Is the national football team going to the World Cup?

"Facing teams that are better than us, we will always work hard and accept any result against them, but we will not give up every game easily." at the pre-match press conference. , Li Tie's eyes had the same determination as usual. In the early morning of September 3rd, Beijing time, the national football team will make its debut in the top 12. The opponent is the Australian team, currently ranked 35th in the world.

Before the start of the top 12 matches, the Chinese Football Association released the documentary "Unity is Iron" about the top 40 national football matches. From the players to the coaching team, every detail of the national football team’s campaign in the top 40 games is told like a story. Through the language of the camera, everyone once again sent encouragement to the national football team before the new expedition.

Looking back to Suzhou more than three months ago, on the third day after the end of the Chinese Super League, the national team gathered again, and the red slogan "TIE Together" on the training ground was particularly conspicuous.

After 501 days as the head coach of the national football team, Li Tie will finally play his first official game. "Cherish every day in the national team and cherish the opportunity to work in the national team." Li Tie said this in Wu Lei's training after returning to the team, and this is what he often instills in his players.

However, 52 hours before the game against Guam, Fernando was accidentally injured in the last training session. After losing a major player before the game, the national football team's journey to the top 40 games was not smooth.

"Based on the recommendations of the AFC, the Chinese Football Association agreed to decide on the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar & 2023 AFC China Asian Cup Joint Qualifiers Second Stage (Top 40) Group A The remaining games will be moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.”

Affected by the epidemic, the game suddenly needed to be relocated, leaving only 3 days for the national football team to prepare. After defeating Guam 7-0, the national football team faced off. Here comes a bigger challenge.

After nearly 10 hours of travel, the national football team arrived in the UAE at 6pm local time. In order to adjust to the time difference faster, the national football team arrived at the training ground 3 hours after arriving in the UAE.

The high temperature and high humidity in the United Arab Emirates gave the national football team a hard blow like a stick. The difficult weather conditions and the exhaustion during training caused the team members to suffer from physical dehydration. "If you only drink sports drinks during training sessions, you can drink 3 boxes of 24 bottles in a box."

In this way, the national football team began preparations for the last three games of the top 40 competition.

All the national players bluntly stated that the top 12 games are not about winning prizes, but they hope to compete in the World Cup

In the early morning of September 3rd, Beijing time, the Chinese men’s football team will compete in Doha, Qatar. The stadium ushered in the first match of the top 12 Asian World Cup preliminaries, and the opponent was the Australian team. It is reported that in this top 12 series, in order to motivate the national football players, the Football Association has retained the reward system established in the previous top 40 matches to encourage players to win every game and qualify for the World Cup.

According to Sports Weekly reporter Ma Dexing, although the Football Association has not officially announced the specific reward system, judging from the previous reward situation, if the national football team can win in the top 12, the number of bonuses for a single game will be The amount should be 6 million yuan (before tax) when defeating the Syrian team. On average, each national player can receive about 60,000 yuan for a single victory.

Although the Football Association has set up a relevant reward system to encourage the national players to compete in the top 12, during this journey, many national players bluntly stated that the purpose was not to win bonuses, but to use this opportunity to compete in the World Cup. .

In an interview with reporters, Wu Xi, the captain of the national football team, even said bluntly: "The outside world always says that we only value money. As professional players, money is important to us, but I don't think there is any need to regard me as Damn it. We are here to play for our country in the top 12, not to see how much prize money we have. Even if there is no prize money, we still have to fight hard. After all, if we miss this opportunity, we may not have the chance, so this time. The journey does not require bonus incentives at all.”

The above content refers to China News Network-The National Football Team’s Road to the World Cup. These details are touching. Please continue to cheer for them!