With the upcoming January next year, it is now getting closer and closer to the opening of the 2024 Qatar Asian Cup. Recently, the Chinese men's football team has arrived in the United Arab Emirates, in order to prepare for the game, the national football team will play warm-up matches with some local teams in the lower leagues, and play against Oman this Friday, simulating the group stage with the Qatar team.
According to the latest news, the national football team also defeated the opponent 5-1 in a warm-up match with the UAE Second Division team, showing the effect of the recent training camp. However, the strength of the opponent is very weak, and the national football team winning does not say too much, and the match with Oman can really test the true state of the national football players.
As we all know, the Chinese team's competition in West Asia is often affected by the following unfavorable factors. In the group draw of this Asian Cup, the national football team was placed in the same group as the host Qatar. In addition to Qatar, the other two opponents of the national football team in the group stage are Tajikistan and Lebanon.
Tajikistan is the weakest team in the group, and the national football team will play them in the first game of the Asian Cup group stage. The outcome of this game will largely determine whether the national football team can qualify from the group, because the host Qatar has basically locked the first place in the group in advance. If the national football team loses this game, then it has basically been announced that it will be out of the group ahead of schedule.
Due to the waiver of the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association and the AFC have formed a relationship, and many international matches participated in by the national football team at all levels this year have been "taken care" by the referees, and in this Asian Cup, the Chinese team will play in Qatar, and there may be no change in this Asian Cup.
In addition to the refereeing factor, the performance of the national football strikers is also crucial to the outcome of this game. The main strikers Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning have both had the experience of staying in the European League, and they are the two most important players on the current national football front. Zhang Yuning has just returned from injury, how well is his state recovering? Can Wu Lei get rid of the problem of dropping the chain as soon as he arrives at a crucial game? These two points will determine to a large extent whether the national football team can defeat Tajikistan and win the group stage in this game.
The importance of the match against Tajikistan for the national football team has made this match a lot of attention from fans. CCTV sports channel CCTV5 will also broadcast the game live, and the start time will be 22:30 on the evening of the 13th of next month. I hope that fans and friends will remember this time, and at that time, cheer for the national football team in front of the TV.
Although the current national football team has not yet come out of the trough, it has played morale in recent games. In the face of difficulties and challenges, I believe that the players of the national football team will be full of confidence and fighting spirit, and will go all out to win the first victory in the group stage, laying a solid foundation for playing well in this Asian Cup and the two group games of the World Preliminary Tournament in March!