A 0-0 pit to the Chinese team! A draw to qualify has become a luxury, and there is only one way left to advance!
The second round of the Asian Cup continued with a shock 0-0 draw against West Asian powerhouse Oman in a Group F match, securing a ticket to the round of 16 one round earlier. And the draw of the Thai team also made the dream of the national football team to draw and qualify, completely in vain!
Fans who follow the Asian Cup should know that in this tournament, in addition to the top two in each group can successfully break through, the fourth group with the best results can also get tickets to the round of 16. Therefore, the Chinese men's football team, which only scored 2 points in the first two rounds of the group, only needs to draw with the host Qatar team in the last round, and there is a high probability of breaking through from the group stage and reaching the round of 16 of the Asian Cup again. However, with the end of the second round of the group stage, the promotion situation of the national football team to qualify after a draw seems to have changed a lot.
At present, the third place in Group B, Group C and Group E will most likely get 4 points after the group stage, and the only suspense is to see if the Oman team in Group F can successfully defeat the Thai team, block the Southeast Asian team, and then help the Chinese men's football team that may compete for the third place in the four best groups. Looking at the strength comparison between the two teams, Oman undoubtedly has an absolute advantage, with Oman ranked 74th in the latest FIFA rankings, while Thailand is only 113th. In addition, in the first round of the group stage, the Oman team almost snatched points from the top seed Saudi Arabia, and no matter how you look at it, the Thai team seems to be difficult to compete with the Oman team.
Football, however, is such an unpredictable sport. Although the Oman team had 70 percent possession in the whole game, in the face of the bus posed by the Thai team, the Oman team, which is not good at positional attack, could not find a good way to break the goal. Oman had only six shots on goal in the whole game, and only one of them hit the woodwork, which is such an offensive efficiency, not to mention scoring, and the number of saves that can make the opposing goalkeeper is one of the few. In the end, Oman drew 0-0 with Thailand, and the Thai, who had four points after two rounds, also locked a ticket to the round of 16 one round earlier.
However, Oman are not without a chance of qualifying, and if Oman can beat Kyrgyzstan in the final round of the group stage, they will also get four points and will be expected to break through with the fourth best group finish. This means that if the Chinese team draws with the Qatar team in the last round, the Chinese men's football team, which has drawn three consecutive rounds, will most likely be eliminated from the competition and become a spectator of the Asian Cup in advance.
Therefore, for the Chinese men's football team, there is only one way in front of them in Huashan, and that is to win!