ivankovic on 0-7: this is the saddest night, some goals should not have been lost
2024-09-06
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the chinese national football team suffered a crushing defeat of 0-7.
on september 5, beijing time, in the first match of the world cup asian qualifiers round of 18, the chinese team lost 0-7 to the japanese team away. after the game, the head coach of the chinese team, ivankovic, attended the press conference.
regarding this game, the croatian said: "congratulations to japan on their victory. this is beyond doubt. everyone has seen the process of the game. before the game, we said that japan is a strong team in asia and even the world. we have made some preparations for them. the opponent has very high-level players. this is a tough game for us. as a coach, this night is the saddest night for me."
regarding the seven goals conceded, ivan admitted that a summary was needed: "we had special training on defense before. from the game, we saw that some of the goals conceded should not have happened. we need to review the game later and analyze and summarize with the players."
ivankovic.
after halftime, ivan replaced xie wenneng with gao zhunyi, and the formation changed from 4-4-2 to 5-3-2. regarding the change, ivan explained: "we felt that there were some problems in the first half of the game, and we lost the ball in stoppage time. in the second half, we made adjustments to the personnel and positions, increased the number of people in the penalty area and the defensive intensity, and wanted to make some transitions."
"there were loopholes in the positions we needed to emphasize, which allowed the opponent to exploit and lose the ball that should not have been lost. we emphasized the defense of the center. i also want to emphasize that so far in the training camp, 12 players are new to the national team. in such a game, the opponent is very strong, which brings them good experience and lessons."
when asked again about the huge score of 0-7, ivan said: "we have always emphasized that everyone knows that japan is a strong team in the world with good players. we have made preparations before, and we also understand the opponent's strength and expect the game to be difficult. we still need to strengthen our preparations. there are also league games and asian champions league games later. we must use the free time to make as thorough preparations as possible."
the paper reporter song chengliang
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