0-3，0-1！ The Asian champion fell suddenly, the world preliminaries were at the bottom, and the national football situation: defeated Thailand to advance

Chat about the ball in the middle of the mountain

2024-06-03 06:44Published in Fujian

The 2026 World Cup will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which is the first time that the World Cup will be held in three countries at the same time, and FIFA will also expand the number of teams to 48 teams for the first time in 2026, and the number of promotion places in Asia will increase to 8.5.

The World Cup qualifiers in Asia have entered the round of 36 in the second stage, and as long as they reach the round of 18 in this World Preliminary Tournament, they will have a 50% chance of getting the qualifiers. Therefore, the teams attach great importance to the round of 36, and the last two rounds of the round of 36 will be fully played during the international break in June, and the ownership of the round of 18 will also be revealed.

In Group A, seeded teams Qatar, India, Afghanistan and Kuwait are all in the same group. In this group, Qatar has excellent strength, with a record of winning all four games, locking up the first place in the group two rounds in advance and advancing to the round of 18. India and Afghanistan have 4 points, Kuwait has 3 points, and the other group qualification place will be generated between these three teams, and the last two rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, the suspense of promotion is the largest of the nine groups.

Kuwait is currently ranked 139th in the world, which is at the level of fish belly teams in Asia. Kuwait used to be a strong team in Asia, in the 80s of the last century, Kuwait reached its peak in Asia, won the Asian Cup in 1980, and participated in the World Cup finals, and won the Gulf Cup championship many times, but in recent years, Kuwait's talent has been broken, and the overall strength has declined.

Kuwait's performance in this World Preliminary Tournament was unsatisfactory, facing India at home in the first round, Kuwait besieged India all over the field, but was scoreless, but was attacked by the Indian team to score, losing 0-1, and suffered a black start. In the second round, Kuwait's form rebounded, and they swept Afghanistan 4-1 away to achieve their first victory in this World Preliminary Tournament. In back-to-back home and away matches against Qatar in the third and fourth rounds, Kuwait were beaten 0-1 and 0-3 by Qatar, and after four rounds, only three points are at the bottom of the group.

For Kuwait, the hope of qualifying from the group is still there, the last two rounds, Kuwait will play India and Afghanistan respectively, as long as Kuwait wins all in these two rounds, then Kuwait's points will reach 9 points, you can get the right to qualify from the group, but if Kuwait can not win all the last two rounds, and India or Afghanistan can grab points successfully, then Kuwait will be eliminated and miss the round of 18.

The Chinese men's football team is in Group C, the promotion situation has been very clear, the South Korean team has 10 points, basically locking a promotion place, while the Chinese men's football team ranks second in the group with 7 points, the Thai team ranks third in the group with 4 points, and the Singapore team ranks at the bottom with 1 point, missing the round of 18 in advance. The other qualifying spot in Group C will be between China and Thailand.

At 20 o'clock in the evening of June 6, Beijing time, in the 5th round of the round of 36 of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team will sit at home to face the Thai team, which is a game that the national football team must win, only by defeating the Thai team, the points of the national football team can completely overwhelm the Thai team and advance to the round of 18, but if the Chinese team upsets the Thai team, then the situation of promotion will be reversed instantly, which is devastating to Chinese football.

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