In this round of the Chinese Super League, the strikers of the Chinese national team: Zhang Yuning, Wu Lei, and Wei Shihao all scored. For the coaching staff of the Chinese national team, the collective outbreak of the striker players is obviously a good thing. In June, the national football team played against the Thai team at home, Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning, and Wei Shihao are still players to rely on, and these players are in excellent form, which means that the possibility of the Chinese team beating the Thai team at home or even the South Korean team away has greatly increased.
All three players scored key goals
Compared with the previous local strikers, who could only add icing on the cake, the goals of the three internationals in this round were all key goals. Wu Lei bravely won the three teams, almost single-handedly dragged the Shanghai Port team to avoid being defeated by the Shandong Taishan team, and Zhang Yuning of the Beijing Guoan team scored in the opening stage, Guoan drew 1-1 with Shanghai Shenhua. Wei Shihao scored for Chengdu Rongcheng in the 108th minute, and the team defeated Changchun Yatai 2-1 and took away three points from the away side. This shows that the internationals can withstand the pressure and score key goals at crucial moments. If the intensity of the Chinese Super League can be improved and the condition of the international players can be maintained well, then it will be relatively easy for the Chinese team to enter the top 18 of the World Preliminary Tournament, and even enter the 2026 World Cup of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
The Thai team has obvious weaknesses, and the national football team can defeat the opponent with physical strength and confrontation
Although the Thai team has been deeply involved in passing and controlling football for many years and has its own advantages in terms of the discipline and tacit understanding of the passing and control, they are limited by the physical fitness of the players and the level of physical fitness, and they often have a physical collapse in the second half. This is also a key factor in the fact that most Southeast Asian teams, despite their small skills, will not succeed in the end. The Chinese team must comprehensively surpass the opponent in terms of physical reserves, impact power, and confrontation intensity, and at critical moments, Zhang Yuning and even Wu Lei can overwhelm the opponent in the header goal. As for the South Korean team, although it is extremely difficult to win away from home, the South Koreans' change of coach this time is somewhat self-defeating, and it is not impossible for the national football team to play a subtle counterattack or use set-pieces to sneak attack and score. After all, the national football team once gave Koreans a deep memory 7 years ago.
It is hoped that the Chinese internationals can maintain this good form until after June, so that the national team can enter the round of 18 in an easy way. In the US-Mexico-Canada World Cup, the Chinese team will definitely get the ticket.