Important appointments! The national football team plays Thailand! The three major adjustment measures were implemented immediately, and Wu Lei and Wu Xi had a showdown
Important appointments! The national football team plays Thailand! The three major adjustment measures were implemented immediately, and Wu Lei and Wu Xi had a showdown
FIFA's reform of the World Cup has also confirmed that the 2026 World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams, so there will be 8.5 places in the Asian region, which greatly increases the hope of the Chinese men's football team to advance to the finals. Then in the second stage of the Asian qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team and the South Korean men's football team, the Thai men's football team and Singapore are divided into a group, and the 4-in-2 group promotion form, the South Korean men's football team is undoubtedly the strongest team and the favorite team to win the group, so the remaining three teams will grab another place.
The World Preliminary Tournament is about to start, according to the schedule, the Chinese men's football team will fly to Thailand on November 14, and the Chinese men's football team will play an important battle with the Thai men's football team in the round of 36 on November 16. Jankovic led the national football team to play away, and on the premise of four points in the group qualifiers, we can call this game a "battle of life and death". The first battle is a decisive battle! Reaching the Round of 18 is a goal that all coaching staff and players must achieve, so to achieve this goal, we will need to prepare for the game, adjust our mentality, be energetic and play on the field.
It is understood that after the opening of the round of 36 of the World Preliminaries, some changes have also taken place in the national football security team, and the Jankovic coaching staff has also made important adjustments to the team. First of all, the FA administrators will not travel with the team and will not sit in the team, "so as not to add some pressure to the team". Therefore, the team led by Jankovic must adjust its mentality this time, play the spirit of the Chinese men's football team, and play a fighting attitude to have a chance to win;
The second point: this World Preliminary Tournament is different from the past two World Preliminary Tournaments. When Jankovic leads the team to an away game, the team will no longer opt for charter flights, but will travel entirely on regular flights, and in economy class. What Song Kai conveyed to the team is that we must be streamlined and hardworking, and we must show a hard-working, hard-working, and positive spirit in the new cycle;
Third: This time away to Thailand. The Chinese men's football team does not have a specially appointed Chinese chef to accompany them, because Thailand's food is still relatively rich. In the past, when going out to play, considering the eating habits of the players, the team sometimes hired a Chinese chef. This time, I ate the same meals and stayed in the same hotel as the Thai men's football players. What everyone is competing for is their own strength.
Coach Jankovic believes that when it comes to the game, there are some surprises and the result will be different from what is expected. In Jankovic's understanding, the Chinese men's football team definitely has a chance to compete for qualification, and we need to develop a suitable strategy to take a series of measures to improve competitiveness. Looking at the progress from the group, we will have an absolute advantage if we beat Thailand away to grab the three points. However, for the current national football team, it is not easy to beat the Thai men's football team, because the opponent is no longer the Asian fish belly team of the past.
In the new world rankings, the Chinese men's football team ranks 79th in the world, and the Thai men's football team ranks 115th. If you look at the ranking alone, the ranking of the men's football team is much higher than that of the Thai men's football team, but the real situation is that this ranking cannot just look at the surface, the overall strength of the Chinese men's football team at this stage is almost the same as that of the Thai team, and in recent years, the two teams have won and lost each other.
Before going to Thailand, the national football team officially appointed Wu Lei as the new captain of the national football team, Wu Lei, who was interviewed by the media, said: We have no advantage in Asia at present, and our ability and strength have declined compared to before, but this will not mean that we will give up and lose confidence, and no matter what kind of opponent we face, we must go all out to impact the dream of qualifying for the World Cup. Veteran Wu Xi said in an interview with the media: The Thai team's home stadium is difficult to play, we will face various challenges such as weather and away games, and we need to be prepared for difficulties. Of course, the team is still focused on ourselves, and we will follow the manager's tactics and work hard to do better.