In the round of 36 of the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, the national football team is in Group C with South Korea, Thailand and Singapore, and has played 4 rounds of matches in the group, and the performance of the national football team is decent, successively 2-1 Thailand, 0-3 South Korea, 2-2 Singapore, and 4-1 Singapore. With 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 7 points, the national football team is in a favorable position, ranking second in Group C, South Korea is first with 10 points, Thailand is third with 4 points, and Singapore is at the bottom with 1 point. In the last two rounds of games, the national football team ushered in a big test, these two games are scheduled for June, as long as one more win, the national football team will lock in the group qualification place in advance.
The schedule shows that the national football team will play Thailand at home at 20:00 on June 6, which is a qualifying match, and the national football team only needs to beat Thailand 1-0, which is equivalent to qualifying for one round in advance. At 19:00 on June 11, the national football team played away against South Korea, and the national football team basically had no chance of winning this game. The national football team is currently ranked 88th in the world, and there is no advantage in Asia, and there is no chance of winning anyone, but the team's hard power is still relatively optimistic, at least more optimistic than Thailand.
In the 4th round of the game, the national football team defeated Singapore 4-1, Wu Lei received a yellow card, Li Yuanyi received a red card, due to Wu Lei's cumulative yellow card suspension, it was confirmed that he and Li Yuanyi were absent from the 5th round of the qualifying match with Thailand at the same time. In such a situation, the national football team is still ushering in good news, naturalized players will play a decisive role in the qualifying match, there is a perfect replacement for Wu Lei, even more suitable than Wu Lei to play key games, this person is 34-year-old naturalized player Alain, he recently found his competitive form.
In the 11th round of the Chinese Super League, Alan represented Qingdao West Coast away against Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Alan completed the cross in the penalty area through a fast break in the 15th minute of the game, and directly assisted Lyaskos to score an empty goal; In the 66th minute of the game, Duan Liu Yu completed a cross from the right side, and Alan scored with a header in the penalty area to help Qingdao West Coast defeat Shenzhen Xinpeng City 2-1. With his excellent form, Alain is expected to be in the squad for the national football team to play Thailand.
The well-known domestic media "Football News" analysis pointed out that although Alan has increased in age, but he played the whole game in this round of the Chinese Super League, his technical ability and tactical awareness are still very important for the national football team. The main strikers of the national football team, Zhang Yuning, Fernando and others also maintain a relatively good state, although Fernando has missed many Super League games recently, but is about to return, this season 6 Super League games scored 1 goal and 3 assists, Zhang Yuning scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 9 Super League games.
It can be seen that the lineup of the national football team playing Thailand has changed greatly, the new trident is attacking, Alan will join forces with Fernando and Zhang Yuning to form a new trident, such a configuration will have a higher scoring efficiency, you know, Alan once led the Golden Boot list in the Europa League, his shooting skills are far better than other international players, and the key ball handling is far better than Wu Lei, and he is expected to become the most critical player in the national football team against Thailand, which is worth looking forward to.