China hosted Syria in Chengdu on Tuesday (12) and lost 0-1 with a world goal in the second half, only 1 draw and 1 loss in the international warm-up matches this term, and even worse, the record of winning all 5 warm-up matches against Syria has been broken, and their first loss is the worst ever.
After a 1-1 draw with Malaysia last time out, China is looking for a win this time around, but manager Alexander Jankovic has put in an "old cake" squad. The average age of the players is 31 years old, the oldest one is 34 years old, and the youngest one is 29 years old, so they don't have much energy.
