Original title: Can the national football team enter the World Cup in Central and North America? Encountered the 12th in the world, the terrorist group is at the bottom
It is getting farther and farther away from the National Football World Cup. How to enter the World Cup has always been a difficult problem for Chinese football. The popularity and technical and tactical level of the Chinese Super League reached a historical peak during the Golden Yuan football period, and the national football team failed to enter the World Cup. Two methods of increasing its combat power in a short period of time were also tried, namely staying abroad and naturalization. In particular, the national football team in this World Preliminary Tournament has four naturalized strikers and a naturalized central defender, who can be said to be the strongest on paper in the past 20 years, but they only ranked fifth in this group in the round of 12.
To some extent, the selection of the World Cup round of 32 is not entirely based on strength, but also has a lot to do with the fierce competition in the competition area. The top 32 teams in the World Cup are not the top 32 in the world, or even the teams in their 40s or 50s. As long as it is in a weak overall division, it is possible to rush into the World Cup, such as Asia, Central and North America, Oceania and so on. This year's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Asia Division is the first time in the history of six teams to participate. Aside from its host Qatar, Saudi Arabia ranks the lowest in the world and 53rd in the world, but it can still participate in the World Cup thanks to less competitive pressure in Asia.
If the national football team goes to a less competitive division, can it increase the probability of entering the World Cup? Imagine what would happen if the national football team joined the CONCACAF division? There are 3.5 places in the North American division. The preliminary round is divided into three stages, with the final stage being the quarterfinals. The top three go straight to the World Cup, with the fourth playing the intercontinental play-offs. The top four teams in this preliminary round are Canada, Mexico, the United States and Costa Rica.
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If the national football team can beat Costa Rica in these eight teams? Obviously, it is impossible. The latter was not only an archrival of the national football team, but also defeated the national football team, who reached the final for the first time in history, 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup. Costa Rica, now ranked 34th in the world, has just been invited by the Korean Football Association for a friendly match against South Korea during the upcoming international break. The gap between the national football team and the opponent is still very large.
So, is it possible for the national football team to beat 5-8 teams in Central and North America? The answer is also unlikely. Panama and Jamaica, ranked 5th and 6th in the world, are 61st and 62nd respectively, between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The probability of these two teams winning against the national football team is still relatively large. El Salvador, the seventh country in Central and North America, ranks 71st in the world, and Honduras, the eighth country, ranks 80th in the world. The national football team did not dare to say that it could win this game. Although the football strength of Central and North America is weak, the national football team is still not competitive here, so let's wait for the 8.5 places in the next World Cup.