Only one step away from the last 12 competition.
As the saying goes, the past is not forgotten, and the future is a teacher. In the final of 20 17 12, China was in the same group as Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Syria and Qatar, and Gao Hongbo led the team.
The first game lost to South Korea 2-3 away, and the second game drew Iran 0-0 at home. It should be said that the first two rounds were also against the two strongest teams in the same group, and the national team led by Gao Hongbo was stronger than that led by Li Tie.
However, when "Gao Jiajun" faced Syria, which was considered to be the weakest team in the same group at home in the next third round, China unexpectedly lost 0-/kloc-0, which made the situation suddenly out of control. The whole team immediately went to the away game with ecstasy and lost to Uzbekistan 0-2. Only accumulated 1 point in four rounds, and the qualifying situation collapsed even more than this year's 12 competition.
At the post-match press conference after losing to Uzbekistan, Gao Hongbo offered to resign, and then Lippi took over as the coach of China team and began to fight back against the difficulties.
In the fifth round at home, China drew with Qatar 0-0; At home in the sixth round, China 1: 0 defeated South Korea; The seventh round was 0: 1 lost to Iran. Please note that in the last 12 tournament, China only scored five points after seven rounds, but who would have thought that they would still have a chance to compete for the third place in the group and play the play-offs?
In the following three rounds, China drew 2-2 away, defeated Uzbekistan at home 1-0, and defeated Qatar 2- 1 away, and finally ranked fifth in the group with 12 points. But if you look at the standings, you will find that China is really "one step away".
In the final standings of the last 12 championship, the Iranian team scored 22 points to qualify for the first place in the group, but the Korean team ranked second in the group with only 15 points, only one victory away from China (3 points). In the third and fourth place, both Syria and Uzbekistan scored 13, only more than China 1 minute.
That is to say, even in the case of five points in seven rounds, if Lippi leads the team to beat the opponent away from Syria instead of a draw, then China will occupy the third place in the group with 14 points, thus qualifying for the play-offs.
1 1 Two home courts seize the opportunity.
As we all know, due to the epidemic prevention and control, the two original home courts of China in the four rounds before the 12 championship finally chose neutral venues, namely Doha in Qatar and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, with a record of 1 victory 1 loss. At the press conference after the 2-3 defeat to Saudi Arabia, Li Tie also made it clear that he hoped that the next home game would be held in China, because the team needed the encouragement and encouragement of the fans.
According to the schedule, China has two home games in June, 5438+065438+ 10, the fifth round against Oman and the sixth round against Australia. In fact, compared with the last 12 tournament, you will find that there is almost no difference between the opponent's strength and the distribution of home and away games.
The current China team holds 3 points, which is actually more advantageous than the last 12 tournament. Lippi's national team only scored 4 points in the 5th and 6th rounds (1 win 1 draw). However, if Li Tie's national team can score 4 points or even 6 points (2 wins) in these two home games, China's precarious qualifying situation will stabilize and continue to maintain its due competitiveness.
In fact, China was originally the fourth team after the AFC 12 team relayed Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia. It is difficult to qualify directly with the top two in the group, but it is the established goal to compete for the third play-off in the group. To achieve this goal, China needs to win the game that he should win, and at the same time, create good results against the top three teams, just like when he beat the Korean team at home10 in the last 12 game.
Generally speaking, in the next six games, China needs to complete the "double play" against Oman and Viet Nam, so as to accumulate points for the third place in the group and create good results in the second round against Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Only in this way can China 12' s summit trip not become an "honor war" early.
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