National football vs Palestine preview: 14 years without a win! Winning back to the top 80, Wu Lei rushed to the team's all-time goalscorer king

At 19:30 Beijing time on June 20, the Chinese men's national team will welcome the second warm-up match of the national team match day at Dalian Suoziwan Stadium, against the world ranked 93rd Palestine. Compared with the opponent Myanmar in the first warm-up match, the stronger Palestine will undoubtedly bring more threats and problems to the national football team. So what are the highlights of this game?

Point 1: The national football team strives for 2 consecutive wins and the ranking is expected to return to the top 80 in the world

After beating Myanmar 4-0, the national team has 2.41 technical points for a total of 1,300.39 points, while the national team will rise to 79th in the latest ranking as Guinea in 79th place and Honduras in 80th place have both suffered losses. If the national football team can beat Palestine to win two consecutive victories, the national football team will earn 4.39 technical points, thus consolidating its position in the world's top 80. However, if there is a draw, the national football team will lose 0.61 technical points, and if it loses, it will lose 5.61 technical points.

Highlight 2: Wu Lei scored another goal to become the all-time goalscorer of the national football team

In the 4-0 win over Myanmar, Wu Lei scored twice in five minutes of the game. The national team scored 29 goals, just one goal away from national team all-time scorer Wang Liu Haiguang. Wu Lei only needs to score one goal in this game to equalize the legendary predecessors, and if he can score twice or even score a hat-trick again, he will exclusively enjoy the title of the all-time goalscorer of the national football team.

Highlight 3: The national football team is unbeaten in 6 games against Palestine, but it has not won an opponent for 14 years

The national football team has a history of six meetings with Palestine, with an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 2 draws, and although the national team has won four in a row, the national team has suffered a 14-year winless match against Palestine since 2009. The last two games against Palestine in 2014 and 2018 were 0-0 and 1-1 respectively, and the national team naturally hopes to take advantage of the home stadium to end this embarrassment.

Point 4: Potential opponent of the Asian Cup, Palestine has not formed the strongest team to come to China

In the Asian Cup bracket, the national football team is in the second bracket, and the Palestinian team is the third gear, which also means that the Palestinian team is also a potential opponent of the national football Asian Cup. Although Palestine is not ranked as well as the Chinese men's team, there are several players who play in the European league. In particular, D'Bag, who plays for Aroka in the Portuguese Premier League, scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for the team last season. Unfortunately, he was unable to come to China due to his injuries. In addition, some other Palestinian players who played in the European league were not selected for the squad for this visit, so Palestine was not the strongest team in this match against the national football team.

【Pre-match sound】

Jankovic (Chinese men's football manager): We have also followed and studied the matches in Palestine. We analyzed where they excelled and where they excelled. On a tactical level, we want to correct the problem with this game. In addition to defense, the drill of offensive routines needs to continue to be strengthened, hoping to strengthen the stability of the team. As always, we focus on analyzing the details with humility. I hope to sum up the experience, play more calmly and intelligently in the future, and grow step by step as a team. We're going to use some of the players who played in the last game and we're going to have some new faces to start.

Makram Dabb (Palestinian men's coach): It's going to be tough. We will choose to defend, and we will choose to attack. We're still focused on ourselves and hopefully we can win the game. The Chinese team is excellent overall, especially Wu Lei, and I am very impressed with him.

【Launch Prediction】

Wang Shenchao and Wei Zhen may continue to miss the starting due to physical discomfort, and Liu Binbin may replace Sun Guowen, who performed poorly in the first game. In other positions, Jankovic will most likely continue to use the players from the first game.

Goalkeeper: Yan Junling

Defenders: Liu Yang, Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Linpeng, Gao Junyi

Midfielders: Lin Liangming, Wang Shangyuan, Xu Xin, Sun Guowen

Forwards: Axon, Wu Lei