Before the life-and-death battle, the national football team received 3 major benefits in a row, and the goal was to win 3-0 and return to the second place in the group!
In the World Cup qualifiers a few days ago, the Chinese men's football team once again refreshed its lower limit, facing the weakest team in the group, Singapore, the Chinese team was upset by the opponent 2-2 draw, only got 1 point, and the qualifying situation also took a sharp turn. Soon after, the second leg between the two sides will begin, and this match will become an out-and-out battle for the Chinese team, and we must defeat our opponents to regain the initiative to qualify. However, before the start of this life-and-death battle, the Chinese men's football team received several pieces of good news one after another, which also added a lot of confidence to our final victory!
The biggest plus, of course, is that this game will be played on our own home turf. In the first leg of the game, the referee's several penalties caused some controversy, the Singapore team in the second half of a reckless tackle, should have been awarded a red card, but the referee on duty only showed a yellow card, many fans complained that this is completely taking care of the home team Singapore. Now that the home and away teams are in alternate positions, we may also be more or less taken care of in terms of penalties.
On the day of the game, tens of thousands of Chinese fans will come to the scene to cheer for the national football team, and the help of the 12th person outside the stadium will undoubtedly greatly increase the hope of the Chinese team to win!
The second positive is that Singapore's Baharuddin, Shahiran and Anual will miss the second leg of the match with China. Among them, Baharuddin and Shahiran were suspended due to accumulating yellow cards, while Anual was affected by injuries and could not catch a flight to China. Among them, Baharuddin and Shahiran are the absolute main force of the Singapore team, and their absence will undoubtedly have a great impact on the strength of the Singapore team.
The third positive thing is that Zhang Linpeng, who previously announced his retirement from the national team, retracted his decision, and he will continue to follow the Chinese team in the second leg against the Singapore team. Although Zhang Linpeng's performance in the first leg was a little poor, in his position, the Chinese team does not have a good replacement at present. So if he really quits the national team, Ivankovic really can't find any suitable stand-in for a while. Now that Zhang Linpeng has publicly announced that he will continue to fight for the national football team, then Ivan can continue to trust him, but the Croatian coach has to absorb the lessons of the previous game this time, and when Zhang Linpeng's physical strength has decreased significantly, he will make decisive adjustments to avoid further mistakes!
With the blessing of various favorable factors, I believe that in the second leg of the game, the Chinese men's football team should be able to win easily, and the only suspense is to be able to win a few goals against the opponent. In view of the fact that we are temporarily 3 points behind the Thai team in goal difference, the best result of this game is that the Chinese team defeated the Singapore team 3-0, thus overtaking Thailand in the ranking and returning to the top two in the standings!