China PR takes on the visitors Wales at “Guangxi Sports Centre Stadium” in the opening clash of the friendly China Cup. The game will be played in Nanning on Thursday, March 22nd.
At the moment football is on high in China as the great funds are invested in the Chinese Super League which attracts numerous fans. However, those measures have no significant influence on development and strengthening of the A-team. And a great evidence of it is that the Chinese rarely conduct friendly matches with the top sides even though they can afford it as they realize that they will not be able to compete decently. During last three years China PR participated only in three tackles against the teams from Europa and South America, having lost to Kazakhstan 0:1, Serbia 0:2 and Colombia 0:4. Still it should be mentioned that the Chinese deserved 1:1 draw against Croatia and 0:2 defeat from Iceland, but they shouldn’t be counted as the Europeans had no possibility to encourage the strongest performers. It is quite obvious that the upcoming hosts cannot boast with the great effectiveness in attack, having scored on average less than one goal per fight in the Asian Football Confederation’s Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.
| 2 x £10 Free Bet | Review | |||
| 100$-500$ for No Lose Free Bets | Review | |||
| 100% up to £200 | Review | |||
| Not available | Review |
It will be a first battle for Wales under the rule of Ryan Giggs who are likely to use the strongest line-up to make sure that all footballers understand his philosophy and fulfil his ideas at the pitch. Another reason for the visitors to use the best players is finance: Wales will receive 1 mln. £ for the game, but the sum will be reduced in a case of absence of the main performers.
I believe that Wales is quite able to score a few goals as the Chinese have certain difficulties in defense while the hosts’ ability to upset the visitors is under a great question as the European side is famous of its extremely tough defense.
Prediction for the match: Wales to score.
