According to the official news released by the Chinese Football Association, the key match of the national football team VS Thailand in the world preliminaries will kick off at 8 pm on June 6, and the venue is the Shenyang Olympic Stadium. Friends who are familiar with the national football team know that Shenyang can be called the blessed land of Chinese football, and the key game for us to break into the World Cup 23 years ago was held in this city, when the national football team defeated Oman by 1 goal. Now, the national football team is only one step away from entering the round of 18 stage, and the Football Association has once again set the venue as Shenyang, which means that it is self-evident. And Ivankovic is also under the military order, this game will go all out!
At present, the group situation of the national football team is relatively clear, South Korea has 10 points in 4 games, and the strength is significantly higher by several grades, and the probability of winning the next round against Singapore is very high, basically ensuring the qualification. China is temporarily second in the group with 7 points, 3 points ahead of Thailand, and only needs to beat their opponents in the next round to qualify. Singapore only have one point, and although their head coach is arrogant and says he will not surrender in advance, the huge gap in hard power makes it impossible for Singapore to affect the group situation. If nothing else, South Korea and the national football team are the top two in the group, and their fate is completely in our own hands.
The national football team is not sure to win against Thailand, and the departure of Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi has also had a negative impact. In the two games against Singapore in March, Wu Lei scored 4 goals and 1 assist, and was obviously the team's MVP. In fact, as the top scorer in the history of the national football team, Wu Lei has played the role of "the only goalscorer" in quite a few games, and even if other players can occasionally score goals, it is mostly the icing on the cake, and the attack of the national football team is very dependent on Wu Lei. Although Li Yuanyi's importance is not as important as Wu Lei, the national football team's midfielder position is already short of major generals, and his absence will cause Ivan to be even more unavailable.
Now, we can only look forward to the return of naturalized players Alain, Li Ke and local star Xu Xin as soon as possible, Alain's ability as a striker is stronger than Wu Lei, and he has also proved that Li Ke and Xu Xin can play in the back position. But the problem is that the two players are not young, they have been injured in the past two years, and their condition has remained very average, Xu Xin's positioning in the national football team for most of the time is a substitute, and it is still unknown how much role they can play. Moreover, considering that all three players have injury problems, it is difficult to say whether they can return in June, and Ivan may have to consider changing formations and adjusting tactics when he is forced to do so.
Of course, there are not no available people in the national football team, such as Wei Shihao is regarded as an excellent candidate to replace Wu Lei, 4-1 victory over Singapore, he received Wu Lei's assist to complete the goal, Ivankovic if he is entrusted with a heavy responsibility, maybe there will be unexpected gains. In general, there are still some problems in all aspects of the national football team, but they are not fatal, as long as the coaching staff and the locker room cooperate tacitly and work together to deal with the next games, the possibility of defeating Thailand is still relatively high. The national football team has failed in the World Cup qualifiers for 5 consecutive years, and after the expansion of the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, the limit of 8.5 places is actually relatively small, and it is entirely possible for the national football team to look forward to a better future.