The second match against New Zealand moved to Wellington, and the New Zealand vowed to win the game before the match, and the result also proved their desire to win.
The strength of the national football team is at the level of third and fourth rate
In previous years, domestic football people have not recognized the decline in the strength of the national football team, against their will that the national football team is at least at the second-rate level in Asia, and now against New Zealand, which ranks 108th in the FIFA ranking, a draw and a loss directly shows that the strength of the national football team is already at the level of three or four rankings.
Looking at the match between the national football team and New Zealand, especially the second game, the overall performance was poor and there were not many highlights. During the game, the overall speed of the Chinese team advancing forward was relatively slow, and more backcourt passes were returned and passed, resulting in many times being directly broken by the opponent and counterattacked.
In the first half, the Chinese team Wu Shaocong tackled in the box and gave the opponent a penalty, but the quality of the opponent's play was too poor and was directly confiscated by Yan Junling, otherwise the first half would have been two goals behind.
In the second half, both sides made personnel adjustments, New Zealand's attack was more proactive, and many straight balls on the wing and in the middle penetrated the Chinese team's defense, and in the 81st minute, Jobert picked a pass into the box, and Gabett who inserted it again broke through the Chinese team's goal.
Although Barton scored a goal in stoppage time, his overall performance and quality were far lower than New Zealand's.
The failure to win against New Zealand, which is 20 places lower than its own ranking, has shown that the national football team does not have the strength to compete with any opponent in Asia, and has completely become a second- or even third-rate team in Asia. Compared with the previous performance of the U20 national youth, these big brothers of the national football team should feel ashamed.
The World Cup expanded, and the national football team still had no chance
The 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup has been clearly expanded to 48 teams, and Asia can be allocated 8 places, and many people think that the chances of the Chinese team entering the World Cup have greatly increased, but in fact, it is not.
Although the Asian zone has been allocated 8 places, the strength of the national football team has been difficult to reach the level of the top eight in Asia, several countries in Southeast Asia have risen rapidly, and West Asian countries are also looking at each other, and we do not have the strength to win any opponent.
This is not pessimism, carefully analyzed, two matches against New Zealand, what can we see besides wins and losses?
First of all, we see that veterans like Zhang Linpeng and Wu Xi are no longer what they used to be, and their status has declined very seriously, and many times the defensive attack is supported by some consciousness. After Wu Lei returned to China, he was still the one who didn't score a single goal, not to mention Yan Junling, it's not good to have him.
Secondly, in the game, there is very little to show, which shows that under the existing player system, the coach can actually bring little change, the players still go their own way, but you can't do without the rest of them. In the face of the opponent's pressing, the players will choose to pass back, and lack forward passes. The strength of the players themselves is limited, and once the return pass mistake will directly lead to the loss of the ball, this point should actually learn more from Antonio, the national youth team is very good to avoid this. At the same time, the national football players did not show much desire to win in the two games, as if playing just one league.
With such a team in continuous decline, how can you expect to hit the World Cup? What difference can you make even if you make it to the World Cup?