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on september 6, beijing time, the day after the chinese national football team lost 0-7 to the japanese men's football team, heated discussions broke out. given the current strength of the chinese national football team, can it really make it to the 2026 world cup in the united states, canada and mexico?

as ivankovic said after the game: we expected the game to be difficult before the game. japan is a world-class team with good players in the top five leagues. the position we have always emphasized was exposed in the game, which allowed the opponent to frequently exploit it and lose some balls that should not have been lost. there were also problems with the defense in the middle. in addition, so far in the training camp, 12 players in our team are new to the national team, and this game has also brought them good experience and lessons. ivankovic hopes that the players will cheer up and strengthen their preparations for the future. we need to make more thorough preparations for the subsequent opponents.

however, i personally think that a big defeat in the world cup qualifiers is also a good thing. it can also wake up the players and coaches, make them realize the difficulties, feel the frustration, and then summarize their work, select more suitable players, and play the remaining 9 games well. at this moment, a good news appeared. analyzing from the situation of the chinese national football team's impact on the world cup, coach ivankovic was very lucky. it turned out that after the first round of the game, the ranking of the entire group c was released. japan ranked first with 7 goals and 3 points, and is currently in the world cup qualifying zone.

next is bahrain, which ranks second with 3 points and one goal difference, and is also in the qualifying zone. bahrain's upset victory over australia was unexpected. in addition, indonesia and saudi arabia drew, and the two teams each gained one point and ranked third and fourth in the group. australia ranked fifth and the chinese national football team ranked sixth. it was precisely because of bahrain's upset 1-0 victory over australia that the qualifying situation in group c was complicated.

according to the world cup qualifiers schedule, on september 10, the chinese national football team will face saudi arabia at home, and on october 10, we will challenge australia away. judging from the performance of the first round of data, saudi arabia played averagely. even though saudi arabia had 66% of the ball possession, indonesia remained calm in the face of danger. they seized the opportunity to defend and counterattack, which also served as a reference for the chinese national football team. indonesia's 541 formation was very effective, and ivankovic can learn from it. because we used the 442 formation and lost 7 goals to the japanese men's football team, this shows that the current technical ability of the chinese national football team is very poor, and we still need to strengthen the defense of the back line.

in addition, australia's performance was also very bad. although australia had 71% of the ball possession rate and had an absolute advantage in the number of shots, bahrain still had the last laugh. therefore, the next two games will also be a challenge for the chinese national team, but the pressure will not be that great. if we can equalize or upset the opponent in average form, then the chinese national team's promotion situation in group c will become favorable, and we may even have a chance to reach the promotion line.

there is also good news. the expansion of the world cup in the united states, canada and mexico has been announced early. the number of qualifying places has been expanded to 48 teams, and the number of qualifying places in the asian region has also been increased to 8.5. this means that even if the chinese national football team cannot break through the top two in group c in the top 18, as long as we can hit the third or fourth place in the group, we can still compete for the last 2.5 places.

of course, the chinese national football team lost 7 goals to the japanese team in the away game. this bottom performance seems to indicate that the chinese national football team is still far from the world cup, and we are ranked last in group c. the famous commentator huang jianxiang commented on this game: the gap between the two teams is indeed very large. when this score is written on the historical scoreboard, it is still too glaring.

huang jianxiang also pointed out that japan focuses on passing and controlling the ball, and plays advanced football. the professionalization reform of japanese football has been going on for more than 30 years, and they have been sticking to one direction for 30 years. they have never wavered, never turned back, and never taken the wrong path. their performance has completely left asia and entered europe. so from a long-term perspective, mr. huang jianxiang suggested that chinese football does not need to look at places as far away as europe and south america. we should just look at how our neighbors have become stronger. should we learn from their path?