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on the afternoon of september 6th, beijing time, the chinese national football team departed from tokyo to dalian. after a 0-7 defeat, the players were generally in a low mood and were mostly silent while waiting at the airport. at around 3 pm, the team arrived in dalian. although the airport arranged some security personnel at the international arrival gate, there were not many fans who came to meet them. the players quickly walked out and boarded the bus.

at 7:30 in the evening, the chinese national football team conducted its first training session after arriving in dalian on the outside field of the barracuda bay stadium. before the training, head coach ivankovic came to the media for an interview.

the chinese national football team coached by ivankovic previously lost 0-7 to the japanese team.

"a score of 0-7 is unacceptable to anyone. our priority now is to regain our confidence, recover our physical condition, and play well in the next game. we will also conduct summaries and analyses in the next few days. the team urgently needs to get rid of the defeat and make a good start for the round of 18 as soon as possible."

ivan admitted that the team needed to apologize to the fans for the 0-7 score and performance. "it made everyone sad, especially so many fans came to watch our game away from home. such a performance will make the fans lose confidence."

"we need to show an attitude of fighting to the end, both in one game and in the entire qualifiers. because the qualifiers are a long process, we have to fight until the last game."

ivan revealed that the entire coaching team had trouble sleeping after the game. "we watched the match between saudi arabia and indonesia together, and also reviewed part of our match. we will analyze it in the next two days to find out the problems in the game. we have more than a dozen new international players in the team, and they don't have much experience. we hope to enrich their experience through the game."

in the first training after arriving in dalian, the team focused on physical recovery, and the training volume was relatively small. the starting players of the china-japan match did individual running recovery, while the substitutes who did not play did simple ball training. currently, the team has basically no injuries, and all 27 players participated in the training on the evening of the 6th.

ivankovic believes the team should get out of the shadows as soon as possible.

during the media interview, ivan also responded to several issues that the outside world is most concerned about. the first is the change to three central defenders in the second half. "we have our own technical and tactical system. the adjustment is to deal with the japanese team's frequent penetration through the middle. jiang shenglong also plays as a central defender in the club. putting him back to the central defender will increase the number and hardness of the back line, with the aim of blocking the japanese team's attack."

in response to the question from the paper reporter, "will you lose the support of the locker room after the crushing defeat?", ivan said he was confident of dealing with it.

"first of all, as a professional coach, it is normal for me to experience pressure and criticism. i also have the confidence to deal with it. i believe that there are enough players to support me, as well as the support of the association. this is the basis for us to play well in the next games. now we have to focus on the game next tuesday."

at the same time, ivan also emphasized that the team's goal of striving for a place in the play-offs remains unchanged. "in the case of such a big loss, we understand the anger of the fans. we must recover from the failure as soon as possible and rebuild."

"i still stick to my original idea, which is to try to improve the ranking, ensure the top four in the group stage, and play in the play-offs. this is all part of the process of achieving our ultimate goal."