Original title: The national football offensive in the fall, the home court is suspended again
The national football fall offensive, the home court is suspended again
Fighting Oman on November 11, only wins but not draws
Our reporter Yang Jian
On November 11, in the fifth round of the Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers (Top 12), the national football team originally planned to face the Oman team at home; on November 16, the national football team will continue to sit at home and face the previous 3:0 victory. Australia team.
For the national football team, which is currently ranked fifth in the group with 1 win and 3 losses, if they cannot take all three points in the match against Oman on the 11th, only “theoretical possibility” will be left to compete for the qualification for the play-offs (third in the group). The admiral said goodbye to the Qatar World Cup in advance. To make matters worse, judging from the current domestic epidemic prevention and control situation, the national football team will most likely miss the home game, and the greater possibility is to go to the neutral game.
After losing the only remaining advantage of the “home battle”, the national football team and Oman in this life-and-death battle, it is necessary to distinguish between superiors and decisive.
The only “reliance” is gone
The national football team will miss the home game with a high probability
“We have not played at home yet, we have played in neutral countries. We hope that the next game can really be played in China.” After losing to Saudi Arabia in the 2:3 away game, Li Tie expressed his fight against home in the post-match press conference. Desire.
In fact, in the first four rounds of the top 12 matches, the national football team nominally had two home games and two away games, but the two “home games” were played in a neutral position, including the 0:1 loss to Japan in Doha and the Sharjah beat Vietnam 3:2.
In fact, after the results of the top 12 draws were released, the Chinese Football Association began to actively strive to host home games in China. Although the Football Association plans in advance, it is still very difficult to get approval at home. After all, epidemic prevention and control is the top priority.
“Every morning after I get up, I will check the epidemic report on the Internet. The last thing I don’t want to see is that there are new cases.” A certain international player who is undergoing a closed training camp in Suzhou said that in the past few days, he and Like many teammates, they pay special attention to every move of the new domestic epidemic: “On the one hand, we hope that everyone’s lives will not be affected. On the other hand, from our own perspective, we hope that the epidemic can be controlled as soon as possible so that we can be at home. The possibility of playing games will be greater.”
However, judging from the current situation of national epidemic prevention and control, the probability of the national football team playing at home is getting lower and lower. If it is still a neutral ground, the national football team will lose its “advantage” in the game against Oman. For the internationals who are looking forward to the home game, it is tantamount to being poured cold water.
It is reported that the Football Association will announce the final venue plan this week.
Oman coach puts out his words
Resign without scoring three points against the national football team
After the first four rounds of the top 12 games, the Saudi team scored 12 points in 4 games and ranked first in the group. The team did not make major mistakes in the last 6 rounds. There is a high probability that the team will get a direct qualifying place. Australia has four games. Three wins with 9 points ranked second in the group, Oman and Japan scored 6 points, but due to the relationship between victory and loss ranked third, the Japanese team ranked fourth. The possibility that the National Football Team competes directly with these opponents for the right to qualify is very slim.
For the national football team, it is more realistic to compete for third place in the team and strive for qualifications for the play-offs. Calculating this way, the match against Oman on the 11th became a veritable “life and death battle” for the national football team-winning the game and continuing to maintain its competitiveness against the third place in the group; losing, Basically means being out early. As for a draw, when the Japanese and Australian teams in the same group win, it is no different from losing.
Looking at the vertical comparison, four years ago in the Asian region’s top 12 matches, the national football team finally failed to qualify with 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. Although the opponents are different this time, they still have a certain reference value. If this year’s top 12 matches, The national football team lost 4 games in the first 5 rounds, and the consequences can be imagined. Therefore, with Oman this match, the national football can only win but not defeat.
The same is true for Oman, who is in a slightly better position than the national football team. Only by defeating the national football team can they sit firmly on the standings while retaining the opportunity to compete directly for the spot. In this regard, Oman’s coach Ivankovic said in an interview with the media: “If I cannot score all three points in the away game with the Chinese team, I will immediately take the blame and resign and step down as the head coach of the Oman national team.” Ivankovic’s rhetoric shows the determination of the Oman team to break his wrist.
Therefore, for the national football team and Oman, this battle not only has to be divided, but it is more likely to be decisive.
Our reporter Yang Jian
Source: Qianjiang Evening News
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