The round of 36 of the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers continued, and the Chinese team welcomed the Singapore team at the bottom of the group. In the case of being forced to draw by the opponent in the first leg, the Chinese team that returned to the home stadium finally did not drop the chain, they defeated the opponent 4-1, successfully won the first victory in 2024, returned to the top two in the standings, and firmly held the initiative of qualifying in their own hands!
In this World Cup qualifiers, the performance of the Chinese team can be said to have experienced a rollercoaster of ups and downs. In the first round of the game, facing the Thai team away, the Chinese team came from behind after conceding a goal first, and won the opponent 2-1, making a good start without danger. However, back at home to face the top seed South Korea in the group, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-3 to the opponent without any suspense, and because the Thai team defeated the Singapore team 3-1 in the other game in the same group, the Chinese team also temporarily fell to the third place in the group due to the disadvantage of goal difference.
In the third round, facing the weakest team in the group, Singapore, the Chinese men's football team still did not find the feeling of winning, they lost a good game after leading by two goals in the first half, and were scored twice by the opponent in a row, and only won a draw. In another game in the same group, the Thai team also had an upset, drawing 1-1 with the South Korean team, so the Chinese team's ranking can only continue to stay in the third place in the group. Fortunately, in the fourth round, our opponent was still Singapore, and this time, the Chinese team did not give the opponent a chance to fight back, with Wu Lei's outstanding performance, the Chinese team defeated the opponent 4-1, and the ranking was able to surpass Thailand and return to the second place in the standings.
With only two rounds left in the game, the Chinese team's qualifying situation is already very clear, and in the next round of direct dialogue between the home team and the Thai team, as long as the Chinese team can beat the opponent, then we can lock a ticket to the round of 18 in advance and advance with the South Korean team. However, once they are forced to draw by their opponents, then the qualification situation of the national football team is very complicated, and we must remain unbeaten in the final round against South Korea to determine the promotion, and if we lose to South Korea, it will depend on the result of another game. Therefore, we can only hope that the South Korean team that qualified ahead of schedule will release the water, otherwise we will most likely be out of the game because of the disadvantage of goal difference.
If there is a situation that we least want to see, and the Chinese team playing at home loses to the Thai team, then in the final round of the group stage, we must beat the South Korean team away to have a silver lining. Therefore, in this direct dialogue between the two teams, once the national football team loses, it is basically equivalent to going out of the game in advance and returning to the World Cup, and we can only hope for 2030.
In the next round of the game, Wu Lei, the number one star of the national football team, will be suspended for accumulating yellow cards.