November 1, focusing on the upcoming grand soccer event - the World Cup. According to China Youth Daily, the gap between the current national soccer team's competitive level in Asia and domestic leagues and that of world and Asian soccer is showing a trend of further widening.
The upcoming Qatar World Cup, which kicks off on November 21, will witness a magnificent chapter in Asian soccer, with a total of six Asian teams making the trip, a record high in World Cup history. It is worth noting that the Chinese Super League player Sun Junhao is expected to be the only representative of the World Cup. However, from the current situation, the national football team in Asia and the league level and the gap between world soccer and Asian soccer is still widening.
South Korea is eager to get out of the group stage, but the road to the group stage is full of challenges against strong teams such as Uruguay, Ghana and Portugal. With Korean fans still haunted by their failure to make it out of the group stage of the last World Cup, the South Koreans will need to give it their all to tap into the team's full potential in this year's World Cup.
Before the 2026 World Cup expansion to 48 teams, the Asian team's biggest goal is still to get out of the group. However, this year's World Cup in Qatar, six Asian teams in the group out of the situation is not optimistic. Japan and Spain, Germany, Costa Rica with the same group, Iran and England, Wales, the United States with the same group, Qatar and the Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador with the same group, Saudi Arabia and Argentina, Mexico with the same group, Australia and France, Denmark with the same group, the strength of the opponents in these groups is not bad, the Asian team to get out of the line, you need to pay more efforts.
The overall gap between Asian soccer and world soccer can be seen in the performance of the World Cup in Qatar. The overall gap between national football and Asian soccer and world soccer can also be seen from the daily trajectory. The national football team is still in the stage of basic planning and relationship rationalization, the goal of men's football among the top of Asia needs at least two big game cycle, even if the 2026 World Cup expansion to 48 teams, the national football team wants to break through still faces a huge challenge.
The new national team is scheduled to draw up its roster in January 2023. With the postponement of the Asian Cup to January 2024, the national football team has relatively ample time to prepare for the tournament. However, with the 2026 World Qualifier set to kick off in November next year, the current reserve of international players is not ideal. It is reported that after trying out local coaches such as Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng, the candidate for the head coach of the national football team in the new cycle is more inclined to hire an experienced foreign coach.
