On Nov. 17, the Chinese men's soccer team completed its first match of the 36-team World Qualifying Tournament. The team beat Thailand 2-1 on the road and finished second in the group behind South Korea after the victory. South Korea may be a bit lax after a smooth performance throughout the tournament as they swept Singapore 5-0 in the first round of the group stage. Next up, South Korea will be facing the Chinese men's soccer team in their second group game, and they will certainly be aiming to go all out for a win. Whoever gets six points first in the group will essentially take the initiative to top the group.
The Chinese men's soccer team also won in the first round of the tournament. Next, when we return to our home field, we surely hope to achieve the desired results. But there is a big difference between our own level and Korea's, and it's hard to beat the opponent. Therefore, we must play more pragmatically. We have to do a good job of defending our line, defending to make sure we don't lose the ball, and then do our best to find opportunities for defensive counterattacks. After all, the Chinese men's soccer team actually created a lot of chances to break through against Thailand.
So the national soccer team 2-1 reversal of the Thai game, we are more surprised that the team's defensive counterattack efficiency and quality to improve very quickly, the team in the process of defense, played a very efficient counterattack quality, but also let the Thai defense embarrassment, if the face of South Korea, we can play a few high-quality counterattacks to break the South Korean goal is not impossible, after all, Singapore had broken the South Korean goal, just offside, the So Korea's defense is not close.
Especially in the counterattack of players like Wei Shihao, Xie Pengfei and Wu Lei, the individual ability is outstanding. Wu Lei has strong forward ability. Although he is not good at shooting and wasted consecutive one-touch goals, at least Wu Lei can run out of his position, and as long as he catches a chance, he can score a goal. Therefore, the Chinese men's soccer team has every chance to face South Korea next. Even in the second half of the match against Thailand, Jankovic took the initiative to keep a hand in place of Wei Shihao, who was the best performer.
Jankovic has shown ambition to beat South Korea and the backline players have been very solid without Jiang Guangtai. Both Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie have shown the level of top Asian defenders. Therefore, facing South Korea, I believe that China's backline can gain confidence through the match against Thailand and can show a more imposing performance in the upcoming matches, striving to beat South Korea at home.
