Sohu Sports Express, today (June 15), Sports Weekly revealed that China's soccer team in the latest FIFA ranking list or will face a further decline, very likely to fall from the throne of the top ten in Asia.
According to Sports Weekly, the epidemic has had a profound impact on the domestic soccer community, with the organization of various events and matches encountering heavy challenges. The Chinese Super League was only restarted at the beginning of this month. Against this backdrop, it makes little sense for the national team to use the competition window to organize training. In view of the epidemic prevention requirements, the national football team can not go abroad to participate in warm-up matches, and even more can not invite opponents to China, which makes all levels of national teams are in a kind of "silent" state. At the same time, other countries and regions in Asia, but the team is actively using this window for training and competition, the national team tournament is particularly intensive.
The points of our soccer team did not change as one international A match was not played. Currently, the only tournament in which our team can earn FIFA technical points is the East Asian Cup to be held in Japan next month. However, facing strong opponents such as South Korea and Japan, if our team cannot win or draw, they will also face the deduction of technical points in case of a loss. Therefore, in order to maintain or even improve the current points ranking and return to the top ten in Asia, next month's East Asian Cup is especially crucial.
More urgently, if our soccer team cannot quickly resume normal international exchanges, its road to development will be even more difficult. More importantly, this FIFA ranking will be the basis for the 2023 Asian Cup group stage draw. Although the AFC has not yet announced the specific grading basis and principles, the final determination of the host is also unknown.
(Editor: Xiaoyu)
