Sohu Sports Express, as of today, June 15, Beijing time, Sports Weekly disclosed that our soccer team in the latest release of FIFA's national team rankings in the face of the challenge of decline, is expected to be no Asian top ten.
Sports Weekly revealed that the activities of China's soccer community were restricted by the impact of the epidemic, and the Chinese Super League was not restarted until early this month. Against this backdrop, the national team's ability to utilize the competition window for training appeared to be overwhelming. Due to the need to prevent and combat the epidemic, the national football team is difficult to go abroad to warm up, and also unable to invite opponents to China, resulting in all levels of national teams in a "silent" state. At the same time, other Asian teams have seized the opportunity to train and play, the national team tournament is particularly intensive.
The Chinese team has not appeared in the International A competition and the points remain unchanged. Currently, the only chance for our team to gain FIFA technical points is the East Asian Cup next month. However, facing strong opponents such as South Korea and Japan, if the Chinese team cannot win or draw, they may be deducted points for losing instead. Therefore, in order to maintain or improve the current points, it is crucial to get a good result in next month's East Asian Cup.
More crucially, if the national soccer team can not quickly restore international exchanges, the road to future development will be more rugged. It is worth mentioning that the FIFA ranking will be the basis for the 2023 Asian Cup group stage draw. Although the AFC has not yet announced the specific grading principles, the hosts have not yet been finalized.
(Editor: Xiaoyu)
