Major adjustments! The national football team played against Thailand! The winnings of the two teams were exposed, and the coach of the national football team made a statement
On November 16, Beijing time, the kick-off time of the national football team against Thailand in the first round of the round of 36 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers was set at 20:30. This game is very important for both teams, with Jankovic's national team facing away from home. Before the game, the coach of the national football team took Wu Xi to attend the press conference and answered some questions raised by reporters.
In the face of some tricky questions raised by Thai reporters, Jankovic expressed a very clear attitude: the Chinese men's football team is now only focused on the game and will not pay attention to other aspects. The team is ready for everything and we are going to go towards the goal we set out and all the players are motivated.
It is understood that the Thai media announced that the day before the start of the world preliminaries, the beautiful leader of the Thai team told the outside world that in order to stimulate the performance of the Thai men's football team in the round of 36, they set a winning bonus of 1 million baht (about 200,000 yuan) for each game of the Thai men's football team. If the team can advance to the next round of 18, then an additional 10 million baht will be awarded to the team.
The Thai team leader continued: The match between the Thai men's football team and the Chinese men's football team is the focus of the game, and the fans in Thailand are looking forward to the team being able to enter the World Cup, but if you want to complete the task, you must first pass the round of 36, and especially the first two games are quite crucial for us, and the more critical is the competition with the Chinese men's football team, we must get points, so we are eager to see the cheers of the home fans, cheer for our home team, and win.
After the mobilization speech, the Thai men's football team's winning bonus plan was announced, if the Thai men's football team can win all six games in the group stage, then 6 million + 10 million baht can be paid in full. Then that's a whopping 16 million baht prize. Many fans are also wondering, since the Thai men's football team has announced the bonus plan, what is the winning bonus of the national football team?
According to some information disclosed by the domestic media, there will be no winning bonus for this year's national football team in the World Preliminaries. Song Kai conveyed a very clear attitude to the players: our national football team goes to play for the honor of the national team, and all the players must be streamlined and hardworking, hard working, and hard-working. When we go to the game, we must go all out to play the spirit of the Chinese men's football team and strive to impact the World Cup.
It is worth mentioning that the national football team in the last World Preliminary Tournament received a winning bonus of 12 million yuan in the late stage of the top 40 matches. At that time, the national football team faced Guam, Maldives, the Philippines, and Syria, and the prize money for winning the game was 1 million, 2 million, 3 million, and 6 million respectively. After entering the top 12, the national football team still has a winning bonus, and it is a fixed single game of 6 million. But in the round of 12, the national football team only won one victory, that is, defeated the Vietnamese men's football team 3:2.
Obviously, the national football team has made important adjustments in terms of winning bonuses, and the national football team did not charter a flight to play overseas this time, nor did it hire a Chinese chef.
As the coach of the national football team, Jankovic said, we will not focus on other aspects, but on the field. Everyone's goal is to move towards the World Cup, and I believe that the team can do anything well and live up to the expectations of the whole country. In addition, Wu Xi, who attended the press conference together, was confirmed to be the captain of the national football team against Thailand, which means that Wu Xi is very likely to enter the starting list of the national football team.
Wu Xi told reporters: We have been training in Shenzhen for several days, and the team is ready. I think all the players in Thailand are very characteristic, and hopefully this game can be played with great content.
According to statistics, the national football team has played Thailand a total of 18 times in international A-level competitions, and the national football team has won 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In terms of data, it has an absolute advantage. The only time the two teams met in the World Championship was back in 1989, when we played away from home, winning 3-0 and then returning home to win 2-0 against the Thai men's team. So this time to go to the away team to challenge the Thai team again, can the national football team continue this record? Let's wait and see.