In the first 4 rounds, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-3 to Australia; 0-1 to Japan; 3-2 to Vietnam; 2-3 to Saudi Arabia, only 1 to 1 win and 3 losses, accumulated 3 points, ranked second in group B, and the qualifying situation was very unoptimistic.
In november, the national football team will face Oman, the 3rd place in the group, and Australia, the 2nd place in the group, and the strength of these two opponents is very strong. Oman has a record of 2 wins and 2 losses in the first four rounds of matches and has also won the most powerful Japanese team. Australia, on the other hand, had a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and lost that game or was killed by Japan. Facing two opponents, Oman and Australia, the national football team has almost no chance of winning.
Previously, the national football team could meet these two Oman and Australia at home, but because of the domestic epidemic prevention and control reasons, although Suzhou actively applied for the world preliminary tournament, the result was not ideal, and now it is almost certain that the national football team must fly to Sharjah for the game.
The opponent is very strong, the home advantage is gone, just when Li Tie is anxious for the next game, the AFC side came with a good news. It is reported that the referees of the two world preliminary tournaments between the national football team and Oman and Australia have been determined, namely Shiva Gong from Thailand and Madhameh from Jordan. These two referees are old friends of Chinese fans, they have had the experience of blowing penalties in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, and from past experience, these two referees are still relatively caring for the Chinese team.
It is worth mentioning that although the national football team wants to play in Sharjah this time, Sharjah is not the home of the devil, but the blessed land of the Chinese men's football team. In Sharjah, the Chinese team won four consecutive victories in the top 40 and another one in the round of 12, and we won five consecutive wins in Sharjah. Therefore, although the national football team has to play in Sharjah, the referee and past records make the national football team feel like playing at home.
In addition, the national football team also received another positive. Previously, because of the FA Cup matches, the national football team has not been able to find a warm-up team, and now many teams have ended the FA Cup matches, and the national football team has also determined the teams for the warm-up match, which are Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League and Zhejiang in the Chinese First Division. The national football team will play two warm-up matches against Shenzhen and Zhejiang on November 3, and then fly to Sharjah on November 6 to prepare for the World Preliminary Round.
I believe that the transmission of these two good news will surely increase the confidence of Li Tie and the national football team and go all out to take Oman!