With the November preliminaries approaching, and the footsteps of next year's Asian Cup becoming clearer and clearer, China's national soccer team has handpicked Malaysia and Syria to prepare for the warm-up on September's International Match Day.On September 9 and 12, the national soccer team will compete with these two teams respectively. Before the official showdown, Malaysia and Syria have already started a wonderful warm-up match!
In this matchup, Malaysia showed amazing resilience and fighting spirit. Even after falling behind 0-2, they still managed to chase down two goals in a row and eventually drew with Syria with a score of 2-2.
For a long time, fans have been familiar with Malaysia's strengths. However, we rarely see them in the national team arena, as they are usually regarded as a good "underdog" team in the soccer field. In contrast, the strength of the Syrian team seems to put more pressure on the fans.
The West Asian powerhouse has caused problems for the national soccer team on several occasions during the qualifying stage. In particular, during Lippi's tenure, the national soccer team drew with Syria in a crucial qualifying match and eventually missed out on a chance to reach the World Cup.
In retrospect, Syria has always played the "shadow" of the national soccer team in two world qualifiers. Now, they were leading by two goals and drew 2-2 with Malaysia. Is it Malaysia's progress or Syria's regression? The answer to all this may be revealed after the warm-up match between the national soccer team and Malaysia.
One thing is for sure, it will undoubtedly be a tough challenge for the national soccer team to win the warm-up match against Malaysia. Meanwhile, Malaysian soccer has made remarkable progress in recent years, especially their youth training system and the performance of their national junior players. Meanwhile, the national soccer team's player lineup, coached by Jankovic, is generally older, with the likes of Stanley Wang, Zhang Linpeng, Yan Junling, Ekerson and Wu Xi all over the age of 32. Teams that rely on veterans will inevitably face challenges in the long run.
Thankfully, naturalized player Eckerson's statement gave fans some comfort as they prepare for the Malaysia warm-up match. Ackerson said, "Whether it's Malaysia or Syria, we'll give it our all and treat the warm-up matches as real preliminaries!"
This indicates that the national football team will go all out in the upcoming warm-up matches, aiming to be at their best to meet their opponents and get ready for the preliminaries in November.
