After a night of fierce battles, the fourth round of Group C of the World Preliminary Round of 18 was all over, with China defeating Indonesia 2-1, Japan drawing 1-1 with Australia, and Saudi Arabia drawing 0-0 with Bahrain. After this round of matches, the points situation in Group C is very stale, except for Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are all 5 points, Indonesia and the national football team are 3 points, so any team in the following games still has a chance to qualify.
Rather than the poor results of the national football team, it is better to say that the results of Australia and Saudi Arabia are worse, the actual performance of the two teams is more than expected, in which Australia has completed the change of coach early, the results have also improved, after the change of coach, it is still good to win the national football team and draw Japan, but Saudi Arabia, which has the world's famous coach Mancini, still has not improved, and this round also played a 0-0 draw with Bahrain, such a result is unacceptable to the Saudi Football Association and fans.
Saudi Arabia have won only one of their four games, still against the weakest national football team in the group, and they have not yet played against Australia, and there is a good chance that they will be winless again in the next round at home in Australia. Immediately after the fourth round of matches, the top management of the Saudi Football Federation met with Mancini to discuss the current situation of the Saudi team and the situation of the coaching staff. Because the home draws against Indonesia and Bahrain are really unbearable, so Mancini is already on the verge of leaving class, knowing that his annual salary may be more than 10 times Ivan's, and he is under much more pressure than Ivan, after all, the national football team lost 3 games are all the strongest opponents in this group, and Saudi Arabia's draw is all weaker than them.
Due to the anger of Saudi fans after the draw with Bahrain, which is in a relatively uncalm stage, the Saudi Football Association said that they cannot immediately decide whether Mancini will stay or not, and need to wait for this excitement to subside, and then discuss the question of whether the Italy will stay when both sides are relatively calm and rational, so as to avoid making wrong decisions on the spur of the moment. Of course, the Saudi Football Federation has stated that it will improve on the problems it has encountered and get better during the November international break.
Although Saudi Arabia is not the strongest in the group and is currently in the normal range of 3rd place, Mancini has only 1 win and 2 draws against the 3 weakest teams in the group, and the draws against Indonesia and Bahrain are both at home. In their opinion, it is a waste of 4 points, which has a great impact on the team's goal of qualifying directly. Saudi Arabia has made huge investments in football, including the establishment of the Golden Yuan League, the bid to host the 2034 World Cup, etc., but the national team's performance has never been improved, even a world famous coach like Mancini has no choice.