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. In the end, the Chinese men's football team was in the same group with 5 teams including Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Indonesia.
The national football team, which was originally ranked in the 5th pot, has a high probability of being divided into the "group of death". But who would have expected that the national football team would be so unlucky. The first pot was drawn to the first Japanese team in Asia, the second pot is Australia, which is the most restrained national football team, and the third pot is Saudi Arabia, which is also a traditional strong team in Asia. The 6th national football team drew the Indonesian team that has many naturalized players and has soared in strength in recent years. It can be said that except for the 4th gear to avoid the UAE and draw Bahrain is relatively lucky, the other gears have encountered the strongest opponents.
What makes the Chinese men's football team even more depressed is that the schedule is also quite unfavorable. According to the original schedule, the national football team will play Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia in the first three rounds. The slightest mistake is the start of a 3-game losing streak. Only the game against Saudi Arabia was played at home, and this was the only time that the national football team had a chance to avoid losing.
In this round of 18, the Chinese men's football team, as the 5th team, is undoubtedly quite difficult to get the top 2 in the group stage and directly advance to the World Cup. The more realistic goal of the national football team is to try to finish in the top four of the group and thus qualify for the next stage of the play-offs.
However, after the results of the draw were announced, many media people looked down, and Ma Dexing, a famous person, couldn't help but lament that it was good not to be at the bottom: "Protect six and fight for five!" The most realistic goal of the national football team! Xiao Yun also complained: "Relatively speaking, it's really not a good sign!" I can't say that! Miao Yuan also reluctantly hinted that the national football team was targeted by the AFC again: "Except for Bahrain, the strongest team in each gear has been given to China, and the AFC is too good!" Xu Zexin also said bluntly: "The national football team is signing this luck, and you can wake up crying when you dream." After reading this sign, I feel that there is little hope for the fourth, and it is more practical to strive for not to be at the bottom.