There are two rounds left in the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup Asian qualifiers. Both rounds of matches have special significance for the national football team. The matchup with the Thai men's football team at home is a battle of life and death, and the away challenge to the South Korean men's football team, which is third in Asia, can be called a battle of revenge!
Although the South Korean men's football team is not the first in Asia, it has been a big mountain in front of the Chinese national football team for many years. After Gao Hongbo led the team to defeat the South Korean men's football team 3-0 in the East Asian Cup, Lippi led the Chinese national football team to defeat the opponent 1-0 in Changsha, and the former "Koreanophobia" slowly weakened. But I have to admit that it is still difficult for us to win in the face of the South Korean men's football team. At present, the Chinese national football team only has Wu Shaocong, a quasi-international player, staying in the United States, and it is still in the third-level league in Europe. In the South Korean men's football team, Son Heung-min, Lee Gang-in, Hwang Hee-chan and many others are playing in Europe's top leagues. From this point of view, the gap is not small!
In this World Cup qualifiers, we met with the South Korean men's football team in the second round. Fighting at home, we have almost no power to fight back! 0-3 was swept! And in the last round of the World Preliminaries, at 22 o'clock in the evening of June 11, the Chinese national football team will go to the away stadium to face off against the South Korean men's football team. Obviously, this is a battle of revenge! CCTV5 will broadcast the game live!
As far as this game is concerned, it is believed that both sides have already qualified ahead of schedule by then. And the South Korean men's football team is more for the battle of home honor. However, because of the schedule, the major European leagues have entered a critical stage, and it cannot be ruled out that they will make a certain degree of adjustment in the lineup! This adjustment may have an impact on the overall strength, but it is definitely not big. After all, their bench depth is too thick!
In contrast, the Chinese national football team must want revenge. The good news is that many of our main players will return. Like Wu Lei, who was suspended for one game because of accumulating two yellow cards, he could not play in the life-and-death battle between the Chinese national football team and the Thai men's football team. Li Yuanyi, in the game between the national football team and the Singapore men's football team, was shown a red card by the referee for too big defensive actions, and against the Thai men's football team, Li Yuanyi was also unable to play because of suspension. When it comes time to play against the South Korean team, they will lift the ban, and in addition, the naturalized player Ackerson will return from injury by then! Although the opponent is very strong, but the main force is back, we can go all out!
There is still plenty of time, and the head coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, can think carefully about the right person and the right tactics! Ivankovic can lead the Oman national football team to an upset away victory over the Asian hegemon Japanese national football team, and he also has the ability to lead the Chinese men's football team to an away victory over the South Korean men's football team. The whistle did not sound at the end of the game, and everything was possible! With Wu Lei, who is in hot form, and Li Yuanyi, who is as stable as Mount Tai, the Chinese national football team may not be able to create an upset! Do you agree?