Beijing, March 3 (Reporter Bian Liqun) In the friendly match that ended at noon Beijing time on the 26th, the national football team lost 26:1 away to New Zealand, ending the two friendly matches with their opponents this week with one draw and one loss.

From the perspective of the game process, the new national football team under new coach Jankovic has limited highlights, and the team needs time to further polish.

Group photo of the national football team before the match. Image source: Visual China

Race progression

In the opening stages of the game, neither side created many chances.

As the game deepened, the national football team was basically on the defensive, seeking opportunities to fight back. New Zealand, on the other hand, patiently possessed the ball and gradually penetrated in search of opportunities.

In the 13th minute, the national football team took the lead to complete a goal, Wei Shihao powerful long-range shot to form a threat, but was parried by the opposing goalkeeper Say.

In the 19th minute, the national football team launched a quick counterattack, Wu Lei received the ball and burst into the box to volley, which was once again saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

In the 31st minute, national football defender Wu Shaocong was fouled in a tackle in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty. Glaefer's shot was blocked by Yan Junling, and the national football team escaped.

In the 42nd minute, New Zealand won a set-piece opportunity in front, Zhu Chenjie accidentally scored an own goal, and the national football team fell behind 0:1.

The starting lineup of the national football team. Image source: Chinese football team

Yi Bian fought again, and in the 52nd minute, Liu Yang took a set-piece in front of the goal and was saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

In the 80th minute, New Zealand hit the national defense behind the success and Gabot burst into the box to extend the scoreline.

In stoppage time, substitute Barton headed back a goal, and the national football team lost 1-2 to New Zealand.

A little far from victory

Compared with the first match with New Zealand, the national football team made three adjustments in terms of starting, Chen Pu replaced the veteran Tan Long, Deng Hanwen replaced Liu Binbin as a right midfielder, and Wu Shaocong who stayed in the ocean replaced Wei Zhen as a central defender, and he also made his national football debut.

The national football team continued the 442 formation of the previous game, but will shrink to 532 when defending.

Before the game, Jankovic revealed that because of the three-day gap between the two games and the fact that the players are in the pre-season preparation period, there will definitely be new faces in the rotation of personnel according to the physical condition of the players.

He also said that he is used to building a system that hopes to refill the team with fresh blood through rotation, achieving the same tactics and discipline.

Wu Shaocong penalty area delivery point. Image source: Visual China

From the perspective of the game, the national football players still show fatigue, the conversion rate of attack and defense is not high, and the intensity of the fight decreases significantly as the game deepens.

For the national football team at this stage, if it does not do well in these two aspects, the competitiveness on the field must not be ideal. Under the trade-off, New Zealand has played very patiently.

Before the game, Jankovic said to stab the window paper for the goal. Judging from the results, although the national football team scored goals, it was still some distance away from winning.

National football coach Jankovic. Photo by Luo Yunfei

The new national football team will take time

In terms of world rankings, the national football team is currently ranked 80th, while New Zealand is ranked 105th. It seems that the national football team has a certain advantage, but the actual strength of the two sides is relatively close.

According to statistics, the total value of the New Zealand national team is 2120.1000 million euros. Striker Wood, who plays in the Premier League, is worth 993 million euros alone, while the national football team is worth only <>.<> million euros. Excluding Wood, who missed these two friendly matches due to injury, the two sides are basically equally valuable.

Wu Lei in the game. Image source: Visual China

After the two warm-up games against New Zealand, the new national football team under Jankovic still needs to be summarized and adjusted.

After all, before that, the national football team had not played an official international competition for a year. So far, new coach Jankovic has only been in charge of the team for one month.

Fortunately, in June, September and October this year, the national football team still has many opportunities for international A-level friendly matches. Hopefully, on the next international break, the national football team will do a little better than this one. (End)