On January 12, the latest news from Chinese football:
The national football team will strengthen its opponents in the 2026 World Preliminary Round, and the former World Cup participating teams will make a comeback The Chinese team may be eliminated in the round of 36
Recently, the Gulf Cup football competition has revived, and teams such as Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq, which performed poorly in the last World Preliminary Round, have sprung up, cutting down World Cup teams such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, reflecting their good strength.
Iraq beat Saudi Arabia 2-0, which defeated World Cup winners Argentina at last month's World Cup.
Bahrain 2-1 Qatar, the latter of the 2022 World Cup host, also scored their first goal of the World Cup.
Kuwait 1:0 UAE The latter reached the World Qualifier play-offs and finished 6th.
Kuwait and Bahrain did not reach the Round of 12 in the last World Qualifiers, and Iraq also performed poorly in Group B of the Round of 12, but judging from the performance of the Gulf Cup, they have cut down the World Cup teams and rebounded strongly.
The format of the third stage of the World Preliminary Tournament is 36 to 18 rounds,
They are likely to be more than two and the national football team in a group, plus the last World Preliminary Round of the top 12 national football, according to the current bear of the national football team, not to mention the promotion to the World Cup main event, is whether it can advance to the round of 18 is a problem, the current national football World Cup ranking is low, if the round of 36 national football draw the sign, and Japan, Iraq and Bahrain in the same group, the national football dare to say that it can ensure the qualification? Therefore, the national football team must not be careless, hurry up to determine the manager and team lineup, and hurry up to start the warm-up game, otherwise it will be a joke in Asia if you can't enter the round of 18.
