Late on the night of April 1, the AFC officially unveiled the final schedule of matches to follow in the World Qualifying 40 tournament. For our men's soccer team, their first match will be against Guam on May 30, followed by a challenge against the Maldives on June 3, and then the Philippines on another six days, before a crucial showdown with Syria on June 15th.
Whether it's the home field advantage or the gradual schedule, it's a good idea for the
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For that matter, it's certainly good news.
notwithstanding the fact that
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It will have to fight for second place in the group to advance, but it is clear that such a victory will not be achieved by the last game against Syria alone in a do-or-die match.
Warm-ups that are hard to "talk about"
On April 3, under the leadership of Li Tie, the
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Completed the last warm-up game of this training. Facing the astringent Shandong Taishan
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Easily beat their opponents 3-0.
This brings Li Tie's warm-up record to eight straight wins.
This achievement has allowed
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Three seemingly "dazzling" records were set - 8 straight wins became
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Longest winning streak; 29 goals in eight games, showing the
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of the offense; the last three shutouts have proved that Li Tie's commitment to the
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Defense is valued.
However, it's all just warm-ups. And
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Most of the opponents were domestic teams that did not field a starter.
There is a key reason behind this and that is
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The opponents in the warm-up matches are very "sensible" - in the case of the national team's active preparation for the Top 40, as opponents, they naturally do not take intense action to "real". The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on the ball and get it out of the way.
Obviously, 8 consecutive victories, especially the last 3 games shutout opponents, such results are water. Just as when Gao Hongbo wore the title of the king of warm-up matches, the outside world did not boast too much about it.
8-0 Shenyang Chengjian, 1-0 Wuhan Zhuoer, 4-1 Shanghai SIPG, 4-0
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5-1 Wachovia Wonderful, 2-0
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The 2-0 Henan Songshan Longmen, 3-0 Shandong Taishan. Behind this series of victories, there is a certain "water".
Hardly top of the table yet still a terrible second
In the main round of the 40-team tournament, our team is in the second place of the standings with seven points from one less round of the tournament. Syria, which is in first place, has 15 points.
In the "two best" and three weakest groups in Group A.
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Trying to break out as the top of the group has been an impossible task.
Being second in one of the four best-performing groups was
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The only hope for promotion at the moment.
Looking at the horizontal standings, the national team's seven points is not an advantage. second and third in group b have the same 10 points, second Bahrain in group c has nine points, Uzbekistan in group d has the same nine points, second Oman in group e already has 12 points, second Tajikistan in group f has 10 points in hand, second Malaysia in group g has nine points, and second and third in group h both have eight points.
It follows that
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Instead of being one of the four best-performing groups in second place, they are now the worst.
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Current points situation
Avoid losing points on the Philippines
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For that matter, the good news is that getting 10 points for the final 4 rounds is not difficult.
After all, in the first round against Maldives
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A 5-0 win and then a 7-0 "massacre" against Guam.
让
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The reason for such an embarrassing ranking is that
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The players lacked the toughness and determination to play hardball - being held to a draw by the Philippines' Iron Barrel Formation and then beaten 2-1 by the West Asian wolves, Syria.
this time
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Once again, they will have to make sure they get all three points against the three weaker teams, and then just observe the rest of the groups before their final match against Syria.
