decline. It is wrong to not change. No more."

This Zhao Yaning didn't have any opinions, and he knew it well.European goalkeepers can play football until they are 30 years old, and some goalkeepers do not show their strength until they are 30 years old.But Asians can't do it. Asians' bodies start to decline before they are 30 years old. It is impossible to play high-level football all the time.

As a goalkeeper, it seems that physical fitness is not as required as other positions, but it is not.The goalkeeper's reaction speed is required to be very fast, and the jumping power and flexibility are all required to be very good.A goalkeeper with insufficient physical fitness will suffer a lot when defending. What Zhao Yaning doesn't know is that in the future Manchester United, there will be a goalkeeper named De Gea, whose physical fitness is very unqualified.Although his goalkeeping skills are not good, his poor body determines his weak air defense ability. Whenever he sees the opponent's set kick, Manchester United fans can't help being afraid.

As for goalkeepers with good physical fitness, some of them are slightly inferior in skills. The most typical one is the future Bayern goalkeeper Neuer. In his hands, even fans who like him can only joke that he is a wall in front of the goal.However, even so, because he has almost the best physical and mental qualities in the goalkeeper position, he is still an extremely reliable goalkeeper.

The physical fitness of Asians generally determines the decline of players earlier-to be precise, it is East Asian players.It is determined by diet and living conditions, and there is no way to do this.Compared with the West, the diet structure of China, Japan, and South Korea is not conducive to players maintaining their state. Moreover, if the players themselves are not very disciplined, then it is extremely common for the peak period to decline before the age of 30.Most of the players in China are like this, and the few who have good self-discipline can persist for a longer time.As for Japanese players, although there are examples of long-lived players like Zhiliang Miura, there are also negative examples like Hidetoshi Nakata. In 2000, Hidetoshi Nakata was in peak physical condition, and Fan Zhi couldn't stop him from fouling. he.However, after just a few years, his body was in a terrible mess, and he even planned to retire early-he always had nothing to do to focus on things like models, female stars, and making money, even if he had the physique of an alien It's hard to last long, let alone him?

The same is true in China. The change of the goalkeeper has been a noisy thing since last year.

"At the back line, we are currently using Sun Xiang, Li Datou, Feng Xiaoting, and Xu Yunliang. Of course, this is because Sun Jihe has not returned. After he returns, there may be changes."

Although Zhao Yaning frowned a little in this regard, he still accepted it.

During the Alihan period, Li Datou and Zheng Zhi were the defenders on the back line. The turning speed of Chinese defenders is generally slow. Letting Zheng Zhi with good physical fitness can effectively make up for this problem.

But Zheng Zhi himself has always been quite dissatisfied with this arrangement: he plays as an attacking midfielder in China, and sometimes plays as a defensive midfielder, but it is difficult for him to be satisfied with putting him in the defender position.In the national team, he can be regarded as an outstanding player. As a big name, Coach Gao dared not offend him casually. Therefore, he moved him back to the midfielder position, and Feng Xiaoting was used in the guard position.

Zhao Yaning can understand that Zheng Zhi should return to the midfielder. Firstly, Zheng Zhi wants to, so he still has to think about what he says. Secondly, it is also because the Chinese team’s midfielder is really not available. Zhou Haibo is now faintly number one in China. The midfielder is weak, but his strength... Anyway, Zhao Yaning doesn't like it. [

However, Coach Gao asked Feng Xiaoting to play instead of using Xu Yunliang, which still puzzled Zhao Yaning.Xu Yunliang's physical fitness is obviously better, and he turns faster.However, Feng Xiaoting was used to a large extent because he was the defender of the Olympic team - there is an unwritten rule in Chinese football that the main central defender has always been the main force of the Olympic team, and it is difficult for others to get a position.Coach Gao still didn't dare to break this rule, he 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 full-backs of the Chinese team always attacked from the left and defended from the right, and now it is the same.However, Coach Gao also knew that if Sun Jihe came back, he might still be in trouble. At that time, should he be suppressed or let him play?

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 better than the domestic gang.Therefore, he also put forward his opinion: let Sun Jihe play the main force, and at the same time let Xu Yunliang play the central defender.

"We can try." Regarding this, Coach Gao didn't say anything.

Then, above the midfield, the current trio in the middle 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, the Chinese midfielder is absolutely top-notch in Asia, and can make up five midfielders in Europe. Not many in Asia.

On the front line, it's a little bit worse.Now, the forward line of the Chinese team is only Gao Lin, Han Peng and the old Daewoo.This kind of strength has dropped a lot compared to before.

"Our tactics are now close to counterattacks. It is quite similar to Chelsea's style of play."

Coach Gao explained China's style of play in the most succinct words: 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 he has to say that his other abilities are very good, and it is not a problem to be a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt.Although the Chinese team's defense has the problem of slow speed, if the defense line is shrunk tightly enough, it can also block the opponent's attack very well.

And when it comes to counterattacks, with Zhao Yaning, it is indeed possible to counterattack very well.only……

"How did you play when I didn't come back?" Zhao Yaning was quite surprised by this.

"Let Mao Jianqing play your position. He has good abilities. He can imitate your role and conduct tactical rehearsals. The effect is not bad, and our training is also very effective. Up to now, you are missing. Come back and carry out with us Tactics have been practiced together."

"You bothered." Zhao Yaning rarely used an honorific.To be able to do all of this, not to mention ability, at least I really did it with my heart.Such an approach is enough to satisfy Zhao Yaning: Isn’t what he needs is such a helper who is willing to do things honestly?