The national football team was brutally abused by Vietnam 3-1 on February 1, and completely lost the opportunity to enter the Qatar World Cup. After the national football team lost to Vietnam, it also made Fan Zhiyi's prediction 9 years ago on the hot search. 9 years ago, the national football team lost 5-1 to the Thai team, Fan Zhiyi said in an interview that the national football team did not want to face, and if it continued to fight like this, it would lose to Vietnam and then lose to Myanmar. In fact, when Fan Zhiyi first said this prophecy, he did not come out of his mouth, it was obviously considered. Fan Zhiyi went to Vietnam many years ago to inspect their youth training and physical training, and he felt deeply, so he would say this sentence.
Losing to Vietnam first, and then losing to Myanmar, for today's national football team is not a joke, losing to Vietnam is already an established fact, then will the national football team lose to Myanmar? I think it's very likely because football in Southeast Asia is changing dramatically. The Vietnamese team has shown their strength in the World Preliminary Round, although their physical condition is not very good, but their passing and receiving plan is better than the national football team, in a few years, the Vietnamese team is likely to complete the overall overtaking of the national football team, when the national football team will be more difficult to defeat Vietnam.
The recent Southeast Asian U23 Championship held in Cambodia also left a deep impression on fans, after the Laos team, which was in the bottom of Southeast Asia, actually defeated Malaysia 2-1, to know that Malaysia's strength is not bad, they are regarded as a level of Southeast Asian strong teams with Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Laos' victory over Malaysia is like Vietnam's 3-1 victory over the national football team in the World Preliminary Round, which was previously regarded as an impossible thing to happen. In addition, Vietnam's youth team once again showed great strength in this tournament, they actually beat Singapore 7-0, and they are 2 years younger than Singapore. Vietnam's youth training system has achieved great success in the past decade, and according to statistics, China's youth team has won a victory against the Vietnamese youth team in the past 10 years.
Thailand also recently shouted the slogan of entering the 2026 World Cup. Thai men's football coach PolKin recently said in an interview that he wants to lead thai men's football team to the 2026 World Cup. Polkin only coached the Thai men's team at the end of 2021, but soon after, he led Thailand to victory over defending champions Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Football Championship to win the championship. The Vietnamese team reached the top 12 of the World Preliminary Round of Asian Region and defeated the national football team, allowing the Thai men's football team to see hope and momentum to move forward. It is reported that the 2026 World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams, and the number of places in the Asian region will also reach 8.5, which is also a key factor for the Thai team to dare to shout out to enter the World Cup.
The youth training of several southeast Asian countries has made great progress in recent years, and China's youth training system has lagged behind them in an all-round way, and if it continues like this, the national football team may not be far from losing to Myanmar.