A lot of information about the top 18 matches of the World Preliminary Tournament has been announced one after another, including the four matches of the national football team in September and October, the venue of the game has been determined, and the start time is also being announced one after another. This means that the round of 18 is getting closer and closer, and the real test of the national football team is coming. To be honest, we didn't have much hope for the top 12 because the last World Preliminary Tournament had not been expanded, but this time the quota was given to 8.5, and our expectations for the World Cup are greater, and the top 18 is also more involved in our hearts.
The first four rounds of the national football team will face Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Indonesia, and the four opponents are probably only Indonesia We have hope of getting points, and Indonesia is also the main target of the national football team in this round of 18. Although the possibility of the national football team qualifying for the World Cup finals is very small, we still set the goal of qualifying for the World Cup, and the more reasonable goal of the round of 18 is to qualify for the top four to retain the hope of qualifying, so Indonesia and Bahrain are opponents we must surpass. Indonesia has also recently announced their own targets, but they are in Pot 6 and have set their targets even higher than ours.
Indonesian coach Shin Tai Long has already started preparations for the round of 18, and he revealed the goal of the Indonesian team in an interview with the media, and he hopes that Indonesia can finish third in the group and fourth at worst. The goal of the national football team is to enter the top 4, and Indonesia is higher than us in terms of spirit and confidence. Korea Shin Tai Long has recently received a number of offers from K-League teams, and although the offer is tempting, Shin Tai Long has had great success in coaching Indonesia, and with the Indonesian Football Association accelerating the naturalization process, Shen Tailong is expected to help Indonesia achieve the best results in history, and he is unwilling to give up his previous efforts.
Shen Tailong has been coaching Indonesia for four and a half years, and since January 2020, Indonesian football has developed rapidly, and with the blessing of the naturalization policy, Shen Tailong has helped the Indonesian team to improve 40 places from the 173rd place in the world, and their real level is even stronger than the current ranking. Korea coaches will not give up on such great achievements and give their achievements to others. The goal of third in the group mentioned by Shen Tailong is indeed not low, because there are strong teams such as Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia in this group, and Indonesia must surpass one of these three teams in order to rank third in the group, so Saudi Arabia is already their goal to surpass.
Unknowingly, the Indonesian team has developed so rapidly in the past 4 years, and of course, the blessing of naturalization is the core reason for their rise. But no matter what the reason, it is an indisputable fact that the national football team has been caught up and even overtaken by Indonesia, but what level has Indonesian football developed, let's take a look at the direct confrontation between the national football team and Indonesia in Qingdao in the fourth round of the round of 18, this game will determine who can achieve their goals.