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on september 5, the chinese men's football team will play the first match of the 2026 world cup asian qualifiers. playing away against the strongest team in asia, japan, is obviously a difficult task for the chinese team.

at noon on the third day after the training camp began, the national football coach ivankovic led the team to review the video of the 0-1 away loss to south korea in the final round of the world cup qualifiers. for chinese football, which is still in a slump, losing to south korea with the smallest margin away from home can be regarded as a "successful" case. in ivankovic's view, reviewing the past to learn new things is obviously of certain guiding significance for the national football team to go to the top 18.

"the japanese men's football team we are about to face is very strong, but from another perspective, every opponent in the top 18 matches is very strong. what we need to do is to give 120% effort to our opponents in every game." yang zexiang, the full-back who started against south korea and made his debut for the national team, was inspired after reviewing the game video. "i performed well in that game and played the whole game, but now it seems that there are still some areas where i have not done well enough. i hope to learn lessons and perform better in the next game."

japan and south korea are both top teams in asia, but to be fair, the backgrounds of these two games are completely different. in the final round of the 36th round against south korea, the opponent had already advanced; and the upcoming 18th round is a brand new journey. the japanese team, sitting at home, must hope to play a hearty and exciting start at home. ivankovic certainly knows this, and it is precisely because of this different background that defensive drills have become the top priority of this national football training camp.