well, the mentality for the knock-out stage shd be very different from a group stage match.
in group stage, a coach always has some leeway, in terms of compensating for lost points in follow-up games or other teams doing us a favor ( uzbeks did ). so a coach may get a bit bold and risk or experiment and still, live to either regret it or learn from it.
but in the knock-out stage, it is just like a final match.
do or die.
so while GN has been doing acceptably in the group stage, his TRUE TEST starts on sunday.
no room for risks. no room for experimentation.
I beleive if GN makes a few changes to his starting line up, we may get through.
one of GN's experiments has been zandi in the left back.
while zandi has done ok, he hasnt been really dependable or reliable there.
both chinese & uzbeks exposed us in that area.
koreans are far more intelligent and technical than both these two teams. their players are more pro & mature and that will be really FELT by us.
shd he persist with his experiment?
I say NO.
the first thing is get a DEPENDABLE defense, which means using a proper DEFENDER in that post.
the second issue is ; to win a game, a team must have a plan to score. this is facilitated by a play-maker. not a def mid or ... .
we MUST have a play-maker in the starting line up.
if karimi isnt able to pull up his socks, then I say Shojayi is our best option.
but inclusion of this player shd not be at the cost of WIDTH for the team. we MUST have two mids on either side who can play on the wing and add width to our team, in both defense and offense.
the importance of getting the STARTING LINE UP right is that the team can play their optimal football for 90 minutes, rather than the present 45 minutes !
yes, GN has got the required results by making changes in second halves. but this means we have WASTED a whole 45 minutes to do something that we want more comfortably.
getting a win in a 45 minutes (usually coming from behind) is MUCH TOUGHER ON THE PLAYERS MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY, than getting a win in 90 minutes.
so it is imperative that we dont put the team under unnecessary pressure and tension . especially since koreans are far more dangerous than chinese or uzbeks.
we may fight back against the latter two. but the former team is a different team altogether.
with such minimal "tweaks" in the team, I beleive we can get through.
so yes. we certainly HAVE the capability to win this game.
in group stage, a coach always has some leeway, in terms of compensating for lost points in follow-up games or other teams doing us a favor ( uzbeks did ). so a coach may get a bit bold and risk or experiment and still, live to either regret it or learn from it.
but in the knock-out stage, it is just like a final match.
do or die.
so while GN has been doing acceptably in the group stage, his TRUE TEST starts on sunday.
no room for risks. no room for experimentation.
I beleive if GN makes a few changes to his starting line up, we may get through.
one of GN's experiments has been zandi in the left back.
while zandi has done ok, he hasnt been really dependable or reliable there.
both chinese & uzbeks exposed us in that area.
koreans are far more intelligent and technical than both these two teams. their players are more pro & mature and that will be really FELT by us.
shd he persist with his experiment?
I say NO.
the first thing is get a DEPENDABLE defense, which means using a proper DEFENDER in that post.
the second issue is ; to win a game, a team must have a plan to score. this is facilitated by a play-maker. not a def mid or ... .
we MUST have a play-maker in the starting line up.
if karimi isnt able to pull up his socks, then I say Shojayi is our best option.
but inclusion of this player shd not be at the cost of WIDTH for the team. we MUST have two mids on either side who can play on the wing and add width to our team, in both defense and offense.
the importance of getting the STARTING LINE UP right is that the team can play their optimal football for 90 minutes, rather than the present 45 minutes !
yes, GN has got the required results by making changes in second halves. but this means we have WASTED a whole 45 minutes to do something that we want more comfortably.
getting a win in a 45 minutes (usually coming from behind) is MUCH TOUGHER ON THE PLAYERS MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY, than getting a win in 90 minutes.
so it is imperative that we dont put the team under unnecessary pressure and tension . especially since koreans are far more dangerous than chinese or uzbeks.
we may fight back against the latter two. but the former team is a different team altogether.
with such minimal "tweaks" in the team, I beleive we can get through.
so yes. we certainly HAVE the capability to win this game.
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