Latest National Team Ranking Developments
With the footsteps of Beijing time on July 1, a news of concern quietly emerged: China's men's football team in the latest issue of the national team rankings, continued to meet Waterloo, not only in the Asian rankings slipped outside the top ten, but also let the South Korean media could not help but issue a "shocked" sigh of amazement.
According to an analysis by the Korean media, South Korea jumped to 28th place with a 6.66-point gain in the latest FIFA rankings, while Japan slipped from 23rd to 24th. The country's men's soccer team is ranked 78th in the international rankings, a new low in the last four years, and its ranking score remains unchanged. The change is mainly attributed to the fact that our men's soccer team has not participated in any tournament since the Round of 12.
In the Asian rankings, China's men's soccer team ranked 11th, behind Uzbekistan, which is also since September 2014 for the first time fell out of the top ten in Asia. At the same time, the departure of naturalized players has cast a shadow over the future of China's men's football. It is reported that on each naturalized player, China's men's football team has invested at least 10 billion won (about 51.49 million yuan) per year.
