According to the schedule, after a few days of adaptive training, the national football team will usher in the first overseas training match at 2 pm Beijing time on March 23. New Zealand has arranged the venue for the game at Eden Park Stadium in Auckland, where more than 1,000 local Chinese fans are expected to be there to cheer on. The domestic media generally have some confidence in this battle, and insider information said that Du Zhaocai, who was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the football association, personally encouraged the national football players, but this news has not been officially confirmed!
Many people may feel that the national football team is blindly confident, but judging from the past record of meetings, the national football team is really not afraid of New Zealand. Since 1996, the national football team has played against New Zealand five times, with a record of 2 wins and 3 draws, and is unbeaten in 27 years. In the history of the national football team, New Zealand is clearly a soft persimmon. But it should also be noted that the two defeats of the national football team were 2-0 and 1-0, but they were more than ten years ago, and in the three meetings since then, the two sides have played 1-1, indicating that the strength of the national football team is declining.
The reality is that while the national football team has repeatedly missed the World Cup, New Zealand has reached the 2010 World Cup, and the past few World Qualifiers have also fought until the last moments of the Oceania Qualifiers. It's just that in the play-off stage, New Zealand can't cross the hurdle of South American teams, but there is indeed a big gap in the level of football between the two continents, and the result will not change by changing to other teams. In contrast, the national football team always falls at the feet of the weak brigade in our eyes, and no game can be said to be a sure win.
Because of this, before the match between the national football team and New Zealand is not over, everyone should not be overconfident, after all, for the current national football, the main task is to find the state, if the goal is crazy before the game, but after the game is a completely different result, the confidence that the players have built up will be destroyed. This is Jankovic's first official international match since taking office, and it is very significant, and I hope that the national football team can play with spirit, hold on to a draw, and try to win again in the next second matchup.
Before the national football team went abroad to train, it warmed up with two club teams and won both of them. Among them, Wu Lei performed outstandingly, creating 3 goals in two games and scoring twice in a single game. This shows that staying in the ocean still has a very big role for Chinese players, long-term and high-level players staying together, even if they do not have enough playing time, is better than those who stay in China with money and do not do anything. Another outstanding player is Lin Liangming, who also stayed in the ocean, a talented player who once played for the Real Madrid echelon, who has improved significantly after returning to the domestic arena and has basically locked the main position of the national football team in the Yankovic era.