From 108th to 73rd, Proving to the World That We Could Do It: The 2011 National Team Thread

Re: From 108th to 73rd, Fighting for the 2014 World Cup: The 2011 National Team Thread [R]

What so soon? With hardly time for preparation against very different opponents from the second round. And new coach not even confirmed and has only about a month to get to know the team and conditions in China. Maybe Gao Hongbo will continue for 3rd round and I think he should, provided he has made a firm decision on his first eleven and stopped experimenting.

 

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I think China just got an okay draw. Prob third easiest, after group B and D. Each of those group have 2 very obvious weak teams and so it will be easier to get the top 2 places. Group A's teams are all very close in terms of abilities. There doesn't seem to be a clear top 2 teams. It definately won't be easy for China.

 

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Match dates for third round been set by AFC for a long time ago (more than a year?)


Why has not China confirmed the Jamaica friendly ?

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/spor...erican-opponents--et-al_9325789#ixzz1TUjXAYlv

 

Re: From 108th to 73rd, Fighting for the 2014 World Cup: The 2011 National Team Thread [R]

If China wins all first 4 matches under Gao then he should not be replaced.
The dilemma now is that CFA has put the cart before the horse creating a situation where engaging a new coach seems ambiguous.

If China does not advance there is no need for a foreign coach now because Asian Cup is 4 years away and World Cup after Brazil is 7 years away. If China advances it means Gao is doing well and it would be really silly to replace him. I wonder if the big boss in CFA realises that.

 

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Third easiest is also third hardest
Yes definitely not easy but climbing up the ranking has also helped China avoid the big 4 making it much easier at this stage than in the 2010 qualifiers third round. Not the best draw but neither the worst. So China must know how to make use of this opportunity.

 

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Should play friendly against a middle eastern team like Saudi Arabia, Iran or UAE to prepare for Jordan and Iraq and a South East Asian team like Malaysia or Thailand to prepare for Singapore.

 

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Oh yes, the 1980 defets against Singapore, But the match was not considers as a FIFA international as 1980 Oluympic qualifier is organised by IOC? I've only listed FIFA A Matchs,

regards the thread title, I'm just writing a new artical for asianfootballfeast and one of the paragraph is about Team China's succesful improvement on FIFA Ranking, and I am glad to post the paragraph here as a review of team china's performance in recent years

 

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I saw the draw and have to admit that it is favorable. The toughest opponent is Iraq. However, top 2 advances right? If that's the case, China should advance.

I have to say, doing well in those friendlies made a huge difference. It put us in Pot A for the draw. Otherwise, we'd have two tough opponents.

Alright China, don't choke. Make it to the final round and impress the fans for a change.

 

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No doubt in my mind we will fufil our potential eventually. Look at the rise of our mens swimming team. 5 years ago and now, the difference is obvious. Lets get behind the football for once.

 

Re: From 108th to 73rd, Proving to the World That We Could Do It: The 2011 National Team Thread [R]

just passed my birthday and my wish was for china to beat Jamaica and qualify for WC!

JIA YOU!!

 

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生日快樂!

 

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多谢了兄弟们~

 

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I've recently begun to follow the Chinese National team this year and I watched parts of the last 2 qualifiers. I'm starting to get acquainted with the players but I still don't know much about them. So I was wondering if perhaps some of you guys who are more familiar with the team could do a little bit of prediction about the starting lineup for the upcoming friendly with Jamaica (or the qualifier with Singapore). Who would you pick for the squad? What kind of formation? Which players that have been ignored by coach Gao (if any) would you include?

 

Re: From 108th to 73rd, Proving to the World That We Could Do It: The 2011 National Team Thread [R]

striker: yang xu
lam: feng renliang cam: chen tao(maybe deng zhuoxiang) ram: hao junmin
ldm:huang bowen rdm: zhengzhi(maybe zhao xuri)
lb cao yang cb: du wei cb feng xiaoting rb zhang linpeng


dunno about the defense haha
just players from the top of my head.

 

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[LINEUP-4-5-1]Yang Xu, Feng Renliang, Hao Junmin, Huang Bowen, Chen Tao, Zheng Zhi, Cao Yang, Du Wei, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Yang Zhi[/LINEUP-4-5-1]

Something like this?

 

Re: From 108th to 73rd, Proving to the World That We Could Do It: The 2011 National Team Thread [R]

Du Wei and Feng Xiaoting use to be hot prospects. I still remember Du Wei on trail with Celtic. How did Feng Xiaoting do in the K-League?

 

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Du Wei played a grand total of 1 game for Celtic, only for 45 mins if I remember correctly and then was promptly shipped back to China.