The U23 Asian Cup is over! In the first round of the group stage, the Chinese Olympic team failed to change the score and reverse the opponent 11 to 10, and it can also be seen that they made the same problem as the Chinese men's football team in the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, that is, lack of offensive power! In the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, the Chinese men's football team did not score a goal in three group games and did not win a game, and was out of the tournament with the worst result in history. In the World Cup qualifiers, Ivankovic took over as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team, and the offensive efficiency has improved significantly. In two games against Singapore, six goals were scored. It's a pity that in the away match with the Singapore men's football team, we were forced to draw by the opponent when we were leading 2-0. This also leads to the next matchup with the Thai men's football team, which will become a battle of life and death. A win will advance, and a loss will be basically out.
In this group, the South Korean men's football team almost locked the first place in the group ahead of schedule. In the standings, the Chinese men's football team is 3 points ahead of the Thai men's football team, and the remaining two group games of the Chinese men's football team, one is away against the South Korean men's football team, and the possibility of scoring points in this game is very small. The other game will be played at home against the Thai men's football team. If we can beat the Thai men's football team, we will have a points lead over our opponents by 6 points, and even if the Thai men's football team wins the Singapore men's football team in the last round, we will still be 3 points ahead of them. Therefore, if the Thai men's football team wins, the Chinese men's football team will advance to the round of 18 one round in advance. If we lose, we're basically eliminated. Losing to the Thai men's football team, their points will tie the Chinese men's football team. In the final round, they have a high probability of defeating the Singapore men's football team. They have a score of 10 points. And we want to defeat the South Korean men's football team in the last round, there is little hope!
If the group stage is over, Thailand and China men's football team points are the same 10 points, then the two teams will compare the goal difference, although we currently have the advantage of goal difference, but Thailand faces Singapore in the last round, they are bound to achieve more goal difference, and the Chinese men's football team faces South Korea in the last round, less loss should win!
This battle of life and death will be held at 20 o'clock in the evening of June 6 at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center in Shenyang, Liaoning. At the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center 23 years ago, the Chinese men's football team defeated the Oman men's football team 1-0 at home and advanced to the finals of the 2022 South Korea-Japan World Cup. It can be said that the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center is the blessed land of the Chinese men's football team! I hope the national football team will have good luck! CCTV 5 will broadcast the game live.
Of course, for head coach Ivankovic, the first thing to solve is the suspension of Wu Lei. In the home game against the Singapore men's football team, Wu Lei received a yellow card for a defense, plus a yellow card for the game against the South Korean men's football team, Wu Lei accumulated two yellow cards and was suspended. Wu Lei's absence will have a huge impact! How will Ivankovic adjust? See!