In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the national football team almost qualified, if you ask Lippi to bring it at the beginning, will it enter? After all, in the end, the national football team was only 3 points less than South Korea, which was directly promoted to the second place in the group.
The 2022 World Cup, if it really let Lippi start to bring, from the first stage of the top 40 matches to start with, different from the previous session, the national football team in addition to the unprecedented strong coaching team, but also unprecedented naturalized high-level foreign players. Even before he reached the top 12, the old man picked up the pick and left.
Li Tie took over, won the last 4 games, and entered the round of 12. Li Tie reflects his own ability, this result is also logical, after all, over the years, the level of national football is poor, FIFA ranking has never been lower than the top 10 in Asia, and the Top 12 in Asia can not enter?
But after entering the round of 12, it is unrealistic to have a little "non-divisional thinking".
In the first 6 rounds, 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, there were 5 points, but the 6 teams ranked 5th in the group, 6 points less than the 3rd place, this result, stumbled, so Li Tie, who was originally signed to 2026, was dismissed. In theory, the national football team still has the hope of qualifying, the remaining 4 rounds of full victory, the final will accumulate 17 points, not to mention the second group directly promoted, the third group to participate in the play-off qualification is certainly appropriate. But you played like that in the first 6 rounds, did you suddenly rise up in the next 4 rounds?
In the 7th round, the 2-0 away loss to Japan, the loss, was the result of doom, and lost nothing.
Before the next round of matches starts, it can only be said that "the national football team is basically out", and the word "basic" cannot be removed. Because if the national football team defeats Australia in the last 3 rounds and the national football team catches up with the gap with Australia's 15 goals difference, then the national football team will replace the third qualifying of the Australian group and qualify for the play-offs. Such a good thing cannot happen to you in your dreams, but in theory, he is true.
But if Li Xiaopeng and his disciples thought the same thing, they would be ashamed of the clothes they were wearing. They should see the reality clearly: the current national football team, it is impossible to qualify for the World Cup, hope to be disillusioned earlier, a little later disillusioned, there is not much difference, the final result is the same.
Why do you want to have a qualifier for the World Cup? That is to let the best teams from all continents participate, and there are definitely "dark horses", but not often.
In the 2018 World Cup, the Asian Qualifiers Round of 12, finally Group A Iran, South Korea, Group B Japan, Saudi Arabia directly advanced, Australia through the play-offs to advance, the Asian region of 4.5 places into 5.
After the first 7 rounds of this round of 12 rounds, Iran in Group A was 19 points first, South Korea was 17 points second, Iran had advanced in advance, and South Korea's direct promotion was only in the morning and evening; Group B Saudi Arabia was 19 points first, Japan was 15 points second, Australia was 14 points third, and finally two of the three would directly advance, and the other would participate in the playoffs. The ending is the same as the previous one.
Looking at the FIFA rankings, the results of the competition, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, And Australia are the top five teams in Asia for a long time, and it is normal for them to participate in the World Cup. The national football team wants to enter the World Cup, relying on a big gamble to crash into it, the probability is too small.