the 11-man chinese national football team was defeated by the 10-man saudi arabia team!
2024-09-11
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on the evening of the 10th, beijing time, the 2026 mexico city world cup asian qualifiers continued. in the second round of the group stage, the chinese team, playing at home in dalian, was reversed by the saudi team 1:2. after two rounds, the chinese national football team suffered two consecutive defeats.
in this round of 18, the chinese national football team fell into the "death group", together with japan, australia, saudi arabia, bahrain and indonesia in group c. according to the rules, the top two teams in this group can directly advance to the world cup finals, and the third and fourth places will be qualified to participate in the play-offs.
in the first round of the match held 5 days ago, the chinese national football team lost 0:7 to the japanese team away. after such a big defeat, whether the team can cheer up in time to face the next challenge is a severe test for the chinese national football team. head coach ivankovic also asked the whole team to recover as soon as possible, get out of the trough, and show good performance.
the match against saudi arabia is the first home game of the chinese national football team in the round of 18. ivankovic hopes that the team will cheer up and give back to the fans with a wonderful game and good performance.
china's starting lineup image source: china football team
saudi arabia is currently ranked 56th in the world and has few european players, but this is partly due to the progress of the saudi domestic league. despite playing at home, saudi arabia is still a strong opponent for the chinese national team, which is ranked 87th in the world.
compared with the match against the japanese team, ivankovic adjusted the starting lineup, paying more attention to attacking power and mobility: goalkeeper wang dalei; defenders li lei, zhu chenjie, jiang guangtai, gao zhunyi; midfielders jiang shenglong, li yuanyi, baihramu, xie wenneng; forwards wu lei and fernando.
the chinese team celebrates the goal. image source: icphoto
after some testing in the opening stages, it was the chinese team that broke the deadlock. in the 14th minute, fernando took a corner kick from the right, and jiang shenglong and zhu chenjie rushed to the front of the goal, causing the opponent to score an own goal, and the chinese national team took the lead 1:0.
just three minutes later, cano stepped on jiang shenglong and committed a foul. after watching the var replay, the referee directly showed cano a red card. the chinese team, which was leading in the score, had the advantage in numbers.
however, the chinese national team failed to expand the score and instead showed flaws on the defensive end. in the 39th minute, the saudi team, which was one man short, equalized the score with a corner kick, and hassan kadish headed the ball into the goal.
before the end of the first half, wu lei's header in the penalty area was quite threatening, but unfortunately it hit the crossbar.
players in the game photo source: icphoto
after the second half started, the chinese team was the more aggressive side. in the 54th minute, the chinese national team scored again through a corner kick opportunity by substitute wang shangyuan. however, the referee whistled for offside after being reminded by var, and the goal was invalid.
in the 62nd minute, the saudi team almost overtook the opponent. in a quick counterattack, dosari's powerful shot was rejected by the crossbar.
as the game progressed, the chinese team, which had a long-term numerical advantage, took control of the game tempo, but was slow to convert the advantage into goals.
in the 90th minute, the saudi team, which was playing with only ten players, completed the final kill. hassan kadish scored twice from a corner kick, setting the final score at 2:1.
after losing to japan and saudi arabia in succession, the chinese national football team's next opponent is the equally strong australian team. the match will be held on october 10th, beijing time.
