This week's Mid-World Cup Asian Cup Round of 12 matches will continue, and in a focus battle in Group B, the national football team will meet Saudi Arabia. Before this match, the national football team has decided not to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, and this match against Saudi Arabia is a battle of honor for the national football team. The Saudis are just one step away from qualifying for the World Cup finals, and they will definitely give their all in this game.
During the last national team match window, the national football team suffered defeats in both matches, and Li Xiaopeng lost both games at the beginning of his tenure. Especially in the matchup on the first night of the Chinese New Year, the national football team lost 1-3 to the Vietnamese team. That defeat put the national football team under great pressure, and even appeared on the Internet a lot of ironic and sarcastic remarks about the national football team.
This match with the Saudi Arabian team, although it has nothing to do with the national football qualification situation, is an extremely important battle of justification. If this game is again defeated by Saudi Arabia, the next few days of the national football team will be very sad. If you can level or even defeat Saudi Arabia, although it does not matter, it will at least have some positive impact on public opinion.
In the big list released by the national team, there are no foreign players such as Wu Lei and Li Lei, Guo Tianyu does not appear in the list, and several Brazilian naturalized players have also been abandoned. This new national football team is a big test for Li Xiaopeng's platooning, especially the team's attack line, which is almost unavailable.
In an interview before the game, the national football team said that although there is no hope of qualifying, the national football team does not want to become the background board for the opponent to advance to the World Cup. Coaching team member Zhao Junzhe said that this game should let fans and football practitioners, especially youth football practitioners, see hope.
The Saudis are currently ranked first in Group B and have a good chance of qualifying for the World Cup finals after this match. As long as it can defeat the national football team, Saudi Arabia can be ironclad to obtain a qualification. Even if it is a draw or a loss to the national football team, as long as Japan defeats Australia, Saudi Arabia can also qualify for the promotion.
The match will be played at 23:00 Beijing time on March 24, when the CCTV Sports Channel will broadcast the game live. Can the national football team win this battle of honor? Will the Saudi team lock up world cup qualification after this match? Fans who support the national football team remember to stay up late to cheer for the Chinese team.