Qatar successfully defended its title, China ranked eighteenth, and West Asian power rose
In the last game of the men's Asian Cup, Afif's three hat-tricks allowed Qatar to win the championship 3-1, which is also a duel between the two best fullbacks in West Asia, Afif scored two penalties alone, and Tamari's performance is also very good, in terms of performance alone, Afif is much better, and it is completely possible to use the strength of one person to influence the victory, in addition, Jordan's youngster Neimat and Qatar's naturalized central defender Mendes are the biggest highlights in this World Cup. Naimat, Qatar's Mendes, is definitely the biggest highlight of this World Cup, Ma Ning scored three penalties in a row in the final, which is also a highlight, only South Koreans in East Asia have reached the quarterfinals, while the Chinese team is ranked in the round of 18.
In the past, only Saudi Arabia and Iran could compete with East Asia in an all-round way, and Iran was the only country that could compete with Japan and South Korea. In this year's Asian Cup, the West Asian team is also a strong momentum: Iraq and Japan drew 2:2; Jordan drew 2:2 with South Korea; Iran defeated Japan 2-1; Jordan beat South Korea 2-0; China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, all lost to the West Asian team; Today, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, and even the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, any team can make the strong teams in East Asia suffer a little.
Palestine is very different from other teams in West Asia, such as Syria. After a period of turmoil in Syria, the system of the national team is already very poor, the players of the generation such as Soma and Mawass have grown old, and their teams have been unable to adapt to the new era, so a large number of naturalized players have joined their team, and the same is true for Palestine, who are not willing to invest too much money in the long-term development of football, whether it is Lebanon or Iraq. The same is true for Lebanon, Iraq and other countries, their physique is already very good, plus those outstanding foreign immigrants, their skills and physical strength are good, as long as the strategy is used reasonably, West Asia can make up for the distance between Europe and the United States.
Not only Japan and South Korea, but also the major powers in Southeast Asia have also embarked on the road of naturalization. Vietnam is relatively traditional, with a majority of locals, while Thailand has put a lot of effort into the back, bringing in tall players to fill their shortcomings, Indonesia and Malaysia have performed well, their main forces have been naturalized, and soon there are results, Malaysia, South Korea and Indonesia have all successfully qualified. Every team in Asia is basically on the right track.
In addition to the Chinese men's football team, the youth echelon of Chinese football is backward, the quality of the players is not high, the lack of long-term planning, there is no set of tactical systems suitable for themselves for many years, and there is no fixed tactical system. There is only one good news for China, and that is the Chinese technical team, which made a fool of themselves in the World Cup, allowing Ma Ning and other referees to get back on the field.