In a month's time, the focus of Asian soccer will be on the World Cup qualifying round of 36, when the Chinese men's soccer team will do their best to aim for a return to World Cup glory. Asia's top 36 teams are about to kick off a fierce battle, and the Chinese men's soccer team has vowed to show its strength in this summit showdown.
However, achieving a breakthrough will not be easy. Our team will have to overcome a lot of obstacles because we are facing a very strong opponent! Although the Singaporean team is a bit weaker, the real rivals are South Korea and Thailand. In preparation for the upcoming World Qualifiers, the strongest teams, including South Korea, have been training and warming up intensively. They swept Africa's strongest team, Tunisia, 4-0 in a warm-up match, followed by a 6-0 win over Vietnam, showing the style of Asia's top teams!
South Korea is ranked 26th in the FIFA rankings and third in Asia. Their opponent, Vietnam, is ranked 95th in Asia, but it has risen rapidly in recent years and has become a new force in Asian soccer. Although Vietnam lost 0-2 to China in a warm-up match not long ago, they were not the underdogs in the match. Possession rate, number of shots, threat of attack and other data show that Vietnam is better than the Chinese men's football team, facing South Korea, they are not favored, but at least have the power to fight.
However, the game progressed unexpectedly. Korea was the first to break through just six minutes into the match. Kim Min Ja scored a header off a corner kick to break the deadlock and take a 1-0 lead. Korea made a comeback in the 27th minute. Lee Jae-seong's clever direct kick and Hwang Hee-chan's shot from inside the penalty area made the score 2-0, and Korea was firmly in control of the game.
In the second half, Korea's offense continued. Son Heung-miao created an oval ball, and then his teammates assisted him to score another goal to extend the score to 4-0, and the suspense of the game was gone. Lee Gang-in and Jung Yo-young then scored to make the final score 6-0, and Korea won three consecutive warm-up matches. The team scored 11 goals without conceding a single goal in the three matches, with excellent performances on both offense and defense.
In November, the Chinese men's soccer team will face South Korea at home. Given the current state of the South Korean team, it is difficult for the Chinese team to pose a threat. a place in Group C seems to have been locked by the South Korean team in advance. At present, it seems that the Chinese team wants to break through in Group C, the difficulty is self-evident.
