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on thursday night beijing time, the chinese men's football team will face the japanese men's football team in the first round of the top 18. the chinese national football team has not defeated its opponent in 26 years, which is even more serious than "korean phobia"!

the japanese team is ranked 18th in the world and is one of the strongest teams in asia. the team consists of players who play in european leagues and have a total value of 270 million euros. they are also considered the top favorite in the group to qualify for the world cup finals. the chinese national football team encountered such a strong opponent in the first round, and it was an away game. it was very difficult to score points, let alone win an upset and get off to a good start.

according to transfermarkt, the chinese national football team played against japan 22 times, with 6 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses. according to the official statistics of the chinese football association, there were 30 encounters, 7 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, 28 goals scored and 37 goals conceded. the difference is that the official also counted the kirin cup. let's look at the statistics of the football association. the last time the chinese national football team defeated japan was on march 7, 1998 in the dynas cup (the predecessor of the east asian cup). at that time, they won 2-0 in tokyo, and li bing scored twice. in the 14 games in the 26 years since then, the chinese national football team has 6 draws and 8 losses and remains unbeaten! in fact, the last time we defeated japan in the world cup qualifiers was on december 26, 1980, 1-0, rong zhixing scored the only goal, 44 years ago!

the last time the two teams met was in the 2022 east asian cup, where they drew 0-0, but the opponent did not send its main force. in the last world cup qualifiers, the chinese national football team lost 0-1 at home and 0-2 away to japan. so to be realistic, the goal of the chinese national football team in this game is to win as little as possible. it doesn't matter if they play conservatively. the important thing is not to lose too many goals and not to lose confidence too quickly.