On March 31, FIFA announced the latest world rankings, Brazil surpassed Belgium, rose to the first place, during the World Preliminary Tournament, they remained unbeaten, as the first place in the South American region to advance to the Qatar World Cup. The ranking of the national football team declined, due to the last 2 rounds of the 12 rounds of 1 draw and 1 loss, the points of the national football team shrank by nearly 10 points, the international ranking fell from 75th to 77th, at the Asian level, the ranking of the national football team fell from 9th to 10th, and it was Oman who defeated the national football team 2-0 in the last round of the round of the round of 12.
Because of the poor record, the ranking of the national football team has continued to decline, and in December 2021, the national football team ranked 74th in the world and 8th in Asia. By February 2022, the national football team ranked 75th in the world and 9th in Asia, surpassing the national football team with the Iraqi team. And today's world rankings, the national football team in the world rankings and Asian rankings have fallen again, which is indeed very embarrassing.
It is worth mentioning that in the next World Preliminary Tournament, the number of places in the Asian region will increase from 4.5 to 8.5, that is to say, there are 8 Asian teams directly through the World Cup, and 1 team will play in the play-offs. If it is based on the current ranking of the 10th place in the Asian region of the national football team, there is little hope of entering the next World Cup.
Previously, Zhang Lu was blunt when talking about the national football team, saying that this national football team is not the worst national football team in history, because the next national football team is the real worst in history, that is, the players born from 1993 to 2005, because the players during this 12-year period have not participated in world-class or even Asian-level competitions, and the talent gap is very serious. It is worth mentioning that in addition to being a football commentator, Zhang Lu is also a football youth trainer, and he is very familiar with Chinese youth football talents of all ages.
Therefore, it seems that the current national football team has won 10 games, 3 draws and 6 losses in 10 games in the World Preliminary Round of 12, but in the next World Preliminary Tournament, whether the Chinese team can enter the final stage of the qualifiers and at the same time use the opportunity of the Expansion of the World Cup to re-achieve the goal of advancing to the World Cup is a big problem.
In the next World Preliminary Round cycle, the national football team also has a very important local Asian Cup, and it is hoped that more players like Dai Weijun and Zhang Yuning can carry the banner of the Chinese team and impact the 2026 World Cup.