September 2, 2022
World Cup
The Asian qualifying round of 12 was officially kicked off on September 3 at 2:00 a.m. when the Chinese men's soccer team met the challenge of Australia at the Khalifa International Stadium in the Qatari capital of Doha. Although the opponent is currently ranked third in Asia, with overseas players as the main strength of the team, but the Chinese men's football team all on the first game to achieve victory full of confidence.
The Chinese men's soccer team and Australia have met in official matches dating back to the 2015
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The hosts beat China 2-0 in the eighth-quarter final. However, with the retirement of the "Golden Generation" led by Cahill, the Australian team has yet to produce new stars that can establish themselves in Europe's top leagues. From this point of view, although 26 of the 27 players called up by the Australian team are from overseas leagues, these players do not constitute an overwhelming advantage over the Chinese men's soccer team.
Affected by the epidemic, the Australian team has been delayed in assembling, and eventually the 27 players arrived in Doha and only conducted two training sessions, objectively there is a lack of integration. However, most of the players have just finished the Euroleague and are in good shape, especially in the midfield, where they have recalled veteran Mui from China's Shanghai Harbour to lead the team this time, and their strength has been improved compared to that at the 40-team tournament.
Australia also has the advantage of "home field", the first game of the Top 12 is expected to adopt a pressing attack tactics, to play its traditional aerial bombing advantage. It is worth mentioning that Australia's backline has a 22-year-old youngster Soutar, 1.96 meters tall, who became Australia's top scorer with six goals in the 40-team tournament, and he also took part in the Tokyo World Cup a month ago.
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, performed quite solidly. The Chinese men's soccer team has focused on defensive tactics against this tall player who is good at both offense and defense.
From Shanghai training to Doha sprint, the Chinese men's soccer team under the leadership of Li Tie has been preparing for nearly two weeks, the main lineup is also basically clear. At present, in addition to Guo Tianyu and Wang Qiuming due to injury can not play, the other 30 international players have the conditions to play. Although Alan is resting due to muscle fatigue, he can play for the Chinese men's soccer team at any time. Surprisingly, Guangzhou player Luo Guofu, who made his comeback in the first phase of the Chinese Super League, has shown excellent physical condition and desire to play in the preparation phase, and is not only capable of playing the attacking role, but also the back, which is likely to become a miracle weapon in Li Tie's hands. As for the front line of Aixon and Wu Lei, the two have been quite tacit understanding between the two, they will shoulder the main task of the impact of the "kangaroo army" defense. Li Tie is currently the biggest headache is the midfield position, in addition to the captain Wu Xi, a few other positions of the candidates may have to the last minute to finalize, from the tactical point of view, Li Tie hopes that the Chinese men's midfield can control the other side of the rhythm of the offensive and defensive transition.
The Australian team also has former Suning defender Sainsbury and former Shandong Taishan defender McGovern in their lineup, who also have a better understanding of Chinese men's soccer players. The Chinese men's soccer team's intelligence staff has been systematically collecting information about the Australian team since the start of the 40-team tournament, and Li Tie also paid attention to the whole process of Arnold's leadership of the Australian national Olympic team to participate in Tokyo.
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The situation, so both sides do know the enemy and know themselves. China and Australia are not worried about the current hot weather in West Asia, as next year's Qatar
World Cup
The home ground of China-Australia, Khalifa Stadium, has world-class turf conditions and is air-conditioned for the match. The refereeing team for the first match between China and Australia is from South Korea, and they have not had too many controversies in the past about the enforcement of these two teams.
Whether it is the skipper Li Tie, captain Wu Xi or Wu Lei, Zhang Xunzhe, Yan Junling, Wang Shenchao, etc., in an interview that they have enough confidence from the "Kangaroo Army" to steal points.
Looking back four years ago
World Cup
Asian qualifying round of 12, the Chinese men's football first round is also the first to face South Korea and Iran two of the strongest rivals in the same group, and ultimately two battles to achieve 1 point. Now the Chinese men's soccer team has a number of core players with the experience of participating in the last 12, can they be more open minded in this tournament to play a normal level? Let's wait and see.
