In the early morning of March 25, Beijing time, the Chinese national football team faced saudi Arabia in the 9th round of the World Preliminary Round of 12. In the end, the Chinese national football team tried its best to draw 1-1 with the opponent. After the end of this game, the Chinese national football team's top 12 points are still only a pitiful 6 points, although the draw is a good result, but it still refreshes the "lower limit" of the history of many men's football teams competing in the World Preliminary Round.
In this game, the national football coach Li Xiaopeng once again lined up five defenders, trying to stabilize the defense first and then take the opportunity to threaten the Saudi goal. However, due to the huge gap in the strength of the two teams, the national football team can only tire of defending, and the entire first half can not really form a shot. Just before half-time, Saudi Arabia took advantage of a corner kick that was scored by SheikhRi. In the second half, Li Xiaopeng successively replaced Dai Weijun and other players to try to strengthen the attack, but unfortunately Zhang Yuning's goal was judged to be offside; in the 82nd minute, Zhu Chenjie scored a penalty, and finally the two teams shook hands 1-1.
At present, the national football team has won 9 games, 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, accumulating only 6 points, which means that even if the national football team can defeat Oman in the last game, the total number of points can only reach 9 points, which will be the lowest points since the national football team participated in the event, lower than the 11 points in the 1998 Top Ten.
On the other hand, the draw with Saudi Arabia, the national football team conceded as many as 17 goals in 9 games, also set the worst record since the World Preliminary Round.
One game, one night, the national football team has twice refreshed the "lower limit" of the historical statistics of the Chinese men's football team. It is true that the national football team played very hard, and the draw was "gratifying" enough, but the ending of the game was still slightly cruel and cold. The current national football team has actually completely fallen into the lowest trough of history, and it is really a long way to go to recreate the appearance of the past as a "quasi-strong team" in Asia.