Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, March has arrived, which means that the Chinese men's football team is about to travel to the Middle East again to participate in the last two matches of this World Preliminary Tournament.
Affected by the international epidemic, the national football team in this World Preliminary Tournament had to give up all the home matches, which affected the performance of the Chinese team in the round of 12 to a certain extent, and after 8 rounds of group matches, the Chinese team only defeated the Vietnamese team 3-2 thrillingly and won this game.
After losing to Vietnam away, the national football team also completely lost the hope of impacting the World Cup in Qatar. Under such circumstances, the Football Association has put the goal of the national football team on the Preparation for the World Cup in the United States and Canada after 4 years, and the renewal of the national team has been officially put on the agenda.
Therefore, in the last two World Preliminary Games, coach Li Xiaopeng will definitely use a lot of young players, and for many veterans of the national football team, the last 2 games will also become their farewell to the national team.
A group of post-80s veterans, such as Wu Xi, Wu Lei, Arthur Junmin and Yu Dabao, will fade out of the national team. Wu Lei, who is currently playing with Espanyol in La Liga, has not even been selected for the latest national team.
Wu Lei's absence from the World Preliminary Tournament also gave some young players the opportunity to become the main force of the national team. Judging from the current situation, Wei Shihao, who is in the year of playing, will be very promising to replace Wu Lei and become the main attacking player of the national football team.
As the best winger in the country now, Wei Shihao's speed, breakthrough and shooting ability are quite outstanding. Leaving aside his personality problems, it is clear that he is the most suitable local striker in the current national team to succeed Wu Lei.
In this World Preliminary Tournament, Wei Shihao was not reused, and most of the matches appeared as a substitute. Even so, in the match between the Chinese team and the Australian team, Wei Shihao still played his own advantages and characteristics, becoming one of the best performers in the national football team in this game.
If the future national football team can hire a coach like Cannavaro, I believe that Wei Shihao will be able to play his real role in the national team.
In addition to Wei Shihao, Dai Weijun, a young player who has just been selected for the national football team, will also be the focus of the future national football team, and in the last game against the Vietnamese team, Dai Weijun has entered the main lineup of the national football team.
Although his performance is not too prominent, this will not affect him to become the main player of the national football team in the next two World Preliminary Games. In the case that Wu Xi is already old, Dai Weijun will undoubtedly become a new core player in the future national football midfield.
On the 25th of this month, the Chinese team will face the visiting team Saudi Arabia in the united arab emirates in the middle position, although the difference in strength between the two teams is more obvious, but I believe that as long as the players of the national football team can put down the burden of wanting to win and fear losing, and give it a go on the field, it is not without the opportunity to beat the Saudi team.
Although the outcome of this match has no impact on the group qualification of the national football team, if it can win this game, it can still greatly improve the low morale of the team, which will be of great help to the future Preparation for the World Cup in 2026.
As we all know, FIFA has expanded the number of teams participating in the 2026 World Cup from the current 32 to 48, and the number of participating teams in Asia has become 8, which also makes the hope of the national football team to enter the 2026 World Cup greatly increased.
Therefore, the Chinese Football Association should prepare for the comprehensive reconstruction of the national football team from now on, play every game in the future, and cultivate new core players for the next national team as soon as possible. Only in this way can we see the hope of the national football team rushing into the World Cup in 4 years.
At that time, CCTV5, CCTV5, a CCTV sports channel, will also broadcast the match live at 12:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 25, hoping that fans who have not yet lost the last bit of hope for the Chinese men's football team can watch this game and cheer for the boys of the national football team in front of the TV!