The final round of the national football team to achieve two goals
2022-03-26 15:11:05Source: Guangzhou Daily
There is one suspense left in the top 12 in the Asian region of the World Preliminaries
The final round of the national football team to achieve two goals
Guangzhou Daily News (All Media Reporter Zhang Zhe) Yesterday, the 9th round and 6 games of the Asian Top 12 World Preliminary Tournament ended. At present, the four traditionally strong teams of Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran in Group B have advanced to the top 32 finals, while three teams in Group A still need to compete for a place in the play-offs in the final round.
After this round, in addition to South Korea and Iran ranking the top two in Group A, the UAE team temporarily ranked third with 9 points, followed by Iraq with 8 points, and Lebanon ranked fifth with 6 points. At present, the UAE team and Iraq team are the favorites to compete for the third place in the group, but the UAE team challenged the South Korean team in the final round, while Iraq’s opponent is the Syrian team that has been eliminated. Once the Iraqi team reaches the World Cup round of 32, it will be the second time in their history to qualify for the World Cup finals.
At 14:00 on March 25, local time in the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese team flew to Muscat, the capital of Oman, to prepare for the final match against the Oman team. After the 1-1 draw with the Saudi team, the national football coach Li Xiaopeng admitted at a press conference: “The national football players are still not confident enough, and there is still room for improvement.”
In the match with the Saudi team, young players such as Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie, Liu Yang, and Zhang Yuning started the game and performed well, which further established the determination of the national football team to rejuvenate. It is reported that in the game with Oman, the national football team will give young players more opportunities to play and train for next year’s Asian Cup. In the final round of the away game against Oman, the national football team has two goals. One is to strive for an unbeaten position to ensure that the ranking is not lower than that of the Vietnamese team, and the other is to strive for goals or even win.