At present, after the chinese men's football team ended the quarantine, it was temporarily disbanded, and it waited until March 3 to regroup, and after a week of training, it went to the United Arab Emirates to prepare for the remaining two top 12 matches. After the early exit of the national football team, the remaining 2 games became a battle of honor, it is reported that the senior leadership demanded that the last two round of 12 matches of the national football team absolutely not allowed to collapse, which also tested the coach Li Xiaopeng's leadership.
According to the latest 39-man training list of the national football team, in addition to Wu Lei's unexpected defeat, another focus is on 4 Brazilian naturalized players. Since the termination of the contract with guangzhou team, Axon, Luo Guofu, Alan and Fernando have returned to Brazil, and have not systematically trained and played official matches for 2 consecutive months, and the national football coaching team still recruits them to participate in the top 12 matches, and then based on Wu Lei's abandonment, it is difficult to cause controversy.
According to the reporter Ma Dexing's report, the reason why the 4 Brazilian naturalized players continue to be called up is that in order to avoid the expansion of criticism on the issue of naturalized players, the Chinese Football Association must recall several naturalized players.
In last month's away match against Japan and Vietnam, several Brazilian naturalized players performed poorly, their physical condition and competitive status simply did not meet the requirements of the game, and it was not difficult to understand that it was the requirements of the senior leadership.
In addition, the Chinese Football Association and the national team were also required that the last two round of 12 matches must not collapse, such as consecutive losses, and eventually fell to the bottom of the group. Another side shows that the national football coaching team, led by Li Xiaopeng, cannot continue to let the national football team lose when it is ordered by the military.
After Li Xiaopeng took office, the national football team 0-2 Japan and 1-3 Vietnam, lost 2 consecutive games, has missed the World Cup two rounds in advance, once again disappointed the fans. Next, the national football team has 2 games, against Saudi Arabia and Oman, the former to rush into the World Cup, the latter is not easy to play in advance.
At present, the national football team has accumulated 5 points in 8 rounds, ranking fifth, only 2 points ahead of the Vietnamese team at the bottom of the team behind it, so if the national football team loses to Saudi Arabia and Oman in a row, it may be surpassed by the Vietnamese team and become the bottom of the group.
The national football team defeated the Saudi team in the next round, there is a chance to send the Vietnamese team to the bottom of the ranking in advance, considering that the Vietnamese team can hardly win the last round against the Japanese team, so as long as the national football team wins, the probability will not fall to the bottom of the group.