In Thursday's Asian Cup draw ceremony, the national football team avoided first-tier teams such as South Korea and Japan and third-tier teams such as Syria and Vietnam.
Park Ji-sung, who was the guest of the draw, was the first to draw the national football team when the second-tier team drew lots, and since Qatar automatically entered Group A as the host, the national football team was in the same group as Qatar, Tajikistan and Lebanon!
This means that the national football team avoided South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Australia in the first gear, as well as Syria and Vietnam in the third team, which is considered a signing for the national football team.
At the same time, the national football team will play Tajikistan, Lebanon and Qatar in turn, and the final match against the hosts, which means that the national football team only needs to win two consecutive games to advance to the knockout rounds. The national football team has been unbeaten against Tajikistan and Lebanon before, including 3 wins and 1 draw against Tajikistan in 4 times and 4 wins and 1 draw against Lebanon in 5 times.
Not only that, if the national team qualifies for the knockout round in second place in the group, the opponent will be the second place in Group C, and from the perspective of the strength of Group C, the opponent is likely to be the United Arab Emirates, which will also avoid Asian first-class teams such as Iran, Japan and South Korea.
In 19 matches against the United Arab Emirates, the national football team has achieved 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. If the national football team seizes the opportunity, it is expected to reach the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup again.