The third round of the World Preliminary Championship Asian Round of 36 is over, and the teams have entered the fourth round of preparation, including the Chinese men's football team, the whole team has arrived in Tianjin, and will face the Singapore men's football team at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center next Tuesday night, the two teams will compete back-to-back, CCTV5 continues to broadcast live.
On Thursday night this week, the national football team challenged Singapore again after 13 years, and won 4-0 in the last world preliminaries. After leading 2-0 in the first half, he did not attack in the second half, and at the same time, the back line made mistakes one after another, and was scored twice in a row by Singapore, and finally drew 2-2, and won 7 consecutive international A-level matches.
In the face of South Korea, Singapore lost 0-5, and then against Thailand, Singapore lost 1-3, and now against the national football team, Singapore completed the equalizer after falling behind by 2 goals, which reflects how bad the performance of the national football team is.
This draw made the national football team lose against Singapore again after 15 years, and led to a big reversal in the qualifying situation.
Originally, the next 2 home games of the national football team only need to beat Singapore and draw Thailand, you can qualify in advance, but now it has become necessary to win Singapore and Thailand in a row and get 6 points.
If the national football team draws with Singapore and Thailand in a row, and loses to South Korea in the last round, then there are a total of 6 points in 6 rounds, and Thailand loses to South Korea, Singapore, and draws with the national football team in the next three rounds, and the national football team draws with the national football team, loses to South Korea, and defeats Thailand, and the maximum number of points is also 5 points, so that the national football team beats Thailand and Singapore to lock the second place in the group.
The above situation can only happen in extreme circumstances, so the national football team must win consecutive victories over Singapore and Thailand to ensure promotion, and take their fate into their own hands.
For Singapore, the away challenge to the national football team can only retain the hope of qualifying, once the loss will be two rounds in advance, because it can't catch up with South Korea, the latter has no suspense to qualify, and at the same time, the national football team, Thailand must have a team with a final point higher than Singapore.
According to statistics, the national football team has played Singapore 17 times in the past, and the national football team has won 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, and the last time it lost to Singapore was in the Merlion Cup Invitational Tournament in December 1983, when the national football team lost 0-1 away.
In addition, the last time Singapore challenged the national football team away was in a friendly match in 2013, also in Tianjin, and the national football team finally won 6-1, giving Singapore the worst defeat between the two teams this century.
Before the game, the national football team received good news, the Singapore Football Association officially announced that Baharuddin and Shahiran had accumulated yellow cards and were suspended, while Anu was injured and missed the world preliminary match against the national football team to see if the national football team could seize the opportunity.