Football News： In the past, the national football team was brave after being ashamed in the preliminaries, but now they can’t even play the battle of honor.

In the last two rounds of the Top 12, the national football team failed to win with 1 draw and 1 loss in the battle of honor. "Football News" wrote an article commenting that although the national football team was eliminated early in the past few preliminaries, it rarely lost the battle of honor after being eliminated. In this preliminaries, the national football team even kicked out the last "hero".

Looking back on the experience of the national football team in the preliminaries, the national football team can often perform well in the final stage of the group stage. Eighteen years ago, the national football team beat China and Hongkong 7-0 in the final round of the preliminaries, but lost to Kuwait by goal difference and missed the top ten. Four years later, the national football team, led by Dewey and Folado, was eliminated one round ahead of schedule, but it saved face by beating Australia in the final round away. In the 2011 preliminaries, China’s men’s soccer team led by Camacho beat Jordan 3-1 in the final round. Although it still failed to advance to the top 10, its performance can be regarded as "brave after shame".

Football News commented that in the past five preliminaries, the national football team rarely lost in the games after being eliminated, but now, the national football team has even kicked out the last hero.