The Chinese Football Association announced on the 21st that the top 40 of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifier for the Chinese men’s football team against Maldives and Guam in March will be held in Thailand Buriram, and both games will be empty.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 21 (reporter Xiao Shiyao, Public soldiers) the Chinese Football Association announced on the 21st that, the final 40 of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifier for the Chinese men’s football team against Maldives and Guam in March will be held in Thailand Buriram, and both games will be empty.
According to the original schedule, the Chinese team will face Maldives at home on March 26 and Guam on March 31. In view of the prevention and control measures of the new coronavirus epidemic in China and the visa problem of the Chinese team going to Guam during the epidemic, it is difficult for both matches to proceed as planned.
The Chinese Football Association said that after friendly consultation and application with the Maldives football association, Guam Football Association and Thailand Football Association, and approved by the Asian Football Association and Fifa, the two World Cup qualifiers will be held at Thailand Buriram Stadium with the same date. “In response to the epidemic prevention and control requirements of the Thai government, the two matches will be held empty”.
In the current group A standings of the top 40 FIFA World Cup qualification, Chinese men have the second place in the group with A score of 7 points, which is enough to win 2 in 4 battles, 1 draw and 1 negative, the first Syrian team of the group, which was behind more than one match, scored 8 points.