The situation of the national football team: a draw with South Korea in the final round will enter the top 18! A defeat would require Thailand to beat Singapore

Nian Zhou

2024-06-06 21:58Published in Shandong Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer and creator in the field of sports

In the 5th round of the round of 36, the Chinese men's football team drew 1-1 with Thailand at home, although there was no request, but the qualifying situation of the national football team is still relatively unfavorable, because the situation of "drawing and qualifying" has appeared again!

According to the rules, only the top two teams in the group can qualify, and in the case of the final tie, the goal difference is compared, then the number of goals scored, and then the win-loss relationship.

If the national football team beats Thailand, they can qualify directly, but unfortunately, after falling behind, Ivankovic's team only pulled one goal back, failed to reverse as they did in the first leg, and finally had to accept a 1-1 draw.

In this way, after 5 rounds, the national football team has 8 points, a goal difference of 1, and 9 goals, which is still second. Thailand has 5 points, a goal difference of -2, and 6 goals, as for the win-loss relationship, the national football team has an advantage of 1 win and 1 draw.

However, in the final round on June 11, the national football team will face South Korea away and Thailand will face Singapore at home, and the difficulty of the two matches is undoubtedly very different.

Next, let's analyze the specific qualifying situation.

1. The national football team wins South Korea, 11 points:

Regardless of the score result between Thailand and Singapore, even if they win, the maximum is 8 points, and the national football team will qualify.

2. The national football team draws South Korea, 9 points:

No matter what the score between Thailand and Singapore is, even if it wins, it will be 8 points at most, and the national football team will still qualify.

3. The national football team lost to South Korea, 7 points:

If Thailand wins Singapore, 8 points, the national football team is out;

If Thailand draws with Singapore, 6 points, the national football team will qualify;

If Thailand loses to Singapore, 5 points will be awarded to the national football team.

In other words, if the national football team does not lose or draw with South Korea in the last round, it will qualify, but can it really not lose? And once the national football team loses to South Korea, then Thailand only needs to beat Singapore to qualify, and for them, this should not be too much of a problem.

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