The attention will be on the 2022 World Cup qualifying round of 40 in Asia, and the drums have been beating for our soccer team.
Looking back at the Top 40 tournament, which begins on September 5, 2019, our team is in Group A, along with Syria, the Philippines, Maldives & Guam. There are only 12 places available in the Asian battlefield, with the top of each group and the four second-placed teams with the most impressive results competing for qualification to the Round of 12.
China's soccer team 2022 WC Asian 40 fixtures and results:
September 10, 2019 23:00: Maldives 0:5 Our country
October 10, 2019 20:00: Our country 7:0 Guam
October 15, 2019 19:30: Philippines 0:0 Our country
November 14, 2019 21:30: Syria 2:1 Our country
The remaining four matches on our team's schedule for the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament (expected to start in late May 2021, exact date to be determined):
Guam vs.
China vs Maldives
China vs Philippines
China vs Syria
In the remaining leg of the 40-team tournament, the national soccer team will challenge Guam (away), Maldives (home), Philippines (home) and Syria (home) in turn. Currently, the national soccer team is in second place in the group standings with seven points from two wins, one draw and one loss.
Although our team is out of contention for the top spot in the group, Syria has won all five matches and has 15 points, eight points ahead of our team, and we still have to consider the five-point gap with Syria in the upcoming encounter, even if our team wins at home. Syria has doubled up on the Philippines, while our team needs a boost from the Maldives and Guam, or a mistake from Syria itself, to make a difference.
Our team will have to win all of its next four matches if it wants to advance to the Round of 12 as the second of the four groups with the best records.
Analytically speaking, facing the weaker Maldives and Guam, the national football team can at least guarantee three points. As for the Philippines and Syria, the situation is more complicated. Facing the group leader Syria, the national football team's chances of winning are minimal; while the match with the Philippines is a key battle to determine whether or not they can get out of the line. In the first round of the meeting, the national football team and the Philippines 0:0 draw, after the match, the Philippine team made it clear that the goal is directly referring to the final 12, which means that the national football team is about to play the battle of life and death.
Chinese soccer has gone through many vicissitudes, always hovering between hope and disappointment, and these emotions may be given by the fans inside.
Go, Chinese men's soccer!
