we thought we would lose, but we didn't expect to lose so much. china's national football team lost 0-7 to japan, creating the biggest defeat in the team's history in an official match.
2024-09-06
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we thought that the chinese national football team would lose at the home stadium of the japanese team, but no one expected such a humiliating defeat. last night, in the first round of the group c match of the world cup asian qualifiers, the chinese men's football team lost to the japanese team 0-7 at the saitama world cup stadium. this is the biggest score loss in the history of the chinese national football team in an official match. including friendly matches, it is second only to the 0-8 loss to the brazilian team in 2012.
the result was tragic, and the process was even more despairing. although the chinese national football team had expressed their determination to show due fighting spirit and fighting spirit before the game, the actual situation was that they were completely suppressed by the opponent. the chinese team had no power to fight back and could only watch the defense line being penetrated by the opponent again and again, and goalkeeper wang dalei repeatedly picked up the ball from the goal.
after the game, chinese national football coach ivankovic walked back to the locker room with a solemn face. this result was obviously far from what he had imagined. the croatian coach said before the game that although the opponent was strong, the chinese team would enter the stadium with fighting spirit rather than dejected. the result was a disastrous defeat that made everyone in the national football team so ashamed that they could not raise their heads.
"the results have proved everything. the gap between us and the japanese team is all-round. we must face up to this gap." as zhang yuning said after the game, today's chinese men's football team does not have the ability to compete head-on with the japanese team. one part of the game was quite convincing - even when all 11 players were retracted to their own 30-meter area, the japanese team could still use the two wingers to easily tear open the chinese national team's defense, especially kaoru mitoma on the left and takefusa kubo on the right. their strong personal abilities made the chinese national team's defensive players at a loss; after ivankovic made adjustments, it was useless for two chinese players to double-team immediately after the two got the ball. the opponent's skilled frontcourt cooperation could quickly help other players complete crosses or breakthroughs. data shows that of all the seven goals scored by the japanese men's football team in this game, four were directly from passes and breakthroughs on the wing, and the japanese team made as many as 31 crosses in the whole game. obviously, the opponent's coach moriyasu kazuo was well prepared for the tactics that the chinese team might adopt, and he placed the breakthrough point on the wing, using the players' personal abilities and fast offensive rhythm to find opportunities. the top players under his command and the correct offensive strategy were the fundamental reasons why the opponent was able to achieve such a big victory.
"it was a sad night." ivankovic said that although the team had made a lot of preparations for the characteristics of the japanese team, they did not perform at their best in the game. "there was a loophole in the position we focused on practicing, which gave the opponent an opportunity. in addition, we also emphasized the defense in the middle. during the halftime break, the coaching staff made some adjustments to the personnel and positions, increasing the number of people in the penalty area and the defensive intensity, and wanted to make some transitions. next, we will review this game and make a good summary and analysis."
as the head coach, ivankovic had to take the main responsibility for this tragic defeat. he did not accurately estimate the huge gap in strength between the chinese national football players and the opponents, nor did he expect the opponents to attack from the flanks so resolutely; secondly, when the team was two goals behind in the first half, his adjustment of the formation from 442 to 532 and the subsequent on-the-spot command did not play any positive role. but ivankovic can only take limited responsibility. in the first match of the world cup qualifiers three years ago, the oman team he coached defeated the japanese team away in the first game.
this match will cause great damage to the confidence of the chinese national football team. how to adjust the mentality of the players as soon as possible is ivankovic's most important task. four days later, the chinese national football team will face saudi arabia, the second opponent in the top 18, at home. there is not much time left for the players to adjust.
author: chen haixiang
text: reporter chen haixiang photo: visual china editor: gu miao editor-in-chief: shen lei
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