According to the official news of the AFC, the draw for the top 36 Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup has been announced. Chinese men's football was divided into the second team, and finally with South Korea team Thailand team in the same group, really fall into the group of death, absolutely signing, signing is not good.
In fact, many fans expected the death of the national soccer team back when it was designated as the second team. Surprisingly, while not avoiding Japan and South Korea, it actually attracted the strongest team, Thailand, in the third team. For the national soccer team, one of the quotas for group advancement will be a direct match against Thailand.
After the draw results were announced, the AFC quickly finalized the schedule for the 36-team World Qualifier. For the Chinese men's soccer team, the schedule is not very friendly, and they will have to face Thailand on the road in the first round. If they don't win this game, it is very likely that the national soccer team will not be able to qualify for the Top 18 and the World Cup at all after the first round.
In addition, the draw and schedule for the national soccer team has been determined in advance. For the CFA, who will lead the national soccer team next? There is no final conclusion yet. The soccer anti-corruption and hacking continues. Have any officials been investigated next? How much fake gambling and blackmail is there in the Chinese Super League? There is no final conclusion yet.
Therefore, although the schedule has been finalized in advance, there are still many uncertainties in China's men's soccer team's preparation for the next World Qualifier. Especially with the signing, the first match against Thailand is a fight to the death. It is even more difficult for the Chinese men's soccer team to impact the 2026 World Cup than before.
Of course, with the World Qualifiers set to begin at the end of this year, is Yankovic the head coach of the Chinese men's soccer team? No one can say. Now the national soccer team, the world preliminaries is not the biggest challenge at the moment, the next Asian Cup, is Yankovic's big test, if the Asian Cup results are dismal, the national soccer preliminaries head coach, will certainly be replaced.
