The national football team lost 3-1 to Vietnam in the eighth round of the World Preliminary Round, and unfortunately failed to complete the goal of breaking through the World Cup from the round of 12. With three weeks left before the ninth round of matches against Saudi Arabia, China's latest developments have also been exposed. Among them, Wu Xi, the sea cucumber brother who was criticized by the media, will finally not play in the match against Saudi Arabia, which is also what fans have been looking forward to for a long time.
The match with Saudi Arabia will start on time at 6 p.m. on March 24, although the result of this match will not affect the situation of the Chinese team to qualify for the World Cup, but this is still an international level event, so the national football team will still go all out, this is the head coach Li Xiaopeng's dignity game, but also the football association president Chen Shuyuan is highly concerned about the battle of honor. In order to motivate the players to play a better fighting spirit, the Football Association has promised the national football team that as long as the game is won, the 6 million prize money will still be issued as usual, and will not be stopped because of the World Cup.
In order to better prepare for the battle, Li Xiaopeng decided to carry out high-intensity training from March 3, considering that the Saudi team will only complete the assembly 5 days before the game, so the stupid bird flies first, Li Xiaopeng also believes that the proud soldiers will lose, and Saudi Arabia's overconfidence will naturally bring them bad consequences. For the Chinese team, this training still gathered four naturalizations of Axon, Luo Guofu, Alan and Fernando, I believe that this time they have no face to refuse to be called up, their arrival will greatly boost the morale of the team, and Li Xiaopeng also has more options for platooning.
In history, the Chinese team and the Saudi team have met a total of 19 times, and the Chinese team has won 6 victories, 4 draws, and lost 9 games. At the 2015 Asian Cup, China defeated their opponents 1-0 in the group stage, which was a classic victory of the national football team against Saudi Arabia in recent times. It can be said that although the strength of Saudi Arabia is stronger than the Chinese team, but compared with Japan and Australia, they are the ideal target for Li Xiaopeng to be able to "jump and pick peaches", considering that in the first leg in the case of Luo Guofu and Alain, the national football team won 2-1 in the second half.
Captain Wu Xi will not play in this match because he received the second yellow card of the round of 12 in the match against Vietnam, so he will face a severe suspension penalty. That is to say, the Chinese team will have a new captain in this game, considering that Wu Xi is playing in the position of the midfield, then Zhang Xizhe is expected to replace Wu Xi's position, of course, the old captain Zheng Zhi, who is also a player, also hopes to usher in the return, his experience will inevitably bring help to the Chinese team, as the assistant coach of the national football team, Zheng Zhi has also been silently assisting this Li Xiaopeng during this time, which is also a trump card under Li's guidance.
This game, CCTV5 will also bring a free live broadcast, when the national audience can please watch. In the case that the Saudi team has basically locked in the qualifying seat, they are likely to choose to release water in this game, not to mention that they will only train for five days before the game, so in either respect, they cannot compare with the national football team, and Li Xiaopeng's first victory after taking office is expected to come. At present, the points of the national football team are 5 points, the Vietnam team is 3 points, as long as it can win, the national football team can completely get rid of the situation of being at the bottom, and it can also shake off the Vietnamese team by 5 points, which can also prove that Vietnam's performance is worse than the national football team.