In the early morning of June 23, FIFA released a new ranking list of national teams around the world, and the Chinese men's football team slipped to 78th in the world with 1304.02 points, hitting its lowest ranking since 2019. Within Asia, the Chinese men's soccer team was even squeezed out of the top ten, ranking only 11th. To win respect in the international soccer world, the Chinese men's soccer team must remember the shame, revitalize its spirit and make every effort to catch up.
So which Asian teams are actually ranked ahead of the Chinese men's soccer team? They are: Iran, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, Oman and Uzbekistan. Facing these powerful opponents, the current Chinese men's soccer team seems to be difficult to win. Looking back at the World Qualifier 12, the Chinese men's soccer team only got a total of three points in four matches against Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
However, the Chinese men's soccer team not only performs poorly against strong teams, but also often shows fatigue even against relatively weakly ranked teams. For example, Vietnam, ranked 97th in the international rankings and 17th in the Asian rankings, beat the Chinese men's soccer team 3:1 in Hanoi. Even after trailing by two goals, Vietnam chased two goals in a row, and if not for the miraculous play of Wu Lei in the last moment, the Chinese men's soccer team would have suffered an embarrassing draw.
Chinese men's soccer team meets Oman in World Qualifying 12 match
AFC has qualified a record six teams for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. In the next World Cup, the number of AFC qualification places will increase to 8.5. According to the current ranking of the Chinese men's soccer team, it is still very difficult to dream of the World Cup again. The Chinese men's soccer team's first appearance on the World Cup stage dates back to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. In the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, and the Chinese men's soccer team seems to be getting farther and farther away from the World Cup, even though the number of participating teams will increase from 32 to an unprecedented 48.
What is the reason why the Chinese men's soccer team can not step on the threshold of the World Cup for a long time, the overall strength and clinical performance is deteriorating? The foundation is not stable is the root cause, a simple stopping the ball can stop out 5 meters away, such "brown" in the national team level is common, reflecting the gap in basic training. Over the years, many youth training system is still stuck in the primary stage of the master with the apprentice, and the direction of the master's kicking has been deviated, and expect the apprentice to rise later is obviously unlikely.
Lang Xiaonong, former director of the league department of the CFA and former general manager of the Chinese Super League Company, has always emphasized the league as the foundation, because the national team players are selected and trained from the league, and their competitive status is also maintained in the league. Unfortunately, whenever a big competition comes, the league often has to make way for the national team, and the low level of the league also restricts the further improvement of the players' level.
The limited strength of the Chinese men's soccer team should have made a difference in the spiritual level, but in recent years, with the increase in inputs to bring a generous income, some of the players' willpower is gradually worn out, not only the loss of aggressiveness, but also at critical moments is a series of mistakes, which is the main reason why the fans are dissatisfied with them. If these problems can not be solved, the future of Chinese men's soccer in the future competition is still not optimistic!
