Time flies quickly, February 2024 is about to pass halfway, and now the start time of the two world preliminaries between the national football team and the Singapore team in March is getting closer and closer.
Previously, the national football team defeated Thailand 2-1 away in the group stage of the World Preliminary Tournament, and lost 0-3 to South Korea at home, scoring 3 points and temporarily ranking 3rd in the group. Despite this, because of the away victory over the Thai team, the national football team's group qualification situation is still very optimistic.
As long as they defeat the Singapore team home and away in the next two group games of the World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team will basically have the second place in the group and can successfully advance to the top 18 knockout rounds of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championship.
Judging from the paper strength of the national football team and Singapore, the Chinese team should not have much problem winning the opponent. However, in the past few years, the national football team has had many gutter capstries in international competitions. Once the national football team loses points in the two games against Singapore, then the Thai team will regain the initiative to qualify from the group. Therefore, the national football team must beat Singapore home and away and score as many goals as possible to secure second place in the group.
And now the national football team is facing a problem, that is, Jankovic has decided to step down, but the Football Association has not yet found a new coach for the national football team. Previously, many world famous coaches, including Queiroz, Sanchez and Ivankovic, had scandals with the national football team.
However, the appetite of the Football Association seems to be even greater. It is reported that Song Kai is in the picture of the Italian coach Mancini. After Saudi Arabia were eliminated by South Korea in the Asian Cup, Mancini's departure also seemed a foregone conclusion. Mancini has no plans to leave Asia and wants to continue to coach an Asian team and achieve enough results to prove himself.
It can be said that Mancini is currently the most famous candidate for the new coach of the national football team, and he once led the Italian national team to win the European Championship. In terms of clubs, he has also led teams in the Premier League and Serie A to achieve excellent results.
Of course, as a famous coach of the World Cup, Mancini's requirements for an annual salary are also very high, certainly not lower than Queiroz. And Song Kai, the new chairman of the Football Association, now urgently needs the national football team to achieve outstanding results to prove that his ability is above his predecessor. Therefore, this time Song Kai will be very likely to take a big gamble to meet Mancini's request and let him lead the national football team to attack the World Cup again.
Although there is not much time left for Mancini now, considering the strength of the Singapore team, the chances of the national football team winning are still very large. Looking back on the past 10 years, the national football team and the Singapore team have played each other twice, defeating the opponent 6-1 and 4-0 respectively. And this also gives the Chinese team more psychological advantages when playing against the Singapore team.
As we all know, FIFA has adjusted the format of the 2026 World Cup, and the number of participating teams in the Asian region has been reduced from 45 became 85 pcs. Therefore, although the strength of the national football team has been declining continuously, with the help of the world-famous coach Mancini, the possibility of the national football team reaching the World Cup finals again is not completely impossible. As long as the time and place are favorable, the national football team has every hope of appearing on the big stage of the World Cup for the second time in 24 years!
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