Reason? The goal of the top 18 of the national football team is exposed: suppress Bahrain and Indonesia! Aim for the top 4 of the group to reach the play-offs

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2024-06-27 18:41Creators in the field of sports

On June 27, Beijing time, the draw results of the top 18 groups in the Asian region of the World Preliminary Championships were officially announced. The Chinese men's football team is in the same group as 5 teams, including Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia. After the results of the group were released, the national football team also set a rational goal, that is, to strive to beat Bahrain and Indonesia and enter the play-offs with the top 4 in the group.

In the round of 18, the national football team drew Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia in Pot 1 to 3, and these three teams were in the same group as the national football team in the last round of 12. At that time, the national football team only achieved 2 draws and 4 losses in 6 games with these 3 teams, especially in the face of the Japanese team, which ranked first in Asia, and was killed by 1 goal without scoring a goal.

In terms of hard power and international competition experience, these three teams are obviously above the Chinese team. Therefore, it is very unlikely that the national football team will compete with these three teams in the round of 18 for two direct tickets to the World Cup.

As we all know, the United States, Canada and Mexico have expanded the World Cup, and Asia can get 8.5 tickets. According to the rules, the 3rd and 4th places in each group of the round of 18 will also have the opportunity to pass the play-offs and advance to the World Cup. In other words, as long as the Chinese team can secure the top 4 in Group C, they still have hope of advancing to the final stage of the competition.

In the case that it is difficult to shake the three teams of Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, the most realistic goal of the national football team is to beat Bahrain and Indonesia in the competition for the fourth place in this group. For this point, both the team's head coach Ivankovic and the Chinese Football Association actually maintain a relatively sober understanding.

Of course, it will not be easy to beat Bahrain and Indonesia. Indonesia, in particular, broke into the knockout rounds of this year's Asian Cup. In the previous Olympic preliminaries, Indonesia was only one step away from entering the Paris Olympics. Facing Indonesia, which has many naturalized players, the national football team must not be as careless as it was when facing Vietnam in the last round of 12.

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