The much-anticipated draw for the AFC Top 12 tournament group will be staged in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the late afternoon of July 1st. At that time, far away in Suzhou, the national football association senior, head coach Li Tie and so on will participate in this event through remote video. In less than three days, the long-standing mystery of "who the national soccer team will play against" will be revealed.
Despite the outcome of the draw, the national soccer team seems to be in a precarious situation, as it failed to win the group in the 40-team tournament and is ranked ninth in Asia. In the "12 to 4.5" fierce competition to grab qualification, the difficulty is self-evident. However, Xu Genbao's predecessor emphasized more than once that the soccer game is different from others, the strong team may not be able to beat the weak team, in front of the opportunity, we must go forward.
Xu Genbao's point of view than Nie Weiping's "prediction" more fans feel close. For fans, witnessing the national football team advance to the World Cup at least twice in their lifetime will be a matter of immense happiness and honor! After all, the World Cup is once every four years, and the next World Cup will have only 32 teams.
In fact, after solving the problem of "with whom to play", the next biggest headache is "where to play" problem. Recently, the Beiqing Daily published an article entitled "national football team to prepare for the 12 strong match, immigration issues to think about the article, detailing the "where to play" the status quo as well as the consideration of the CFA senior management. Currently, the AFC is still preparing for the 12-team tournament under the "home and away system". However, considering the situation of immigration control in various countries, the possibility of a "tournament system" is increasing (the CFA is also inclined to this system and has made suggestions to the AFC).
The most comforting news for the fans in the article is that: on the various problems that may be encountered during the 12 strong, and even extreme cases, the CFA and the national team have made full prejudgement, and pay close attention to the dynamics of the organization of the 12 strong competition plan. Once the results of the draw are announced, the Football Association will send business backbone composed of advance delegation, in advance to the away field to investigate and implement the training site, hotel, transportation and other security conditions, really do "a red heart, more than one hand to prepare".
In fact, in the last three matches of the 40-team tournament, the national soccer team lost the home field advantage due to the epidemic, but still won three consecutive victories in the United Arab Emirates and advanced to the 12-team tournament with their heads held high. The worst thing that could happen to the future of the 12-team tournament is that it will be played in a neutral country. But because the CFA and the national team have prepared well in advance, all things will develop in the direction of favoring the national football team. No matter how difficult it is, it will not be able to shake the national soccer team's firm belief in striving for progress and striving for the World Cup!
