[Lam Cheuk Chun, Doha, Qatar] The National Football Team (NFF) suffered a 0-1 defeat against hosts Qatar in the final round of Group A matches of the Asian Cup, leaving the team in a very passive position. Ma Dexing, a veteran sports reporter who covered the Asian Cup final week for the 7th time, was disappointed that the Chinese soccer team suffered in vain in the 3 group matches. He pointed out that during the eve of the Chinese soccer team's participation in the Asian Cup, the anti-corruption documentary involving Li Tie and others was released to the public, which would inevitably have an impact on the mentality of the players, and he believed that Chinese soccer has to be "corrected" in order to avoid sinking further.
The national football team in the last game of Group A was defeated by Qatar, 3 group matches recorded 2 and 1 loss zero-goal record, the worst record in 48 years, the reporter found in Doha after the game interview with the mainland's "Sports Weekly" deputy chief editor Ma Dexing, he said that the national football team out of the line has no hope: "I do not believe that the miracle of Qatar, most of the positive choices in the game to send out the reserves, the first half of the game failed to score, the second half will be finished, because I saw the other side is warming up. The second half is going to be the end because I can see that the other team's main players are warming up. He tried to recall the last time the national soccer team scored zero goals in a major tournament: "It should be the final week of the 2002 World Cup, but that was the World Cup, this time it's the Asian Cup.
In the stands after the match, there was a chorus of voices from the Chinese fans calling for head coach Aleksandar Jankovic's "dismissal". Aleksandar Jankovic, who coached the U23s of the national soccer team in the past, had led the team to beat Thailand in the World Cup after he took over the post, but Ma Dexing believes that the low performance in this tournament has drained the trust of the public in the national soccer team's head coach: "Beating Thailand was a key game, but now all the trust is gone.
Ma Dexing said that before the match, he had certain expectations for the national football team in the Asian Cup, thinking that the Chinese team could at least break into the round of 16, but admitted that the national football team's sluggish performance had already begun, in which the CCTV on the eve of the start of the tournament, broadcasting the anti-corruption documentary about former national football team manager Li Tie and other football players, "Continuously Strength Vertical Push", Ma Dexing believes that there is no doubt that it has dealt a blow to the national football team's morale, "The pressure has been very high after the national football team's defeat to Hong Kong in the United Arab Emirates, and the atmosphere within the team has improved after a few days of adjustment. The pressure has been great, after a few days to adjust the team's atmosphere once improved, but that film (anti-corruption film) played, the whole team's mood is completely different, before the competition others play inspirational film, we play anti-corruption film, the Chinese players are very fragile psychological, for many years everyone is very clear.
He said with a bitter smile that the future performance of the national football team is likely to hit a new low, and even on the next session of the ability to reach the final week of the expectations: "watched seven (Asian Cup), this (national football) is the weakest, but when I come back to the 8th may be even weaker than the present, the next Asian Cup in West Asia Saudi Arabia to host, I can not even pat on the chest to guarantee that the national football team can not participate in the". He said that Chinese soccer needs to be "corrected": "There are too many distortions in Chinese soccer, so don't add things other than soccer to it."
