Asia is ranked 28th, and there are 18 teams that are weaker than Hong Kong, China!
The three of them lost to Hong Kong in red, which is another shameful masterpiece contributed by the Chinese men's football team in recent years after losing to Vietnam on the first day of the Lunar New Year!
And Hong Kong striker Pan Peixuan, who scored twice in the game, also "rode his face out" after the game, satirizing the national football team for playing the Shaolin spirit on the court!
The early lead was reversed, and the three of them received red cards, losing to Hong Kong, China, which was far lower than their own rankings, after such a humiliating defeat of losing and losing, the national football team was subjected to oral criticism by public opinion, and the outside world couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat on the prospects of the Asian Cup of the national football team!
If a few days ago, the defeat to Oman, who are ranked higher than us internationally and also beat us by two goals in the last World Preliminary Round of 12, is a normal result. Then the Hong Kong team of China, which is only ranked 150th in the FIFA rankings, is the team with the lowest international ranking in the top 24 of this Asian Cup. In 2023, Hong Kong, China only achieved 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in 10 games.
The two games he won were Bhutan in the first leg of the first round of the World Preliminary Tournament and Brunei's victory in the warm-up match. The three draws were against Singapore and Cambodia in the warm-up matches and Turkmenistan in the World Preliminary Round. Their five defeats were 0-2 to Malaysia in the warm-up match, 0-1 to Thailand, 0-1 to Vietnam, and away to Bhutan in the second leg of the first stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Tournament, and the first game of the World Preliminary Round of 36 was easily beaten by Iran away.
Being able to lose to Bhutan in the World Preliminary Tournament and draw with Cambodia in the warm-up match is enough to show that the level of the Hong Kong team is in line with their international ranking. The international ranking of the Hong Kong, China team and the poor performance in 2023 determine that the national football team will lose to such an opponent, which is unjustifiable in any case.
The loss to Hong Kong, China, ranked 150th in the world, not only refreshed the lower limit of Chinese football, but also reflected that the current state and psychological construction of this national football team are relatively bad. Considering the opponent of the national football Asian Cup group, the host Qatar deliberately picked the "soft persimmon" of the national football team in the second team; Lebanon in the same group also played the last top 12 matches, and the national brand of Tajikistan has gradually become our national youth and national youth in the past few years.
Of course, the loss to Hong Kong, China has greatly refreshed the lower limit of this national football team, and it is not an accident if the Asian Cup loses to Lebanon and Tajikistan again.
In the FIFA rankings for the entire Asian region, Hong Kong, China ranks 28th, and there are 18 teams that are lower than Hong Kong's international ranking. They are Yemen (152), Chinese Taipei (154), Singapore (156), Afghanistan (158), Maldives (161), Myanmar (162), Nepal (175), Cambodia (179), Bangladesh (193), Bhutan (184), Macau (187), Laos (189), Mongolia (190), Brunei (194), Pakistan (195), Timor-Leste (200), Sri Lanka (204) and Guam (205).
The national football team will usher in back-to-back encounters with Singapore in the World Preliminary Tournament in March this year. When the national football team begins to continue to refresh the lower limit, will Singapore be the next target of the national football team to send warmth?