On September 19, FIFA officially released the latest men’s football world rankings. The Chinese national team is ranked 91st, a drop of 4 places compared to July.
Regarding the opponents of the Chinese national team in October, Indonesia has the highest points increase among Asian teams with an addition of 25.44 points, moving up 4 places to 129th, while Australia is down 1 place at 25th.
In the September 10 preliminary matches, Indonesia drew 1-1 away with Saudi Arabia and held Australia to a 0-0 draw at home, consecutively drawing with two opponents ranked higher than themselves, which significantly improved their FIFA ranking this time.
Notably, the Indonesian national team has also been continuing its efforts to naturalize players recently. According to previous reports, two Dutch players, Elyano Reinders and Maas Hilles, will swear allegiance to become Indonesian citizens soon and are expected to appear in the World Cup qualifier’s top 18 matches in October. On October 15 at 8 PM, the Chinese national team will face Indonesia at home.
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