China News Service, July 1st. On the afternoon of the 1st, Beijing time, the results of the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region of the top 12 draws were announced. The national football team is in the same group as Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Vietnam.
In an interview with the AFC, the national football coach Li Tie bluntly stated that the draw result was "very good."
In June of this year, the National Football Team defeated opponents such as Maldives, the Philippines and Syria in succession under the influence of external disadvantages such as losing "home advantage", experiencing long-distance travel and schedule changes, and advanced to the Qatar World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region with the second place in the group.
The advancement quota is hard-won. Looking forward to the upcoming top 12 matches, Li Tie said frankly: "Because of the epidemic, we have not played any quality friendly matches abroad in the past two years, so I hope to compete in the top 12. Before including the middle stage, we can get several (high-quality) games of exercise."
The picture shows the national football coach Li Tie in the game.
Image source: Visual China
In the end, the national football team is divided into group B with Vietnam, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan.
When asked what he thinks of this grouping, Li Tie said: "Very good, we will do our best to play every match."
Finally, Li Tie also expressed his gratitude to the national football fans: "Our Chinese team has very, very many fans, which gave us a lot of support. This is also a huge motivation for us to play in the national team."
According to the current arrangement of the AFC, the top 12 matches will be held on September 2 and September 7 in 2021; October 7 and October 12; November 11 and November 16; January 27, 2022 Day, February 1; March 24, March 29.
The game will be played at home and away.
The top two in each group of the top 12 will directly win the right to participate in the Qatar World Cup, and the two groups will directly compete for the third place to compete for an intercontinental play-off ticket.
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