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the chinese national football team lost 0:7 to the japanese team which fielded all its main players, and lost the first round of the 2026 mexico city world cup asian qualifiers to the top 18.

although thisthe defeat was expected,but7 goals lostor for the chinese national football team to strive for the 4th place in this group (the asian 18-team tournament is divided into 3 groups, and the 4th place team in each group has the opportunity to participate in the play-offs)buried huge hidden dangers。

a bigger blow to the national football team, in another match in this group, bahrain beat australia 1:0 away. in the chinese national football team's qualifying strategy, japan, australia and saudi arabia in this group should occupy the qualifying seats with their strength advantages. the direct competitors of the chinese national football team are bahrain and indonesia. now bahrain has won all 3 points away from home in australia. the road to the top 18 of the chinese national football team is even more difficult.

the starting lineup and substitutions of the chinese national team were all quite normal in this game. head coach ivankovic used the usual 442 formation, hoping to delay the time of losing the ball, but the gap in strength made the chinese national team show a trend of complete defeat at the end of the first half. the japanese team, which was able to field two sets of players from europe, only gathered all the players for training three days ago, while the chinese national team, which had been training for 10 days, still could not show the effect of "targeted and substantial" preparation in this game.

on september 5, the chinese national football team lost 0:7 to japan in the first round of the asian 18-strong match. the picture shows zhu chenjie (right) blocking the shot of takumi minamino (center). image courtesy of visual china

considering that the chinese national football team survived the last round of the top 40 because the goalkeeper of the singapore team played exceptionally well and prevented thailand from advancing, the complete defeat in this double-intensity top 18 match was not a surprise to the fans. what the fans can expect now is that the chinese national football team can forget this tragic defeat as quickly as possible, face saudi arabia in dalian on september 10 with the most positive attitude, and strive for the best result in the second round of the top 18 without conceding any goals.

the national football coach responded

chinese national football coach ivankovic responded at the post-match press conference:

it was a tough game for us and it was one of the hardest nights for me as a coach.

we really need to make a good summary before the next nine games. we did a lot of preparation on defense in the previous preparations, but many of the goals conceded today were indeed unnecessary. we need to go back and carefully analyze with the players to solve the problems in defense.

i would also like to emphasize that there are 12 players in this training camp who are new to the national team. such competitions provide very good experience and lessons for young people.

we have always emphasized japan's strong strength. we have indeed made a lot of preparations and can anticipate the difficulty of the game. we still need to strengthen our preparations and make better preparations during the international match day.

iqiyi sports apologizes

late at night, iqiyi sports’ official weibo account issued an apology:

dear iqiyi sports users: we are very sorry that during the live broadcast of the chinese men's football team's first away game against japan in the world cup asian qualifiers round of 18, the enthusiasm of the fans caused excessive instantaneous traffic.

our technical service resource allocation exceeded the limit, causing a bad viewing experience for some users.

source: china youth daily