December 23-on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Li Jinyu expressed his views in an interview with reporters. He said that the performance of Asian teams in the World Cup was unexpected and they were strengthened by learning from Europe.
On the performance of Asian teams, Li Jinyu said, “the strong style of Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea, as well as Iran in the second game, has greatly exceeded my expectations. Asian football has been improving in recent years.” But we must admit that the reason why Asian football is good can not be separated from the fact that many of these players play in Europe. We have learned advanced European football to strengthen ourselves. ”
On the performance of the Japanese team, Li Jinyu said, “at first, many people thought it was accidental to win over Germany, but then they beat Spain in the same way and drew with Croatia in 120 minutes. I am shocked by the progress and changes in Japanese football. ”
“the Japanese team really competed with Germany and Spain in the group stage, and really played tactics that were very different from those in the past. The Japanese team’s style of play this year may seem very utilitarian in the words of our Chinese commentators, and it is not good-looking, especially when compared with the opponents in terms of statistics. But I won the game. This is football, it is really difficult to make everything perfect, the most important thing is to know what you want, and the Japanese have obviously done it. Because even if the World Cup champion Argentina, although they won the championship, it does not mean that they have a smooth journey, nor does it mean that they can solve the battle in 90 minutes in the face of every opponent. We also have to wait for the test of overtime and penalty kicks, not because it is unqualified to say that they cannot solve the battle within 90 minutes. with the development of football today, there are fewer and fewer tactical secrets between each other, and there are more and more times when they make fewer mistakes and endurance. ”
“Iran’s performance in the first game was not good and may have been affected by some other off-court factors. But Iran was able to cheer up and forget the fiasco in the first game, and the second game was in very good shape. If Saudi Arabia can beat Argentina and Japan, the performance of Asian football is getting better and better, which will be good for Asia to win more places in the World Cup in the future, thus increasing our hopes of entering the World Cup. ”
On the performance of the Brazilian team, Li Jinyu said, “I watched their match against South Korea, and it is really admirable that they were able to play a very consistent cooperation under the siege and siege of South Korea.”
With regard to England’s performance, Li Jinyu believes that in addition to the second game is not very good, the other games England still reflect a relatively high level in recent years. But in the end, England were knocked out by France because Kane missed the penalty. Li Jinyu said: “in fact, it is normal for either of these two teams to move forward, and they both reflect the higher tactical level of the two teams in recent years.”
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