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only one shot! china's national football team lost 0-7 to japan, creating the worst losing record in 12 years. zhang yuning: the gap between chinese and japanese football is reflected in the score

2024-09-05

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at 18:35 on the evening of september 5th, beijing time, in the first round of the world cup qualifiers, the chinese national football team suffered a 0-7 defeat to japan away from home.

in this match, the chinese national football team was completely at a disadvantage and had no chance to fight back. the chinese national football team only had one shot on goal, and it did not hit the target.

after falling behind 0-2 in the first half, china conceded 5 goals in the second half. the score of 0-7 was not only the biggest loss suffered by the chinese national football team in recent years, but also the biggest loss suffered by the chinese national football team against an asian team.

previously, the chinese national football team had never lost more than three goals against japan. the biggest defeat against an asian team was a 1-5 loss to thailand in hefei in 2013. the last time the chinese national football team lost by a bigger margin in an a-level match was a 0-8 loss to brazil in september 2012. this game was the second-biggest loss in the history of chinese men's football.

when asked in an interview after the game, "how was the performance in the first match? what was the difference between the two sides?" zhang yuning responded: "i think it may be reflected in the score in the end. this is the gap between chinese football and japanese football. we must face up to this gap. we will try to play better when we return to our home court."

regarding preparations for the next match, zhang yuning said: "we will get over this defeat as soon as possible, return to our home court and try to show our momentum and stabilize the situation. the game is still long, and we will fight one game at a time."

edited by ye zhiqiu