The footsteps of the World Cup are getting closer and closer, and for the national football team, it is a pity that it has not been able to reach the siege from the round of 12, but the world preliminary journey belonging to the national football team has not stopped. In a month's time, the Chinese team will meet the challenge of the Saudi team at home, which is the penultimate round of the World Preliminary Round, and it is also a battle of honors related to the dignity of the Football Association and Chinese football.
In the previous game, the biggest criticism of the outside world for the national football team is that there is no fighting spirit, the performance on the field is lazy and scattered, the ball that should be grabbed is not to be grabbed, and the initiative to retreat when it is time to go to the body, which also leads to the complete loss of the momentum of the Great Power of Yangyang China. Now Li Xiaopeng and the Football Association have ushered in a good opportunity to prove themselves, and the match with Saudi Arabia, the two teams are not much different in terms of strength and pressure from the qualification. Saudi Arabia is not as strong as Japan and Australia, currently only ranks sixth in Asia, and is better than Vietnam and Oman, and they basically lock in the top two seats, the pressure to qualify is very small, and it is the best opponent for the national football team to "jump and pick the fruit".
The Chinese team has met in a total of 5 official matches in history, and the Chinese team has defeated Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup, which is the only victory for Saudi Arabia in the history of the national football team. It was on January 10, 2015, when the head coach was still the French coach Perrin, when Wang Dalei was the main goalkeeper of the team, the configuration of the double back was Zheng Zhi and Wu Xi, the front waist was Wu Lei, the left and right guards were Arthur Junmin and Ji Xiang, and the single arrow was Yu Hai, it was with the goal of the veteran General Hai that the Chinese team finally defeated the opponent 1-0 and successfully broke through the death group at that time.
This victory is also very worthy of reference by the current coach Li Xiaopeng, especially for the use of Wu Lei, Perrin still has a set. In the remaining four games, the national football team 1 draw 3 losses did not taste the victory, the 2009 friendly match 1-4 fiasco, the 2013 Asian Cup qualifier first leg 1-2 defeat, the second leg of the home 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia, the most recent is the first leg of the 12 rounds, the national football team lost 2-3, from the recent encounters, it can be seen that the state of the national football team is slowly picking up, and the record in the face of Saudi Arabia also has a significant rebound, which shows that the Chinese team is slowly understanding the fixed technical and tactical routines of Saudi Arabia's Opponents in West Asia. The national football team does not fear such an opponent.
According to the famous Ma Dexing's revelations, in order to make up for the mistakes made by the team against Japan and Vietnam, giving the fans a happy Spring Festival, the team against Saudi Arabia has decided to take the all-main lineup to play, which is the opposite of Li Xiaopeng's previous thinking of preparing to use young players to train for the next World Cup. This also shows that the Football Association also knows that although this game has no impact on qualifying, it has a decisive significance for the status of Chinese football in Asia and the hearts of fans, and Li Xiaopeng will never dare to mess around.
The Sino-Saudi war will start at 6 p.m. on March 24, and since it is the home of the Chinese team, fans are expected to have a long-lost opportunity to watch the game, and this time is also in prime time, which is also extremely friendly to TV viewers. As the world's largest sport, the Chinese men's football team has never lacked attention in China, what is missing is only a piece of soil that can nurture football culture. At that time, CCTV5 will broadcast this key game live, and whether the dignity of the Chinese team can be preserved depends on the performance of Li Xiaopeng and the players.