No one expected that around the Spring Festival in 2022, the Chinese men's and women's national football teams would encounter the Vietnamese team. The time is 8 p.m., the women's soccer team is on the evening of January 30, and the men's soccer team is on the evening of February 1.
This means that the women's football team will set a demonstration for the men's football team how to deal with Southeast Asian teams.
In terms of strength, there is no doubt that the Chinese men's and women's national teams have surpassed the Vietnamese team.
The Chinese women's football team won two games and two victories in the group stage of this Asian Cup and successfully qualified. Due to the withdrawal of many players from the same group of host Indian teams infected with the new crown, the Chinese women's football team only played two matches. In these two matches, the Chinese team defeated Chinese Taipei and Iran 4-0, 7-0, without bloodshed, scoring 11 goals without conceding 1 goal, and performed well.
In fact, the strength of the Chinese team does exceed the opponent by a lot, and it is reasonable to win. Led by Wang Shuang, Tang Jiali, Yao Wei and Wang Shanshan, the Chinese women's football team has outstanding ability and proper use of techniques and tactics, and under the leadership of the new head coach Shui Qingxia, morale is booming, and the goal is directly aimed at the championship.
The next quarter-match against Vietnam will be a major test for The Chinese team. The winner of this competition will qualify for the World Cup, which is also the minimum goal for the Chinese women's football team to participate in this competition. Vietnam's strength is average, losing two 0-3 to Japan and South Korea in the group stage, and a 2-2 draw with Myanmar in the third group match, relying on the advantage of goal difference to win the third place in the group, thus obtaining the right to qualify from the group. Scored 2 goals and conceded 8 goals in three games, playing average. It can't be said that it is a fish belly, but the overall strength is not strong is an indisputable fact.
As long as the Chinese women's football team plays normally, winning is not a problem. Southeast Asian teams have attached great importance to football in recent years, youth football has flourished, and adult teams have made rapid progress, which in time will pose a very big threat to traditional strong teams. The Chinese women's football team must not be taken lightly.
In the round of 12 two days later, whether the Chinese men's national team can defeat the Vietnamese team is very questionable.
If you can't win, you will inevitably encounter more verbal criticism, you know, this game is on the first day of the New Year, there will be many fans in front of the TV to watch. CCTV will also broadcast live. Speaking of which, it is necessary to make an opinion on the practice of CCTV. So far, CCTV has not said that it will broadcast the women's football match live, what is the reason?
From the perspective of the majority of fans, the men's football game should be broadcast, and the women's football game should be broadcast. Or the men's football game is not broadcast, and the women's football game must be broadcast. In a word, the women's football match must be broadcast, not to mention that this is a quarter-final, the importance is self-evident. Even if the men's football game is over, it is also the life of elimination anyway. What does it matter if you don't broadcast it! Winning the Vietnamese team is not enough to be happy, and it is even worse to draw or lose, so don't broadcast it.
After losing to Japan, for the Chinese men's football team, the door to the Qatar World Cup has been completely closed. With only 3 rounds left, nine points behind third-place Australia, everyone knows it's impossible to surpass. The next game is just a cutscene.
But this game is not so simple. If the Chinese men's football team loses in a mess, then the verbal criticism it encounters will probably be even worse. Especially in the face of the Vietnamese team that had lost 7 battles and 7 defeats before, if they could not win the battle, then Li Xiaopeng and his disciples would have no face to see Jiang Dong's father and elder.
In the first leg of the meeting between the two sides, the Chinese men's football team barely won 3-2. With a 2-0 lead, then-head coach Li Tie repeatedly made faint moves, causing the Vietnamese team to pull two goals in a row, and morale was greatly boosted at the last moment of the game, with the potential to reverse the score in one fell swoop. Fortunately, Wang Shenchao and Wu Lei connected, and finally the Chinese men's football team killed Vietnam and won a victory. This is also the only victory won by the Chinese men's football team in the round of 12.
The Vietnamese team was annoyed, from the manager to the players were very unconvinced by the defeat, determined to win the Chinese men's football team at home. Considering that the strength of the other opponents in this group is very strong, and the round of 12 has come to an end, this home match with the Chinese team will be the last chance for the Vietnamese team to win, and whether it can get 3 points or 1 point will be extremely critical. Vietnam coach Park Heong-suk said that the team will do whatever it takes to win and bring happiness to the Vietnamese people.
Whatever it takes! It looks like the Vietnamese team is going to amplify the move. In many previous games, the Vietnamese team has not lost much, and there are more games with 1 goal and small losses. Even in the last 4-0 loss to Australia, the Vietnamese team resisted for a long time. Overall, the performance of the Vietnamese team is not bad. If points can be scored in the match against the Chinese men's football team, it will create a new history for Vietnamese football. This god-given opportunity, how could Park Hyun-suk miss it.
Against Southeast Asian teams like Vietnam, the Chinese men's football team has always been not afraid. However, lately it has become less and less dominant. Since being played 1-5 by the Thai team a few years ago, the Chinese men's football team has become a bird of prey. Saying that no one is afraid, in fact, seeing everyone is afraid. Now that I encounter the Vietnamese team again, I am afraid that the words that Fan Zhiyi once said will come true: The Chinese team is becoming more and more faceless.
But in fact, does Chinese football still have a face?
Oh no, the men's soccer team has no face, the women's soccer team still has the face. Or look at the women's football team, once again call for CCTV live broadcast.