Tonight, the Chinese men's soccer team welcomed the challenge of Vietnam, and in the end, we completed our revenge against Vietnam with 2:0 at home. China had been 1 game away from home in last year's World Qualifier. The :3 loss to Vietnam was completely nailed to the pillar of shame as it was the first time in the history of Vietnamese soccer that the country had won in the top 12 of the preliminaries, and China was the scoring boy. Many fans would say that Vietnam fielded younger players in this match, but we can also see that many of the players actually participated in the World Qualifiers held last year, and in this Qualifiers cycle, these younger players will squeeze out some of the former seniors. So in the current Vietnam team, you can say that his overall tactics have not yet gelled, but the words of the players, although relatively young, should be his impact on our core world in 2026.
In this match, the Chinese team played two games in both the first and second halves. It is naturally a very happy thing that the Chinese team won in this match, but we also saw three players' performance was very bad, and the fans also timely called for kicking these three players out of the team in a hurry. If these three newcomers are used in the preliminaries, I'm afraid that the Chinese team will also be very bad.
First is captain Wu Xi. He was supposed to be the worst player in the game. He was replaced after half time. Wu Xi's stats for the first half were also spicy, with six of them being the most conceded by a Chinese player in the first half. A ferocious defensive midfielder, he had three aerial confrontations in the first half. Two ground confrontations failed, both in offense and defense, which did not help the Chinese team much and caused a lot of trouble for the Vietnamese team. So he was arguably the worst player in the game. What's even more ridiculous is that he was still carrying the standard lineup of the Chinese team.
The other is veteran Tan Long. Tan Long was only favored by the national team at an older age, but it's clear that his physical condition is currently not what it was at his peak. Although he plays hard on the pitch, he is not very useful on the pitch. Vietnam is not a very confrontational team. Even so, Tan Long couldn't get any cheap shots in the box, such as against these weaker young Vietnamese defenders. His most threatening shots throughout the game came from outside the box, and Jankovic brought him on. I expect him to play a very important role in the box.
Finally, Fang Hao, Fang Hao definitely surprised everyone by getting the start in this game. After all, he's not a consistent starter in the Chinese Super League. On the side, actually China still has some good players who have played more times in the Chinese Super League, such as Beijing Guoan's Gao Tianyi, who can be mentioned on the right side, and Wuhan's Chinese Super League champion right side Wei Shihao. If these two are on the pitch, they will definitely have a bigger role than Fang Hao. Obviously, Fang Hao's comprehensive ability has not yet reached the level of a Chinese national team starter.
The above three players, their level, competitive status, and even the attitude of some players, are no longer suitable for the Chinese team. Therefore, in the preliminaries, the Chinese team should decisively continue to carry out drastic reforms. This time, the national team list changed 9 players, the effect is still obvious. Next time, this change will be even bigger, excluding some players who are not suitable for the national team.
