On June 16 and June 20, the national football team played two warm-up matches against Myanmar and Palestine. Prior to that, we had a 4-0 record in warm-up matches between the national soccer team and Myanmar. The international points increased by 2.41 points. This is the first time that the Chinese men's national team has achieved a positive increase in international points in nearly a year. After the match, Wu Lei spoke openly in front of the media about his growing silence with Ackerson. And this 4-0 win over Myanmar has built the national team's confidence.
In fact, the national soccer team's last game in the past year's national team competition dates back to the top 12 of the preseason. The East Asian Cup matches were played by 99-year-olds led by Jankovic, defeating Hong Kong, China, 1-0, South Korea, 0-3, and Japan's substitute lineup, 0-0. The 99-year-olds representing the national team are also part of today's National Asian Games and are not part of the national team.
The overseas warm-up matches to New Zealand in March this year resulted in one draw and one loss respectively. After the New Zealand warm-up match, the national soccer team reached 1,297.98 international points in April, ranking 81st in the world and 11th in Asia. Now, when we played Myanmar at home, we achieved a 4-0 victory. This made the national football team break 1300 points again. it also helped the national team to reach 1300.39 in total points. 79th in international ranking. Obviously, it has improved a lot in the international rankings.
Of course, with over 160 international rankings, Myanmar is among the weaker teams. However, in recent years, Southeast Asian soccer has made great progress. The match between the national soccer team and Myanmar also shows that we are still much stronger than Southeast Asia. On the other hand, Palestine went to East Asia for two overseas warm-up matches, two matches against Indonesia and China. One of the matches against Indonesia was actually 0-0.
Indonesia's international ranking has reached about 150th in the world. Palestine is ranked in the 90s in the world, which is obviously a good ranking. It is such a Palestine team, which is ranked 90th in the world, that has tied with Indonesia. This also shows that Palestine is known for its true level and international ranking. Next, we are likely to win or even have a huge victory in the Palestine game.
After the match against Myanmar, Wu Lei spoke openly in front of the media, saying that his defeat of Palestine has built up the confidence of the whole team. This is actually important for the national team. Keep in mind that with the lack of international matches over the past year, the national team's previous trip to New Zealand was just a draw and a loss. And it was criticized by public opinion. The lack of winning matches also hit the players' self-confidence to some extent. Myanmar's victory allowed the Chinese players to find themselves. It also shows the excellent technical and tactical level of Jankovic. We expect the national soccer team to win the next match against Palestine.
