Fifty thousand fans create a "devil's home court" at Shenyang Olympic Sports to support the Chinese men's football team. The battle between Thailand and Thailand in the World Cup preliminaries is about to begin.
At 20:00 on June 6, in the fifth round of Group C of the second phase of the Asian region of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, the national football team will face the Thai team at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium. This may be the most important game for the national football team this year - as long as they win, the national football team can ensure that they advance to the top 18 in advance. Once there is a draw or loss, the national football team's path to promotion will be very difficult.
Die-hard fans turned the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center into a sea of red.
Before the game, the Shenyang football market, which was hosting the national football match for the first time in many years, was very popular, with more than 50,000 fans coming to watch the game. At the same time, hundreds of media reporters from all over the country will also be on site to witness the success or failure of the national football team. This life-and-death battle may determine the future trend of Chinese football: as long as the national football team wins, it will advance to the top 18 one round in advance; if it loses, it is likely to miss the qualifying; if the two sides draw, China still has the initiative to qualify, but the situation of qualifying It will be more complicated.
The national football team announced the starting lineup for this game before the game. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei, defenders Liu Yang, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie and Wang Zhenao, midfielders Wang Shangyuan, Xu Haoyang, Gao Tianyi and Wei Shihao, and forwards are naturalized players Alan and Fernando.
The starting lineup of the National Football Team feels like a replacement for Shanghai Shenhua's lineup. First of all, the formations are the same, with 4312 or 442 diamond positions. Secondly, the midfield configuration is the same. Shenhua's three midfielders are foreign aid Amadou paired with Gao Tianyi and Xu Haoyang. The national football team arranges Wang Shangyuan to play defensive midfielder. Gao Tianyi and Xu Haoyang's positions are almost the same as Shenhua's. Finally, the forward line members have the same type. Shenhua uses a double foreign aid center combination of Malele and Luis, while Ivankovic tries a double naturalized combination of Alan and Fernando in the national football team.
Shenyang is a blessed place for Chinese football. The last time the national football team reached the World Cup finals was the 2000 World Cup Asian Top Ten, which was held in Shenyang. This time the national football team competes to qualify for the top 18 of the World Cup Asia in Shenyang, and fans are looking forward to witnessing the start of a new dream again.
The China-Thailand battle also attracted die-hard fans across the country to flock to Shenyang, working together to create a better home atmosphere for the national football team. Two hours before the game, the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center had become a sea of red. Fans waved five-star red flags and wore red T-shirts to help the national football team achieve good results.
