Detailed explanation of the national football draw for the top 18 matches: encountering Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Australia, the sixth-tier opponent is also difficult to play

Li Peng Peng Sports

2024-06-27 15:37Creators in the field of sports

The draw for the round of 18 of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup was officially staged today, and the Chinese team was divided into a group with Indonesia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Japan, which can be regarded as a "neutral" sign. But anyway, as I said before, the round of 18 is our own World Cup. In the case of a large number of giants, there is no opponent to fight, there is no game to admit defeat (or win), just cheer one game at a time.

A brief description of the format

After being divided into three groups, the 18 teams in Groups A, B and C will play on a home-and-away basis. Each team has a total of 10 games, 5 home and 5 away, and then the results are calculated, and the top two get the third stage of qualification (there are 6 teams in total), and go straight to the United States, Canada and Mexico World Cup; The third and fourth places qualified for the fourth stage, and the fifth and sixth places were eliminated directly.

The third and fourth place a total of 6 teams will be divided into 2 groups in the fourth stage, three teams each in Group A and B, and then use the home-and-away competition to calculate the points, the previous has been Tongmei and Mexico, and the second place will directly play to determine the winner (a total of 2 teams), get 0.5 play-off qualifications, and play against the play-off qualification teams of other continents, and the winner will qualify for the World Cup.

It should be noted that the national football team is a fifth-tier team, so when the next round of 18 starts, it will face the top three teams first, and the competition system can be regarded as a difficult and then easy setting.

Comparative analysis of win rate

China and Indonesia (Pot 6), Bahrain (Pot 4), Saudi Arabia (Pot 3), Australia (Pot 2), Japan (Pot 1).

Among them, the record against Indonesia is 9 games, 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with a goal difference of +13;

Among them, the results of 3 matches against Bahrain are 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses, and the goal difference is 0;

Among them, the 14 games against Saudi Arabia have a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, and a goal difference of -1;

Among them, the record against Australia is 14 games, 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, and the goal difference is -13;

Among them, the record of 23 matches against Japan is 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, and the goal difference is -7.

The hope of the national football team, and several key issues

Of course, if you want to advance, you mainly rely on your own strength to improve, there is no doubt about this. If you want to win, Ivankovic will try his best to improve the overall level of the team in the next few months, try his best to improve in terms of technique and tactics, and avoid old problems. Among them, who the center relies on, how to solve the problem of midfielder, and how to arrange the use of newcomers are several key points that must be solved.

Among them, the issue of naturalization is particularly important, if Oscar, Serginho and other "new signings" can all join the team, then the problem of strikers and midfielders will be solved very well. On the contrary, Alain, Fernando, etc. are really useful, but they are too old and have too many injuries, and it is unlikely that they will play so many rounds of competition. Therefore, it is important to be naturalized and when it can be completed.

Secondly, the performance of young people is getting better and better, such as Xu Haoyang in this round of the Chinese Super League is really good, Tao Qianglong, Bai Helamu, Wang Zhenao, etc. are also very eye-catching, and their performances are all seen by Ivan. Then, it is a very important consideration to whether or not to use them and how to use them against strong enemies next. If used, vitality is enough, how to solve the lack of experience; If not, the veterans are still so "groggy" and a problem.

Third, in goal setting. It is important whether we will fight for the top two in the group and go straight to the World Cup, or whether we will keep the top three or four to qualify for the next round. However, judging from this grouping, it is too difficult to get the direct qualification. Bao 3 and 4 are relatively realistic.

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