Japanese media: The Chinese men's football team will be "specially approved" to enter! The reason is that playing the top 12 competition has "high public welfare"
News on Saturday, January 8, 2022 Beijing time. On the 27th of this month, the Chinese men's football team will challenge Japan away to participate in a key match in the Asian Top 12 of the World Cup Qualifiers. At present, the new head coach of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng, has released a super-long list, and it is expected that the national football team will select about 20 players to go to Japan.
Because of the security factors in the past two years, going abroad will definitely encounter great difficulties. Especially now that you are going to Japan, how does the national football team play away? Recently, the Japanese media "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported that the Japanese team will meet the Chinese team and Saudi Arabia team at home to the Saitama World Cup players. Although Japan's security is tightly controlled, these two games are very important. Therefore, the "special approval" of the national football team and Saudi Arabia into Japan. The reason is "high public welfare".
As of now, the World Cup qualifiers in the Asian top 12 have been carried out for 6 rounds, and the Chinese men's football team has a bad record, ranking second from the bottom with only 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, scoring 7 goals and conceding 11 goals, and the qualifying situation is precarious. The Saudi team ranked 1st with 5 wins and 1 draw, with 16 points. Japan won 4 and lost 2, with 12 points, ranking second. Australia won 3, drew 2 and lost 1, accumulating 11 points, ranking 3rd. Oman won 2, drew 1 and lost 3, accumulating 7 points, ranking 4th. The Vietnamese team lost all 6 games and ranked 1st from the bottom with 0 points.
If you want to participate in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the national football team will either qualify directly from the top two in the group, or get the third place in the group and qualify for the play-offs. From the current situation, even if the national football team wins all 4 games, it will at most get the third place in the group - and this is already a miracle that dare not think. Unless Li Xiaopeng exerts magical powers.
The national football team faced the Japanese team, and there was also unfavorable news that Luo Guofu, who had been alive and well before, would not be able to play because of the suspension of the accumulated yellow card.