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on september 11, the chinese national football team lost 1-2 to 10-man saudi arabia in the second round of the world cup qualifiers on september 10. after the match, chinese national football coach ivan refused to leave the team when asked about his resignation at a press conference, as he believed the team's performance was better than the 0-7 defeat to japan.

the chinese national football team suffered consecutive setbacks in the first two games of the world cup qualifiers. in the first game, they were defeated 0-7 by japan away from home, which was their biggest defeat against japan. in the second game, they returned to their home court and had a great start with a one-goal lead in the first 15 minutes while the opponent was one man down, but they were unexpectedly defeated by the opponent who equalized the game with two goals.

ivan's performance after taking office has been questioned by all parties, and calls for a change of coach are growing. statistics show that the chinese national football team has changed coaches 9 times in the past 10 years (including regularization): ivankovic, 199 days in office (not yet ended), 6 games, averaging 0.83 points per game, ranking last among all 9 coaches, even worse than his predecessor jankovic, who had 384 days in office, 18 games, averaging 1.11 points per game.