The national football team had a dismal performance in the group stage of the Asian Cup in Qatar, with the team failing to win one of its three group games and scoring a goal. In this case, the national football team failed to advance to the round of 16 knockout rounds, which was questioned by many fans and media. However, the national football team did not win nothing in the Qatar Asian Cup. According to the rules of participation, the national football team will receive a participation bonus of 200,000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 1.4 million yuan, in the Qatar Asian Cup.
The national football team won more than 1.4 million participation bonuses in the Asian Cup, which is the team's first prize money in 2024. However, whether the international players are in the mood to receive this participation prize is a huge unknown. Objectively speaking, the international players are really fighting in the three group stages of the Qatar Asian Cup, and Zhang Yuning is almost cramping in the China-Qatar battle. It's just that the international players were a little less lucky in the Asian Cup in Qatar.
In the first game of the national football team against Tajikistan, Zhu Chenjie scored a very crucial goal at the end of the game. If the referee does not invalidate Zhu Chenjie's goal, then the national football team will defeat Tajikistan 1-0 and finally win the group stage. Similarly, in the national football team's game against Lebanon, Wu Lei had a chance to kill the game.
Wu Lei's close shot was defused by the Lebanese defender in front of the goal line. And this defender was a player who violently fouled Dai Weijun, and he should have been sent off with a red card. Therefore, the national football team as a whole did not score in the Qatar Asian Cup, and there were some elements of bad luck. At the same time, since the national football team will not qualify for the group stage of the Asian Cup, the team should put more energy into the world preliminaries.
There are two life-and-death matches in the national football world preliminaries, that is, home and away games against Singapore. If the national football team can perform well in the game and get six points against Singapore, the team will have no problem qualifying for the round of 18. For the national football team, it is more meaningful to reach the top 18 in the world preliminary round than to qualify for the group stage of the Asian Cup. I hope that the national football team can adjust its form and mentality as soon as possible, and have a stable performance when playing Singapore home and away.