Speaking of the most glorious moment of the Chinese men's football team, it must be the 2001 Chinese men's football team successfully entered the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup.
At that time, everyone thought that it was the beginning of the Chinese men's football team, but they didn't expect that this moment would become the peak of the Chinese men's football team.
In fact, in addition to the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese men's football team is still very close to reaching the World Cup several times, such as the 1998 France World Cup.
Although the Chinese men's football team still did not enter the World Cup this time, it is known as the strongest team in the history of the Chinese men's football team.
But if you want me to say, the closest to the World Cup was the '82 World Cup.
At that time, it was not the Asian qualifiers, but the Asian qualifiers.
You must know that this World Cup has only given 2 places in the Asian region qualifiers.
The Chinese men's football team defeated Japan and other opponents in the first stage and reached the final 4 as expected.
The four teams are China, Kuwait, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia.
Among them, the Chinese team ended all 6 games early. With 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, 7 points, it is temporarily ranked first in the group.
Only in the next three games, the then Asian hegemon Kuwait defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0, drew 2-2 with New Zealand, accumulated 9 points to overtake the Chinese men's football team, and took the lead in qualifying for the World Cup.
The final Saudi Arabia vs New Zealand match will determine whether China can qualify.
It's just that New Zealand need at least five goals to win to equalise the Chinese men's soccer team.
According to the comparison of the strength of the two sides, this is completely impossible.
The Chinese Football Association believes that the Chinese men's football team has qualified for the World Cup, so all the players of the national team are disbanded and go home.
What they never expected was that the Saudi national team, which had already been out, would really release water, just losing New Zealand a 0-5, just allowing New Zealand to tie the Chinese team.
The two teams had to play a play-off.
The Chinese team, which had been disbanded and returned home, could only urgently convene the team members, but the communication equipment was backward at that time, and it was very difficult to find contacts, so it took 1 month to gather all the team members.
But the game was also imminent, there was no time for training, so I had to rush into battle, and finally lost 1-2 to New Zealand and was eliminated.
If it weren't for the Saudi national team's release, the Chinese men's football team would have participated in the World Cup as early as 1982, not the first time it participated in the World Cup in 2002.
Of course, the failure of the Chinese men's football team is not only the release of the Saudi national team, but also the amateur operation of the Chinese Football Association.
But in any case, the Chinese men's football team and Saudi Arabia have formed a hatred.
Now the two teams are meeting again in the final stages of the World Championships.
Perhaps the biggest difference at this time is that the Chinese men's football team no longer has the strength it had at that time, while Saudi Arabia is still one of the strongest teams in Asia, and its strength is far above that of the Chinese men's football team.
Fortunately, Saudi Arabia also performed poorly under the leadership of Mancini, and in the first game, it was forced to draw by the weak Indonesia at home.
This has given the Chinese men's football team a certain enlightenment, that is, the strength of the Saudi team has not reached the point of despair of the Chinese team.
The Chinese men's football team is still likely to avenge its big brother on its home turf and get rid of the old hatred of the year.
I don't know if netizens think that the Chinese men's football team has a chance to beat Saudi Arabia at home to avenge the old hatred?