Reporter Chen Yong reports On March 3, the Chinese men's national football team gathered in Beijing, and the national football team will play in the 7th and 8th rounds of the round of 18 in March, away against Saudi Arabia and at home against Australia, and the national football team will conduct training and games in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh and Hangzhou. At present, it seems that the national football team has encountered some problems at the personnel level: the old naturalized players Fernando and Alan have said goodbye, the new naturalized Oscar and Serginho have not yet completed the formalities, and the local main players and rotating internationals have been given a cold reception in the league, with less than 45% of the playing time.

In the first 6 rounds of the round of 18, the national football team has 6 points with 2 wins and 4 losses, which is the same as Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and Australia, which ranks second in the group, has only 7 points. As a result, the competition in Group C where the national football team is located is extremely cruel. At present, the national football team has the possibility of hitting the second place, of course, the more realistic goal is to enter the top four of the group and then advance to the next stage of the Asian preliminaries.

In order to accomplish this goal, the national football team should not lose in the away games against Saudi Arabia on the 21st and at home against Australia on the 25th, that is, the goal of guaranteeing 2 points and 4 points, and even if there is a loss, we must strive to win a victory.

However, the national football team currently has certain problems at the personnel level, the original naturalized players Alain and Fernando were not selected for the national football team because they failed to continue to play in the Chinese Super League, and the newly naturalized Serginho and Oscar have not yet completed the procedures. Oscar updated social media on the 2nd: "When the door closes, a window opens. Don't focus on closed doors, but look for open windows. Such expressions give the impression that there is a problem with his naturalization procedures. And Serginho, whose naturalization process is progressing well, is likely to draw with the national football team in March.

This means that in the March campaign, the national football team is very likely to play with existing players, but the local internationals have been generally given a cold reception in the league: of the existing 32 internationals, 15 have started in the previous round of 18, and another 5 have come off the bench, and a total of 20 people with experience in the round of 18 will have 60 appearances in the Super Cup, AFC Champions League Classic and Chinese Super League in 2025, but only 23 games have played 60 minutes or more, accounting for only 38%. In terms of playing time, the total game time is 5,400 minutes, and the actual playing time of these 20 players is only 2,427 minutes, accounting for less than 45%.

Specific to individuals, Zhang Yuning, Wang Ziming, Xu Haoyang, Wang Haijian, Yang Zexiang and Wang Dalei played very badly, except for Wang Dalei is a red card and suspended; The other five showed no signs of improvement. The situation of Bai Helamu, Wang Shangyuan, Huang Zhengyu, Li Lei and Gao Zhunyi is not optimistic, and Wang Shangyuan is the cause of injury; There are only 9 people who have played relatively steadily, namely three central defenders Jiang Shenglong, Jiang Guangtai and Wei Zhen, fullback Hu Hetao, and Lin Liangming, Xie Wenneng, Cao Yongjing, Wei Shihao and Cheng Jin in the midfield position of full-back. Positionally, the midfielders and strikers are still the problem. Although the national football team recruited young players such as Wang Yudong for overseas training, these players are more likely to participate in team training, feel the team atmosphere, stimulate intra-team competition when the AFC Champions League international players have not arrived, and can get the opportunity to play in the March battle of the top 18, and there should be a very small number of people.

In this case, the national football team needs more detailed technical and tactical design to make up for it, of course, the more important thing is the mental outlook, in the past three top 18 matches, the national football team's tenacious fighting spirit and confident mentality are the most recognized by fans.