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the first round of the third stage of the 2026 world cup asian qualifiers, the top 18, kicked off. the chinese national football team visited the saitama world cup stadium to challenge the top asian team, japan. due to the huge gap between the chinese national football team and its opponents, everyone was watching the game with the mentality of losing less and winning more. in addition, cctv did not have the copyright and there was no free live broadcast, so the popularity of the top 18 match of the chinese national football team was relatively low. the japanese team prepared for every game with the attitude of fighting for every point, so the chinese national football team will face a very difficult game.

first of all, let's look at the starting lineup. ivan's lineup for the chinese national team was somewhat surprising. wu lei and zhang yuning were the two forwards, the four midfielders were xu haoyang, xie wenneng, li yuanyi and jiang shenglong, the back line was liu yang, zhu chenjie, jiang guangtai and yang zexiang, and the goalkeeper was wang dalei. this midfield was almost the first time i saw it, and the pre-match predictions were almost completely in line with it. ivan's idea was also very surprising.

after the game started, the chinese team's intention was very clear. all players retreated to the half court and adopted low defense, including zhang yuning and wu lei who were in the front, who returned to their own half court to defend. the chinese team did withstand the japanese team's wave after wave of attacks. however, in the 14th minute, the chinese team still lost the ball despite defending in the half court. the japanese team took a corner kick. endo kou jumped high and headed the ball into the goal easily when there was no defensive player within 2 meters around him. the chinese team fell behind 0-1, and they made a serious mistake in the corner kick defense.

in the first half stoppage time, doan ritsu made a 45-degree long pass, and mitoma fumio rushed to the back post and headed the ball into the goal from close range, and the chinese team fell behind 0-2. in the first half, the japanese team took advantage of the chinese team's advantage in headers twice to defeat us.

in the 52nd minute of the second half, kaoru mitoma made a straight pass from the left rib, takumi minamino changed direction and passed jiang shenglong and shot from a small angle, and the chinese national team fell behind 0-3. just 6 minutes later, takumi minamino broke into the penalty area unreasonably at the front of the penalty area, faced three people's defense and forced a shot, the ball went into the bottom corner, and the japanese team expanded their lead to 4 goals. in the 75th minute, junya ito cut into the penalty area from the right and shot, the ball was refracted and slowly rolled into the goal, because wang dalei did not react to the refraction, the chinese national team was already 5 goals behind.

in the 87th minute, maeda dairan scored with a header, and in the stoppage time, kubo takefusa sealed the victory. in the end, the chinese national team lost 0-7. the chinese national team tried their best in this game, but the gap with the japanese team was too big. maybe the chinese national team could hold on in the top 12 matches in previous years, but after the decline of the two teams, the chinese national team is not as good as before, and the 0-7 loss is helpless. the result of this game also caused dissatisfaction among many chinese national team legends. even if the gap between the chinese national team and the japanese team is huge, it is too unacceptable to be beaten like this.