In Southeast Asian soccer, the Indonesian men's soccer team has stirred up the storm with its strategy of bringing in a number of foreign players. However, in the sixth round of the group stage, their performance was limited to a victory over the Saudi men's soccer team, which was like a shooting star in the night sky. Meanwhile, Bahrain's men's soccer team surprised fans around the world by beating Australia's men's soccer team on the road in the first round of the tournament, but their subsequent performances have been a little more subdued.
In comparison, the performance of the Chinese men's soccer team was once shameful. They suffered three consecutive defeats in the first three rounds of the group stage, once making domestic fans lose confidence in the future. But the turnaround came in the fourth round at home against Indonesia, where the Chinese men's soccer team turned around and won 2-1, followed by a 1-0 win on the road against Bahrain, two consecutive victories that rekindled their hopes of advancing to the World Cup.
Despite the complexity of the current situation, the Chinese men's soccer team is full of opportunities. Some fans tease that the national football team at this time as a fisherman, the opportunity of the World Cup is beckoning to us. This is not unreasonable. As a relatively weak team in the group stage, the Chinese men's soccer team is more profitable in the chaotic situation, because then they will not be pulled by the other teams to open up too big a gap. The goal of the Chinese men's soccer team is not just to finish second in the group, but to finish in the top four and advance to the next stage of the preliminaries. While it is still theoretically possible to make a run at second place in the group, the reality is harsh. Recently, the CFA has also made adjustments in its naturalized player strategy, bringing in Congolese foreigner Oscar and Brazilian foreigner Osney.
