Our newspaper (reporter Zhao Rui) The FIFA national team’s year-end ranking was announced yesterday. The Chinese team ranked 74th in the world and 8th in Asia. Combined with the performance of the first stage of the top 12 matches, the ranking truly reflects the position and competitiveness of the Chinese team in Asian football.
Compared to last year’s 75th in the world and 9th in Asia, although the Chinese team has advanced by one position this year, this change is negligible. In terms of world rankings, the Iraqi (75) and Oman (79) teams behind them are not below the Chinese team and may be surpassed at any time. From the point of view of the points after the first 6 rounds of the top 12 games, the Chinese team and the Lebanese team have the same 5 points. Without comparing the goal difference, they are ranked 8th among the 12 teams, with 7 points in front of them. The Oman team with 4 points is behind the Iraq team with 4 points. In recent years, the Chinese team’s seating has basically been between 8 and 10 places.
The top Asian teams in the world are Iran (21), Japan (26), South Korea (33), Australia (35), Qatar (48), and Saudi Arabia (51). In contrast, The Chinese team is too far behind. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup, there are 4.5 Asian seats. From the physical perspective, the possibility of the Chinese team directly qualifying is zero, and the effort to qualify for the Asian play-offs will inevitably encounter many challenges.
The preliminary plan for the new training session of the Chinese team will start in mid-January next year. It will fly to Tokyo around the 23rd and head to Hanoi after the match against the Japanese team on the 27th. It will face the Vietnam team on February 1. The head coach Li Xiaopeng has been mainly inspecting the players in the Guangzhou Division recently. It is reported that he values the performance of the top 12 international footballers. After all, they have obtained high-quality competition experience and are more mature than the players who have not played in the major competitions. At the moment, they maintain the Chinese team’s performance. Stability is very important.
At present, Jiang Guangtai is the only one left for the Chinese Super League. Alan, Exxon, and Luo Guofu returned to Brazil. The Chinese Football Association has someone to follow the situation of the three for Li Xiaopeng’s reference when choosing players. The difficulty for the “Trident of Naturalization” to catch up with the new training camp is not small, because entering the country requires a “14+7” quarantine observation, unless you can come back now. If you go directly to the away game to rendezvous with the Chinese team, you can’t know whether their physical condition meets the requirements. This problem really makes Li Xiaopeng feel tricky.
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