On November 16, the national football team will challenge Thailand on the road in the first round of the Asian Zone 36 tournament. For the national soccer team, there is no way back for this match. Once the national soccer team loses, it means that the national soccer team is likely to miss the World Cup again, even though the number of places in the Asian competition has been increased to 8.5 places.
As we all know, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore are the opponents of the national football team in the same group. According to the comprehensive strength analysis, the weakest Singapore team is undoubtedly learning with the prince, the strongest South Korea team will naturally get the first place in the group, and the national football team can only fight with Thailand for the second place.
You should know that Thailand has turned from a fish-breathing team in our eyes to a dark horse in the World Qualification Tournament, completely disrupting the pattern of the past Asian World Qualification Tournament. Although looking at the 20-year record of China-Thailand encounters, the national football team's record of 17 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses is still absolutely dominant, but the national football team's 1-5 defeat against Thailand in Hefei is still fresh in our minds.
Coupled with the previous warm-up matches of the national soccer team, the national soccer team showed their inferiority on the field against the Vietnamese team, which has lower strength than Thailand. Although they eventually beat their opponents 2-0, the other team had more than 10 Olympic players. Therefore, the national soccer team has no chance to win as they are facing a Thai team with a similar style of play and significantly stronger than Vietnam.
In this case, Jankovic has also become very pragmatic. According to Guangzhou Daily, the minimum expectation of the national soccer team against Thailand is 1 point. Jankovic didn't let his team try to attack hard in this training. 3 center backs or 5 backs counterattack is still his training theme. It can be seen that Yankovic is still very clear about the strength of both sides.
However, if the national soccer team abandons the offense, they will undoubtedly lose the initiative. It is important to know that Thai players are distinctive, fast-footed and skillful. If the national soccer team blindly defends, they obviously can't organize the attack. In this case, they can only put their hopes on Wu Lei. After all, Wu Lei ushered in the second spring of his career after returning to the Chinese Super League from La Liga last year, not only helping Shanghai Seaport win the Chinese Super League title, but also almost becoming the Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League this season. Once Wu Lei helps the national soccer team to score in this match, he will also refresh his goal scoring record in the preseason.
Of course, the national football team can't afford to get ahead of itself. After all, the national football team is currently ranked 79th in the world, 33 places higher than Thailand. Considering the away factor, the players of the national soccer team have just finished the league and their bodies are in a state of fatigue, scoring one point on the road and returning to the home field to take down Thailand. This is also a pragmatic choice.
