At 23:00 Beijing time tonight, the penultimate round of the World Cup qualifiers in the Asian top 12, the Chinese men's football team "home" to saudi Arabia. After missing the World Cup, the national football team now only hopes to save a little face, do not lose to the end!
Men's face battle: send the opponent to the World Cup if you lose
After consecutive losses to Japan and Vietnam, the Chinese men's football team has completely failed to qualify for the final round of the 2022 World Cup, and the last two matches can only be reduced to a "face battle", fighting for the final honor and dignity.
Saudi Arabia is now at the top of the group and can directly qualify for the World Cup if it wins this game. If the national football team really becomes the background board for the opponent to qualify, it will be too hard-hearted and will trigger a larger group of ridicule. If you can force a draw or even win, and stir up each other's dreams, then you can also save your reputation to a certain extent.
2-3 in the first leg, can the national football team get revenge?
In the first leg of the match on October 13 last year, the Chinese men's football team played quite well in the case of 0-2 behind, Luo Guofu and Xu Xin scored one goal each, and finally lost 2-3.
This time, the national football coach has changed from Li Tie to Li Xiaopeng, can he complete his revenge? The last time he beat Saudi Arabia was 1-0 in the group stage of the 2015 Asian Cup, with Yu Hai scoring his only goal.
Three consecutive defeats? Stop losing streak? Li Xiaopeng was under great pressure
After Li Xiaopeng took office, he lost to Japan and Vietnam in a row, and has suffered two consecutive defeats in the opening round, and only scored 1 goal, coupled with the impact of the "Feng Gong War", the pressure is very large. Now facing Saudi Arabia, which is the first in the group, is it three consecutive defeats, or is it the first point or even the "upset" first win? We'll just have to wait and see.
Wu Lei + naturalization is not there, who carries the offensive banner?
Wu Lei was not selected for this year's roster, Luo Guofu, Axon, Alain and Fernando all refused to return to the team, and the frontal strength of the national football team dropped sharply, so who can carry the offensive banner? It depends on the play of young players such as Zhang Yuning and Dai Weijun, and cultivating new talents is also one of the main goals now.
Captain Wu Xi is suspended, who will replace him?
Li Xiaopeng is expected to change to 343, Xu Xin is expected to lock in a main midfield position, so what about the other? Midfield core Wu Xi was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and Liao Lisheng and Kim Kyung-do would compete. Judging from the warm-up match of Haikou training, Liao Lisheng may replace the Wu team as the starter.
If you lose, you may be overtaken by Vietnam, and the group is at the bottom
After losing to Vietnam in the last round, the national football team played 8 games and 5 points, only 2 points ahead of the former. So, if they beat Oman in an earlier game and we lose to Saudi Arabia, then they will be overtaken by 1 point by Vietnam and fall to the bottom of the group! If that's the case, it's a shame.
National football team forecast starter (343):
YAN Junling;ZHANG Linpeng,JIANG Guangtai,ZHU Chenjie;LIU Yang,XU Xin,LIAO Lisheng,GAO Zhunyi;LIU Binbin,ZHANG Yuning,DAI Weijun