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the chinese national football team is in training.

on the evening of the 3rd, the chinese national football team trained at the training ground around the ajinomoto stadium in tokyo on the second day after arriving in japan. the countdown to the first match of the round of 18 against japan on september 5 has entered the final 48 hours. at present, head coach ivankovic has decided to use the technical and tactical system of the final match against south korea in the round of 36. the team's midfield and backcourt personnel combination has also been basically determined, but the croatian needs to decide on the combination of the two forwards in the last two days.

the midfield and backfield combination is basically determined

due to the high-intensity training arranged in the last period of the dalian training camp, the national football team will focus on adjustment and recovery and technical and tactical drills during the three days of training in tokyo. on the evening of the 2nd, the team mainly conducted physical recovery training, and on the 3rd, ivan conducted technical and tactical drills. the team conducted group confrontations and communicated and trained on some details such as set pieces. at 19:00 local time on the evening of the 4th, the team will go to the saitama 2002 world cup stadium for the only official field adaptation training.

"the japanese team is a strong opponent, but after a lot of training and targeted deployment, we hope that through the efforts of the whole team, we can achieve a satisfactory result for everyone." before the training on the 3rd, wang haijian, the defensive midfielder who was selected for the national football team for the first time, said in an interview, "i am still quite excited and proud, because being selected for the national team is the greatest honor for every player. as for me personally, i still hope to play in the next two games."

japanese media also came to watch the training on the day. in response to questions from the japanese media about the focus of the dalian training camp, wang haijian said, "the focus is on skills and tactics. we have also practiced set pieces. because we are relatively weak, we must make good use of every opportunity of out-of-bounds and set pieces. this is also the best way to narrow the gap between the two sides."

in terms of skills and tactics, ivan will continue to use the 4-4-2 parallel midfield system in the last away game against south korea in the round of 36. the midfield and backcourt personnel combination has been basically determined. goalkeeper wang dalei and gao zhunyi, who has recovered from injury in the defense, are expected to replace yang zexiang as right back. jiang guangtai and zhu chenjie will partner as central defenders. liu yang will be the left back. however, liu yang ran alone on the 2nd because of a minor injury, and zhu chenjie also trained alone on the 3rd because of muscle tightness. the national team believes that it will not be a problem for the two to catch up with the game on the 5th.

the four midfielders xu haoyang, jiang shenglong, wang shangyuan and xie wenneng who started the china-south korea match also got ivan's recognition. their ability to go back and forth and protect the defense line are what the team needs in the china-japan match. however, taishan midfielder li yuanyi has returned from a two-game suspension. he can replace xie wenneng as left forward or replace wang shangyuan as defensive midfielder.

baihelamu dribbles the ball during training.

the forward combination is yet to be determined, and a good start is the key

the forward line is a line with relatively rich personnel in the chinese national football team, so ivan needs to consider how to arrange the troops. the team's five forwards have very different styles. among the local forwards, zhang yuning is the fulcrum player in ivan's tactical system, wu lei has a strong finishing ability, and baihelamu has a larger coverage range and can better execute defensive tactics; among the two naturalized forwards, fernando is the only player who can play a burst point role, and alan has strong scoring and linking abilities in front of the goal.

the 10 matches of the top 18 are divided into five two-match matches. for ivan, players should be arranged according to the different styles of the opponents. for example, when playing away against japan, it is expected that the ball possession rate will not exceed 30%. fernando's breakthrough and baiheram's mixing seem more suitable to start. in the final match of the top 36 against south korea, two players also started. however, ivan is still thinking about the striker combination. after all, sometimes it is easier to have no choice than to have too many choices.

in the first matches of the past two top 12 matches, the chinese national football team played away against south korea in 2016, and zheng zhi accidentally scored an own goal in the 20th minute of the game; in the 2021 match against australia in sharjah, the opponent scored two goals in a short period of time in the 24th and 26th minutes. therefore, the coaching staff also asked the players to concentrate on the first 25 minutes of the game.

this is also a requirement based on the actual situation - the japanese players have all finished playing the league last weekend and are in a very stable rhythm of the game, while the chinese team has about two weeks to prepare for the game, but the interruption of the game rhythm means that the players need some time to get into the rhythm. once the opening stage cannot hold up, coupled with the huge gap in strength between the two sides, all technical and tactical skills will become empty talk.