China Super League (CSL) is in full swing
However, in this intense pace of play, the league's spectacle seems to be greatly weakened. This is all for the honor of the World Cup, and the curtain has not yet opened, the international players are already in the middle of intense preparation, and time race.
Vietnam, the rival of the same group in the 12th round, had a mouthful for our men's soccer team. They have long started to prepare for this crucial battle, and the Vietnam Football Association (VFA) has spared no effort. Not only did they succeed in convincing the Vietnamese government in the middle of this month to let the national team hold their home matches in Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium, they also succeeded in lobbying professional clubs to extend the league to restart after the Lunar New Year next year, with the aim of giving the national team more time to prepare for the match.
The confidence of the Vietnamese soccer team is evident as they have started to "fly before the birds". The team's head coach Park Hang-su will also return home to join the team at the end of this month. Unsurprisingly, the Vietnamese team will gather for training in early August, half a month earlier than the original schedule of August 24th.
As we all know, in Group B, Japan and Australia are much stronger than other opponents, and it seems that our team can only fight with Saudi Arabia for the third place. The progress of Vietnamese soccer in recent years is obvious to all, but against Australia and Saudi Arabia, and even Japan, Vietnam is obviously not strong enough to pose a threat. Vietnam's view of the national soccer team seems to be too belittling, and the real fight is still on the field.
Today, data from the supercomputer predicted that Vietnam's probability of breaking through in the 12-team tournament and entering the 2022 World Cup is only 2.28%. The Vietnamese media believes that their probability of breaking into the World Cup is even lower than that of our country (7.36%). The media outlet commented that the soccer world is full of miracles. The probability of Leicester City winning the 2015/16 English Premier League title is only 0.02%, and the probability of the myth created by Greece in Euro 2004 is only 0.67%. However, Vietnamese media seem to be overly optimistic. It is important to know that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Vietnamese soccer is not yet strong enough to sweep everything, and it is still unknown whether they can double up Oman in the two-legged match.
