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at 20:00 on the evening of september 10th, beijing time, the second round of group c of the third stage of the world cup asian qualifiers kicked off at the dalian soya bay football stadium, with the chinese men's football team playing at home against the saudi team.

in the 14th minute of the game, chinese national football player fernando took a corner kick, and jiang shenglong's header caused rajami's own goal.the chinese national football team leads saudi arabia 1-0 at home, which is also the first goal of the chinese national football team in the round of 18.subsequently, the saudi team equalized the score through a corner kick.

on september 10, 2024, local time, in the second round of the third stage of the mexico-america world cup asian qualifiers, china 1-2 saudi arabia. jiang shenglong celebrated the goal with his teammates (photo source: visual china vcg111517203973)

in the 53rd minute of the game, the chinese national team once again scored a goal from a corner kick, but after confirmation through var, the referee determined that wang shangyuan was offside and the goal was invalid.

in the 90th minute of the game, the chinese national team lost the ball again while defending a corner kick and was overtaken by the 10-man saudi arabian team.

in the end, the chinese national football team lost 1:2 to saudi arabia and suffered two consecutive defeats in the third stage of the world cup asian qualifiers.

after suffering two consecutive defeats at the start of the round of 18, the chinese national football team's qualification situation became critical.after the first match of the round of 18 was lost 0-7 to japan away from home, the chinese national football team suffered its biggest defeat in the world cup qualifiers and set a number of shameful records.

according to yangcheng evening news, in the history of world cup qualifiers, the chinese national football team and saudi arabia have played against each other 7 times before, with the chinese national football team having 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. however, after facing saudi arabia with 1 draw and 1 loss in the 2022 qatar world cup quarterfinals, the chinese national football team has not defeated its opponent in the world cup qualifiers for 27 years. the last time they defeated saudi arabia was in dalian, in the 1997 world cup quarterfinals, with zhang enhua's header in the second half, the chinese national football team defeated saudi arabia 1-0.

coming to the blessed land of chinese football again, the chinese national football team hopes to show cohesion and aggressiveness, and comfort the fans' wounded hearts with their offensive and defensive performances. although the team suffered a heavy blow in the first match of the top 18, the 48,628 fans at the scene still gave the chinese national football team the strongest support. before the game, when the huge tifo "fight for the country" was launched, the shouts of "fight for the country" and "china will win" resounded throughout the barracuda bay.

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