In 77 days, Li Xiaopeng proved that he was no smarter than his predecessor Li Tie, and the two ceiling-level figures of the domestic coach at this stage could not change the status quo of Chinese football at all.
The national football team won 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses in the 10 rounds of 12 rounds, conceded goals on the field, and the performance was only stronger than Vietnam, and the loss was now. But before the national team lost 2-0 to Oman, the U-23 national team lost 0-3 to the United Arab Emirates in the Dubai Cup, which lost the future.
Four years later, the World Cup expanded to 48 teams, and the Asian region has 8.5 qualifying places, but is this a half-cent relationship with Chinese football? After the expansion of the army, the hope of the national football team to go to the World Cup is still very slim, only when China becomes the host of the World Cup, the World Cup can have a "relationship" with us again?
Gao Hongbo's sentence "the national football team is the 12th place to advance to the top 12" is still lingering in the ear, Li Tie led the team to a little "progress", after the naturalization blessing, the national football team in this World Preliminary Tournament, is the 9th place to enter the top 12, if you count Qatar's results in the top 40, the national football team ranked 10th. Judging from the performance of the past two World Preliminary Tournaments, the national football team is still a little far from the top 8 in Asia, but this weak distance, the national football team has never been able to complete the breakthrough, can not stabilize in the top 8 in Asia, then the next World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team will still make fans worry.
In this round of 12, the national football team scored 6 points, only 4 points stronger than Vietnam, the same as Syria and Lebanon in Group A, in other words, the national football team is still the 9th in the embarrassing round of 12. Coupled with Qatar, which did not participate in the round of 12, the positioning of the national football team is the 10th in Asia.
FIFA's ranking, the national football team is currently ranked 9th in Asia, but FIFA's ranking is only one of the references to prove the strength of a team, not an absolute value. Vietnam, ranked 17th in Asia, has reached the round of 12, which is the best proof - the World Preliminary Round is not a reference for the world ranking. Of course, in the FIFA ranking released on March 31, the national football team will be surpassed by Oman, and the rankings of the two teams in the Asian region will be reversed, the national football team will drop to 10th, and Oman will replace the national football team to rank 9th in Asia.
The rankings are all virtual, and it is really necessary to calculate the status of the national football team in Asia, and the competition field can be seen. But from the beginning of the round of 12, the national football team did not bring hope, and eventually evolved into despair, the last session had Lippi's blessing, the national football team won double-digit points, and this year quickly dropped to 6 points. Of course, in the last group, there were only 2 Asian first-class teams in Iran and South Korea, and this year's same group squeezed into Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia; the last national football team defeated taiji tigers, and this year faced 3 Asian first-class teams, and the national football team did not play a single one.
After the naturalization group fled, the national football team lost now, and was hanged by Oman, who was defeated by his former subordinates, and the national football team made people see no hope. 21 years ago, in the 2001 Top 10 Competition, the national football team can kill the opponent twice, and can step on the opponent to qualify for the World Cup. But in the 21 years since then, the national football team has encountered Oman 4 times, the result is an embarrassing 1 draw and 3 losses, and the guest has suffered 3 consecutive defeats.
From the top 12, from the moment the group results were released, it was considered impossible, and the topic naturally shifted to the replacement. However, from Li Tie to Li Xiaopeng, most of the time he still desperately used veterans, and did not dare to boldly use Mesozoic players and young players. In the 2011 Asian Cup, Gao Hongbo trained in the official game, and after the game, he was questioned by the media, so that later local coaches were "taken as a warning" - saving lives is important, and the renewal of the team is not within the scope of their responsibilities.
However, with the end of the World Preliminary Round cycle, a group of veterans led by Arthur Junmin are likely to leave the national team. But where is the successor? Dai Weijun, Zhang Yuning and Zhu Chenjie, who accompanied the team to the west, are already the leaders of the young generation, in the words of Li Xiaopeng, the play on the offensive end of the battle with Oman is already the ceiling of the current national football team, but even the opponent's goal is not touched anywhere, Dai Weijun and Zhang Yuning, who bear the heavy responsibility of attack, have naturally played to the limit. The second goal missed such a big gap, Zhu Chenjie was one of the witnesses.
Most of the players in the U-23 national football team that also played in West Asia will enter the national football team in the future, but in addition to the 4-2 defeat of Thailand in the Dubai Cup, which makes the outside world feel a little normal, 2 matches with the United Arab Emirates, the first round of the opponent is completely controlled by the rhythm, 0-1 small loss, the second meeting on the sidelines has changed, but the score is 0-3, but also proves that once the Chinese players can not attack for a long time on the field, they will inevitably be expanded by the opponent.
Overnight, the national football team lost the present, and the U-23 national football team lost the future. After the 2019 Asian Cup, the phrase "This is the worst batch of national football teams in the past, but it is the best national football team in the future", still applies to the current team, and the future will not be better than the present. And Chinese football has no way to directly enhance the strength of the national football team with the help of external forces, the naturalization of this road has been blocked, just launched the recent plan to stay in the Ocean, from the situation of Wu Lei, Li Lei and Guo Tianyu, even if it is effective, I am afraid that the help is limited.
This world preliminary round cycle is over, what about the next world preliminary round cycle? The number of qualifiers in the Asian zone, because the expansion of the World Cup has soared from 4.5 to 8.5, and the hopes of the national football team have increased?
Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia, which are the opponents that the national football team is determined to be insurmountable, plus the defending champions of the Asian Cup, Qatar, the 8.5 places in the Asian region, these teams have divided 6. With 2.5 places remaining, what are the competitors of the national football team? The remaining participating teams in this round of 12, the national football team faced Oman with 1 draw and 1 loss, and Vietnam played two legs, neutral home whistle to win, away defeat, if you calculate the two-legged competition, the national football team was also suppressed by Vietnam.
In another group, syria and Iraq's tough playing style is the most feared by the national football team, and the strength of the Uae is still above Oman, and the national football team cannot take too much advantage. Can win lebanon, which is defined by public opinion as a rookie, no one dares to pack tickets.
Coupled with Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, Uzbekistan and Thailand, which failed to enter the round of 12, the remaining 2.5 places in the Asian region of the next World Preliminary Tournament will have at least double-digit teams to compete for, and the national football team is not the best in these teams. And with the expansion of the army, the format of the next World Preliminary Tournament will definitely change, basically it is impossible to be the current top 40 + 12 strong mode, and the Asian ranking of the national football team will continue to decline in the future, ranking outside the 10th place, and the draw process will inevitably encounter the "calculation" of the West Asian crowd, which will increase the difficulty of qualifying.
So, what does the expansion of the World Cup have to do with Chinese football? The expansion is to allow more teams to participate! But no one said that these teams include the national football team.
in Zakumi