The World Cup qualifiers for the Asian round of 36 are about to be rekindled in June. The national football team will sit at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center to usher in this life-and-death battle with the Thai team. The main reason why the match between the national football team and the Thai team is defined as a life-and-death battle is that the situation of the world preliminaries has changed abruptly, and the situation of the national football team in Group C is urgent!
The South Korean team is currently unbeaten with 10 points from 4 games, 3 wins and 1 draw, and they have basically locked up the first place in the group. The two teams of China and Thailand ranked second and third with 7 and 4 points respectively. The Singapore team, which has only one point in four games, is at the bottom of the rankings and has withdrawn from the competition for the right to qualify from the group ahead of schedule. Therefore, the two teams in this group will compete for the right to qualify for the second place in the group.
The result of the battle between China and Thailand on June 6 will directly determine the fate of the two teams in this World Preliminary Tournament. The two sides will battle it out in this match to beat their opponents to qualify for the round of 18. Although in the first leg of the contest between the two sides, the Chinese team, under the leadership of Jankovic, won the opponent 2-1 in Bangkok. But the national football team won that game very thrillingly, and was suppressed by the opponent for most of the game. Fortunately, the national football team seized two quick counterattack tactics and scored goals, and finally won the battle.
Now both Chinese and Thai teams have changed their head coaches, and the Chinese team has ushered in Ivankovic as coach. After taking office, he commanded two matches against Singapore, with one win and one draw. Considering that Ivan took over the Chinese team in a hurry, he was able to pinch the team into shape in a relatively short period of time, and his performance was still decent. Next, facing the stronger rival in the group, the Thai team, when the national football team urgently needs to win the game, when the national football team is already basically familiar with the situation of the national football team, does Ivan have the ability to lead the national football team to win the battle of life and death? This is undoubtedly a test for the new coach of the national football team.
At present, the opponent Thai team is menacing, and the Thai domestic public opinion media are generally optimistic that the Thai team can defeat the Chinese team away from Shenyang, China, not only to advance to the round of 18, but also to lose to the Chinese team at home. The confidence of the Thais stems from their refreshing performance under the leadership of new coach Masata Ishii. They have held a strong South Korean team to a draw away from home. Moreover, the Thai team's current rapid counterattack tactics of pressing high in the front court are very resolute, which will be a test of the passing and control ability of the national football team's midfield and backfield.
After the first 11 rounds of inspection of the Chinese Super League, Ivan's coaching team paid great attention to the players who performed very well in the Chinese Super League. Especially after two games with the new team, the shortcomings of the national football team in some positions, as well as the suspension of individual main players and injuries, Ivan is considering a plan for personnel adjustments in some positions.
It is understood that the national football team is about to recruit a 40-man squad on May 26 to start training. Among them, four players who have been very eye-catching in the league recently have been favored by Ivan, and even hope to start in the Sino-Thai battle. The four are naturalized striker Alan from Qingdao West Coast, winger Fang Hao from Guoan, midfielder Huang Zhengyu from Shandong Taishan, and right-back Wang Zhenao from Shanghai Port. Among the four, except for the naturalized player Alan who is older, the other three are all in the age of playing, with momentum and ability, which can make up for the lack of part of the national football team.
CCTV5 will broadcast the life and death battle between China VS Thailand live at 20:00 on the evening of June 6, welcome to watch it then.