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do foreign coaches of chinese national football team have a golden ticket to safety? a former japanese international player looks at the 7-goal defeat, and it’s not just about the difference in strength!

2024-09-08

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in the first round of the asian qualifiers for the world cup, the chinese men's football team lost to the japanese team 0-7 in the first round of the group c match. this result has triggered extensive discussions and deep reflections in china. however, among the many opinions, one voice is particularly prominent, that is, the defeat has nothing to do with the head coach, and is mainly attributed to the players' level and the environment. but is this view really comprehensive? why are foreign coaches often in a "non-criticism" position in china? in order to examine this issue more comprehensively, let's take a look at how the japanese football community evaluates this game.

from the remarks of former japanese international yoshitoshi kaneda, we can get a glimpse of the japanese people’s views on this game and their evaluation of the chinese team.

a direct reflection of the power gap

yoshitoshi kaneda praised the performance of the japanese team and believed that their "perfect performance" was a concentrated display of the team's tactical execution and individual ability, and was also the result of the continuous progress and accumulation of japanese football in recent years. he particularly pointed out that the japanese team learned from past lessons in this game and performed extremely efficiently on both offense and defense. in contrast, the chinese team seemed confused and at a loss, whether it was tactical arrangement, player cooperation or on-the-spot response, they seemed unable to do what they wanted.