Japanese media criticized the expansion of the World Cup: Chinese men's football team will lower the Asian level! FIFA expresses its position
Qatar World Cup continues to kick off, and the performance of Asian teams is amazing. Saudi team and Japanese team were upset one after another. The South Korean team could beat Uruguay in the whole game, especially Saudi and Japan reversed the situation and beat Argentina and Germany, making the world admire the Asian football team. FIFA Chairman Gianni also made a public statement in an interview with the media: he is especially looking forward to seeing the Chinese team and Italy qualify in the next World Cup. In order to allow more teams to participate in the World Cup stage, FIFA plans to expand to 48 teams in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
However, Japanese media openly criticized FIFA's plan to expand its military expansion for the next World Cup. An article in the "Japanese Modern Digital" not only pointed out that FIFA expanded Asian teams from 4.5 to 8.5 purely for making money, but also quoted local netizens' remarks: Chinese men's football team will lower the level of Asia. Japanese media believe that FIFA is not thirsty for Chinese football teams, but that if you have money, you won’t make money! The Japanese media's voice also caused discussion.
Speaking of this, many fans hold different views. Some fans believe that even if the Chinese men's football team has the opportunity to participate in the World Cup, it will be the end of the first round of the tournament; some fans believe that the Chinese men's football team should indeed appear on the stage of the World Cup. Why do you say so? Although the national football team did not play in this Qatar World Cup, the largest sponsor country of the World Cup was China. The sponsorship fees of Chinese companies exceeded 10 billion yuan, surpassing the United States to become the world's number one. So, once there is a Chinese team playing on the World Cup stage, the sponsorship fee may double.
Chinese netizens are also powerless to refute this! According to the allocation plan of FIFA, the quotas for participating in the next US, Canada and Mexico World Cup are as follows: 16 in Europe, 9.5 in Africa, 8.5 in Asia, 26.5 in North, Central and American, Caribbean HTML, 6.5 in South America, 21.5 in Oceania HTML (of which the host automatically qualifies). The expansion of the World Cup has given many Chinese fans hope: the Chinese team may advance into the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup. Even Milu, the "magic coach" who once led China to the World Cup, said: Don't look at the past, look at the future, focus on cultivating young players and playing many important games to improve experience. With hard training, the Chinese men's football team will definitely have a chance.
But according to the current FIFA visual rankings, the Chinese team ranks 9th in Asia and 73rd in the world (the ranking continues to decline). The Japanese media reports are not groundless, and they also remind the Chinese national football team to learn from the Chinese women's football team. For FIFA, the competitive level of China's men's football team may not be the most important. The achievements obtained by the men's football team have little influence in the World Cup, in other words, they are just teams of other powerful countries. However, if Chinese teams can enter the World Cup, the value and interests behind it are one aspect, and football can be better promoted in Asia, which is crucial.
In fact, the self-deprecation of domestic netizens for expanding their military is even sharper than that of Japanese media. "Everything in China is possible in the world, only men's football team." In the first half of the year, the national football team members also had a fierce verbal battle with the entertainment industry, but if they wanted others to shut up and praise him, shouldn’t they speak with their strength? Both Asian countries, on the basis of the same innate conditions, the national football team even tied Saudi Arabia 1:1. Now they are shining in the World Cup, but the Chinese men's football team is watching TV at home. What can the 8.5 quota expansion in Asia be like? If the Chinese men's football team feels that the next US, Canada and Mexico World Cup is stable and waiting for work, it will be a waste of money in the end.
Japanese League and Saudi League are worth learning from. Now, what we need to do is to calm down, develop youth training well, straighten the league, promote campus football , let capable managers lead the team, and eliminate the bad trends in football. Just as Milu said, don’t think about what happened, we must grasp the future. Not long ago, Guoan team eventually lost to this unknown county amateur team.This shows that local teams are making efforts. They do not have the "red tape" of the Football Association's material selection, and they are dedicated to development and play games wholeheartedly. Therefore, they can have the ambition and ambition of not losing to professional teams. This is a good thing and a good opportunity. I hope that Chinese football can find a talent training system that suits them and national conditions, and finally get rid of the embarrassing situation where it is difficult to achieve results at the moment.