Undoubtedly, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be hosting a much-anticipated draw for the Top 12 group in Kuala Lumpur in the late afternoon of July 1st. The senior management of China's Football Association (CFA) and the national team manager Li Tie, who are far away from Gusu, will participate in this event remotely through the Internet. In other words, only 3 days apart, troubled China's soccer managers and the majority of fans of the "12 strong match opponent mystery" will be revealed.
Regardless of the outcome of the draw, our national team is undoubtedly facing a tough battle. After all, in the Top 40, our team did not win the first group, the Asian ranking is only the ninth, to win the qualification in the fierce "12 for 4.5" tournament, itself is full of challenges. However, Xu Genbao senior more than once emphasized that soccer is different from other sports, the strong team may not be able to beat the weak team, the opportunity to go forward (to the point).
Xu Genbao's point of view than Nie Weiping's "prediction" more let our fans feel close to the fans, for the fans, in their lifetime to see our national team into the World Cup 1 to 2 times, will be incomparably happy and honorable thing! The World Cup is held once every four years, and the next World Cup will have only 32 participating teams.
After dealing with the problem of "who is the opponent", the next biggest headache is the problem of "where to play". Today's publication of the Beiqing Daily published an op-ed titled national football preparation for the 12 strong match, immigration issues to think about, elaborating on the "where to play" status quo as well as China's Football Association's senior considerations. At present, the AFC is still preparing for the 12-team tournament according to the "home and away system". However, in view of the current situation of immigration control in various countries, the possibility of the "tournament system" is increasing (the AFC is also inclined to such a tournament system and has put forward a proposal to the AFC).
The most comforting news for the fans in the article is: for the various problems that may be encountered during the 12-team tournament, and even extreme situations, our Football Association and the national team have done a good job in anticipation, and pay close attention to the relevant tournament organization plan. After the results of the draw were announced, the Football Association will send the backbone of affairs to form an advance delegation, in advance to the away field to investigate and implement the training site, hotel, transportation and other security conditions, to ensure that "there is no danger of preparation".
In fact, in the three matches after the Top 40, our team lost home advantage due to the epidemic, but still managed to achieve three consecutive victories in the UAE to advance to the Top 12 with their heads held high. The worst-case scenario for future Top 12 matches would be to play in a neutral country. But thanks to the advance preparations made by our Football Association and the national team team, everything will develop in the direction of favoring our soccer. No matter how much difficulty we encounter, we will not be able to shake our soccer team's determination to strive for the World Cup!
