It's not terrible to be beaten 0-1 by Saudi Arabia away, but it's terrible to have 0 shots on target, and it is difficult for the national football team to qualify for the World Cup

Due to the dominance of Group C of the round of 18, Japan has been advanced by 3 rounds and has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup; The remaining 5 teams are actually "rookies pecking each other", but this situation has rekindled the dream of the World Cup for the national football team, but after this campaign (Saudi Arabia 1-0 national football team), the dream is less, and fans also clearly understand that the national football team is still the bottom team in Group C of the round of 18.

In the 7th round of the round of 18, the national football team played Saudi Arabia away, and the congratulations and wishes of the fans were good, that is, at least 1 point was taken away from home. In fact, the weak national football team has encountered many difficulties in Saudi Arabia, the main central defender, the only starting naturalized player Jiang Guangtai retired from injury (Xie Pengfei came off the bench) and Lin Liangming's reckless flying kick caused the opponent to be sent to the hospital & he was dyed red, resulting in 1 less player for the national football team.

In the end, the national football team stuck to the rules, with only 20% possession in the whole game, and the tragic way of 0 shots on target in the whole game, which was killed 0-1 by Saudi Arabia away, and continued to be at the bottom with 6 points in 7 rounds; The Saudis deserved the victory with 19 shots, seven of which were on target. Whatever the reason, a game with 0 shots on target at full time, it's an absolutely one-sided game, a gap that is pressed to the ground and rubbed.

In the standings after 7 rounds of Group C in the round of 18, Japan has advanced with 19 points, Australia ranks second with 10 points, Saudi Arabia ranks third with 9 points, Indonesia, Bahrain and the national football team still have 6 points, and China ranks at the bottom with 11 goal difference. So the question is, can the national football team fight for the third or fourth place in Group C to play in the play-offs?

There are definitely opportunities, but the situation facing the national football team is still very difficult. In the next 3 world preliminaries, the national football team faced Australia in Hangzhou on March 25, and in this round of the world preliminaries, Australia swept the top 10 naturalized players at home 5-1 Indonesia, which shows that although the Kangaroo Army has declined in recent years, it is still strong at the Asian level and will be a strong contender for the second place in the group. In this campaign, the national football team needs to beat Australia at home, at least to get points, if the national football team loses Group C to fight for the fourth. The last two world preliminaries started in June this year, and the national football team will be away from Indonesia, which will be a game where both teams must take all three points, and the national football team is away, which is very difficult; The last game of the World Preliminary Tournament was played by the national football team at home against Bahrain, which was a game in which the national football team had to score three points.

The World Cup dream of the national football team has become very difficult, and the only way to do it is to work hard and come on the national football team!