The final match of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in the Asian Zone Round of 12, the national football team away to Oman, the national football team has long been out, and the first game that ended Vietnam away to Japan 1:1 after the national football team has ensured that it does not come to the bottom. Oman is also out. The value of this game is nothing more than: play with spirits, end with a wonderful victory, and light a lamp of hope for the future of Chinese football in the dark night!
In the last round of three armed forces, although the whole field was very awkward, in the face of the powerful Saudi Arabia, it still fought a draw and protected the "face" of the national football team. This time, Oman (at the time), who played FIFA ranked lower than the national football team, had a superior record with each other, and the first leg of the fight was also drawn, and a "battle of honor" could not win a little more beautifully?
But who knows, the result is a 0:2 defeat, the official 343 starter was compressed into 721, can not hold, the attack can not be played.
The entire round of 12 is only 1 win, or a narrow victory over Asian fish belly Vietnam, facing Saudi Arabia, Japan, Australia three finals 6 games only won 2 draws, against FIFA rank lower than their own Oman, Vietnam mutual record is also at a disadvantage.
If you only talk about the harvest and value, the national football team is not as good as the bottom of the 12 rounds, Vietnam has played at least two exciting games. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, he defeated the national football team for the first time in history. A historic away point against powerful Japan (which the national football team failed to do).
Many people lamented: the next time the national football team enters the top 12 matches, I don't know what year it will be!
In the next World Cup, FIFA will expand from the existing 32 teams to 48 teams, and the AFC seats will also increase from 4.5 to 8, possibly 8.5. But the national football team may still have no hope of returning to the World Cup.
Judging from the 2018 and 2022 World Cup qualifiers, 4.5 seats in Asia are all fifa rankings in the top five in Asia (assuming that Australia eliminated the United Arab Emirates in this play-off). FIFA ranks 9th in Asia for a long time (as for the national football team's 0-2 defeat to Oman), the national football team squeezed into the top 8 also needs a miracle.
Huang Jianxiang said: "Finally ended Manchester City's torturous round of 12, after watching this game, there is really nothing to say! Chinese football not only lost now, we will continue to do so in the future. It is difficult to say whether it can keep 8-10 places in Asia, and it is difficult to become a team of 10-12 in Asia, or even after 12. Even if FIFA expands its army to 48 teams and increases the number of places in Asia to 8 or even 8.5, can the national football team reach the edge? Don't dare to think. ”
On March 31, Beijing time, FIFA announced the latest national team ranking, and the national football team dropped two places to rank 77th in the world and 10th in Asia. Oman's anti-superpower national football team rose to 75th in the world and 9th in Asia.
South Korean media BestEleven wrote an article commenting on the trip of the national football team to this year's Round of 12, and borrowed Han Qiaosheng's words, saying that even if the World Cup is expanded to 68 teams, it will be difficult to ensure that China will enter the World Cup finals.
This is not a ridicule, not a cold water, but a very objective analysis.