If we expand this topic a little more, the number of first-class football teams in Asia will be more clear than that in Africa.
Let's take a look at the Asian football environment in which our China football team is located. First-class teams worthy of the name: Korea, Iran, Japan, Australia, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Look at the African football teams with more strong teams in the same level than those in Asia. There is an old saying that there is no weak travel in North Africa; Egyptian team, Tunisia team, Moroccan team, Algerian team. The above four top teams, even though China's football is outstanding, are hard to dive. There are also more powerful football teams, called "eagles" and "lions", which are distributed in other parts of Africa. For example, Nigeria, Cameroon, C? te d 'Ivoire, Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Congo, Zambia and so on. It is very difficult for us men's soccer team to play, and even it is extremely difficult to draw each other by luck!
Compared with the football level in Africa, Asia is not dominant. The only highlight of Asian teams in the World Cup was the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, where South Korea reached the semi-finals. However, I am afraid that no country except the host country can sincerely recognize that achievement.
Judging from the World Cup year of USA 1994, Africa can produce a high-standard team every time or at least twice. Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal all have many masterpieces to beat the strong teams in Europe and America, but Asia has made few achievements. As mentioned above, although South Korea eliminated Spain and Italy in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, people of insight know that this achievement is too wet to study.
The top African teams we can name are Cameroon, Ghana, C? te d 'Ivoire, Algeria, Senegal and Nigeria, as well as Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, all of which have done well in the Russian World Cup. There are at least six teams. With the strength of the national football team, there is almost no chance of winning against these teams. Therefore, even if the national football team is put in Africa to compete for five World Cup tickets, there is obviously no hope of qualifying.
It is true that the level of African football is still far behind that of Europe and South America. In the World Cup in Russia, no African team qualified from the group, but Japan in Asia advanced with 16. However, just one game, one qualifying quota, does not mean much. Nigeria's performance in the World Cup group match in Brazil can be described as amazing. Four points in three games, second in the group. Finally, it lost to France in the final of 1/8.
Speaking of it, according to the overall level of Asian football, it has been considered to allocate 4.5 World Cup places to take care of Asia's huge football market, but among these 4.5 places, Australia forcibly came in and took one, and the last 0.5 had to compete with North American teams. Coupled with the rapid improvement of football level in South Korea and Japan, local tyrants in the Middle East bought a large number of European and African players home. It is really difficult for the national football team to qualify.
I don't know if I can see the national football team participate in the World Cup again in my lifetime.
To tell the truth, the strength of African football is actually higher than that of Asian football. If China's national football team moves its organizational relationship to Africa, it will be tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
Compared with Asian football, African football can be said to be full of stars, whether it is black players from Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa and South Africa or Arab players from North Africa. They have produced many top stars in the world, which is absolutely incomparable to Asian football. The ancient African continent is definitely the talent pool of European clubs. In the list of 23 French teams who won the World Cup in Russia on 20 18, there are 15 blacks, all of whom are from the African continent. Moreover, many famous stars in the history of French football are also from Africa. For example, Zidane's ancestors came from Morocco, a North African country. So in fact, the African people have won the World Cup.
African players have more football talent than Asian players. Here, Tao Ge will give some examples of top African stars to prove the football talent of African players. For example, george weah, a famous former Liberian football player, is now the President of Liberia. His career is legendary. Won two Italian Football League titles, 1 French Football League title, three African Footballer of the Year, 1995 European Golden Globe Award and one World Footballer of the Year. Just come up with such an award, which is enough for Asian players to envy for life.
There is also the legendary center "Warcraft" Drogba of C? te d 'Ivoire, who won the Premier League championship four times, won the European Champions Cup in 201-12 seasons, and was the African Footballer of the Year in 2006 and 2009.
In addition to many black stars from black Africa, Egypt, a country in the Arab world of North Africa, has also produced a star that all Asian players can't match. He is the Egyptian Pharaoh Salah. African Footballer of the Year 20 17, Golden Boot Award in Premier League 20 18, PFA and FWA in 20 18, Official Best Player in Premier League and Champions League 2018.
Especially in the Champions League final of 20 18-20 19 season, when Liverpool played against Tottenham, where Sun Xingyu, the first brother of Asia, was located, Salah helped the team win the championship with a penalty, and finally won 2-0. After 14, he regained the Champions League title. He proved himself in this competition that the strength of "One Brother in North Africa" is far stronger than that of "One Brother in Asia", and African stars completely crush Asian stars. Other African stars who have made their mark in Europe are Cameroonian cheetah Eto 'o, andy cole, one of Manchester United's "black wind and double evil", Nigerian Nwankwo Kanu, Gabon Obamaian, Algerian Mahrez, Senegalese Sadi Omane, Ivory Coast Yaya Toure and Ghana abedi Bailey.
Compared with them, China's brother Lei Wu won any of these people listed by Tao Ge. In fact, needless to say, Lei Wu, even if "Asia's first brother" Sun Xingyu comes, it is hard to say whether he can win the individual players listed by Tao Ge above. So if China men's soccer team goes to Africa to participate in the preliminaries, it will definitely be a dead end! ! ! Because there can be said to be a strong enemy, walking on thin ice! ! !
Like the 20 18 World Cup in Russia, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022 and Africa 2022, there will be five places, 0.5 more than Asia. It seems easy, but with the current strength of the national football team, I am afraid it is not difficult.
Thank you for your invitation. I'm glad to answer this question.
As a second-and third-rate team in Asia today, it is difficult for China men's soccer team to rush out of Asia in this World Cup. But what about Africa? I think it is more difficult.
Although Africa's economic strength is not so good, its football level is obvious to all, and its achievements in winning the World Cup over the years are also good. For example, Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia and Morocco, which team can win with the strength of China? Even if China's men's soccer team is above the standard, it's hard to estimate! There are teams from Senegal, Ghana and Cameroon, and that team is not a vegetarian.
So stay in Asia honestly, and there may be a chance to qualify. Let's pray that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
But what if the plot is reversed? After naturalization is completed and the overall level is greatly improved, it is also possible to enter the first-class teams in Asia. By then, garratt, Li Ke and Daniel F. Akerson can all play for our country, and our winning percentage will be much higher, and qualifying is just around the corner!
I don't know about qualifying, but the money is certain.
The physical fitness and skills of African players are not bad compared with those of Asian players, and some players are world-class. So China can't compete in Africa.
There is absolutely no place to go to Africa, and it is possible to beat the penguins in the Antarctic!
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No, the African football team is no worse than Asia. There are many African players in the top clubs in the world, so the game is more difficult.