Can t beat Indonesia and miss the World Cup. The speed of expansion of the World Cup cannot keep up with the speed of Chinese men s football team regression

In the 9th round of the group stage of the World Cup qualifiers lasting yesterday, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-1 to Indonesia away, and was confirmed to miss the 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup one round ahead of schedule!

This is the Chinese men's football team who missed the World Cup for six consecutive times since the 2002 World Cup.

2002 Japan and South Korea World Cup, this is the second game after the World Cup expanded to 32 teams. The Chinese men's football team finally stood out in the qualifiers, successfully advanced to the World Cup, and achieved a breakthrough of 0.

Although the Chinese men's football team had 0 wins and 3 losses, 0 goals and conceded 9 goals, and returned in a defeat, many people believe that this is just the beginning!

But who would have thought that this was the peak!

In the 2006 German World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team missed the quarterfinals in the qualifiers.

In the 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team missed the top 10 matches in the qualifiers.

In the 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team missed the top 10 matches in the qualifiers.

In the 2018 Russian World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team finally reached the last 12 matches, but missed the World Cup in the fifth place in the group. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team also reached the top 12 matches, but ranked fifth in the group and missed the World Cup.

It can be said that the World Cup qualifiers are the highest-level matches that Chinese men's football team can play. After several World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team always gave people a little bit of a bad feeling, as if they had the chance to continue to move forward if they won one more game. As for the situation at that time, it seemed that as long as they gave 1-2 more places in the Asian competition area, the Chinese men's football team would have a good chance to enter the World Cup.

However, when the World Cup expansion really came, the Chinese men's football team was still a little bit short.

The 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup, there are 8.5 places in the Asian competition area. The fantasy of the Chinese men's football team has really come true, but the qualifiers are still a little bit worse. The quota has changed from 4.5 to 8.5, but I found that the Chinese men's football team still cannot reach it.

In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the speed of the expansion of the World Cup is far from keeping up with the speed of the regression of the Chinese men's football team.

Although the Chinese men's football team was bad before, they were not afraid of playing in Thailand, and they almost capsized. Although the Chinese men's football team used to be poor, they would not be at a disadvantage when they played Indonesia and Bahrain.

In Fan Zhiyi's words, if you really dare to lose anything, you may play in Vietnam, Laos, or even the Maldives in the future. We may not have a strong belief in winning. After all, won't the Chinese men's football team be tied for this World Cup qualifier?

With the current strength of the Chinese men's football team, 8.5 places in the Asian competition area are far from enough. Taking this World Cup qualifier as an example, the Chinese men's football team is likely to rank at the bottom of the group, that is, there must be 18 places in the Asian competition area, so that the Chinese men's football team can have hope of entering the World Cup. Please remember, it is the current strength! It does not represent the future! One day, if the World Cup is really going to continue to expand, and if there are 18 places in the Asian competition area, the Chinese men's football team may not be able to enter the World Cup.

Because strength is dynamic, it is very likely to continue to move down. If you dare to expand your army to 18 places, I dare not beat the Maldives.

Look at what big things the Chinese men's football team did in this qualifier:

was beaten by South Korea and Japan and admitted that they had no power to fight back.

It would be fine if it was defeated by the sluggish Australia and Saudi Arabia.

Home tied Thailand with a thrilling goal, but was tied by Singapore and unable to play Indonesia, it was also a thrilling victory against Bahrain...

Let's put it this way, although the Chinese men's football teams were poor in the past, they had no pressure to play.

The fastest way for Chinese men's football team to enter the World Cup is to host!