With the end of the international match day, the Chinese national team's match has also come to an end, just this afternoon, the latest edition of the FIFA rankings was announced, and the Chinese men's football team fell to 10th in Asia.
FIFA announced its year-end world rankings for 2021 last December, when national football ranked 74th in the world and 8th in Asia. Since then, FIFA has released the world ranking twice this year, and the ranking of national football has been continuously lowered. In February, the national football team was dropped to 75th in the world, and the Asian ranking was surpassed by Iraq to fall to 9th; with the latest ranking announced today, the national football team dropped two places to 77th in the world, and the Asian ranking was surpassed by Oman to drop to 10th.
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After bidding farewell to the Qatar World Cup, the national football team has to look forward to the 2026 expanded World Cup, and after the expansion of the Asian region to 8.5 places, how much chance does the national football team, which only ranks 10th in Asia, have to impact the World Cup? We don't know. Looking at the 9 opponents in front of him, as far as the current national football team is concerned, there is really no certainty of who will win. If in 2026 we still stop the qualifiers, then look back at this national football team, what kind of mood will the fans feel?
In order to prepare for the top 12 matches, the Chinese Super League in 2021 is fragmented, and the commercial value of many teams has also decreased sharply, and there are no blockbuster transactions in this transfer window. Originally, the Football Association also hoped to restore the home-and-away system in the new year to help the team recover some of its revenue sources as soon as possible, but with the domestic epidemic not improving, the new season may have to start first with a centralized conference system.
Affected by the epidemic, the Chinese men's football team and the U23 Chinese men's football delegation that previously participated in the World Preliminary Tournament and the Dubai Cup in Oman and the United Arab Emirates also had to postpone their return time, and they will leave for China as soon as April 3, so that the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League, which was originally scheduled to start on April 23, is also destined to be postponed.
Postponement, coupled with the Qatar World Cup at the end of the year, and the expansion of the Chinese Super League to 18 teams, the Football Association wants to complete the double round robin to play all 306 league games, and the intensive schedule is inevitable. The format has returned to the old way, the schedule cannot be determined, and even the venue has not yet been clearly stated.
Although spring has come, it is still full of chill for Chinese football. All we can do is continue to support Chinese football and wait for the Football Association to solve the problem as soon as possible. After all, Chinese football, which has already touched its trough, should also pick up.