Shanghai (AFP) – Off the football pitch it is a total mismatch: China’s 1.4 billion population versus Guam’s 170,000.
But the two collide in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday with the US island territory’s squad which includes high-school and college players trying to cut their Chinese hosts down to size.
Guam will be massive underdogs and anything other than a Chinese victory in front of a sell-out crowd of about 30,000 in Suzhou would be a shock.
But Guam have done something similar before. In 2015 they stunned India which has the second-biggest population after China in World Cup qualifying.
It did not bring them a maiden World Cup appearance, but it lifted Asian football’s smallest member association to 146th in the FIFA rankings. Guam are now 198th of 210 teams.
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