The group stage of the Asian Cup has ended and the third round has begun with two matches in Group A. China continued to feel the cold, losing 0-1 to hosts and leaders Qatar. Qatar locked up the first two rounds of the group and a place in the last 16 of the Asian Cup and confirmed the water early in the final round. Under coach Jankovic, China's offense collapsed and no one could get up, and even though Qatar gave chances like crazy, they still couldn't score, but were scored by Qatari substitute Haidos in the second half, and China suffered their first loss of the Asian Cup.
After three group games, China had 0 wins and 0 goals, wasting many chances, 10 shots and 0 goals in the first round, 15 shots and 0 goals in the second round, and 10 shots and 0 goals in the final round. The forwards were collectively frustrated, with top domestic forwards such as Zhang Yuning, Wei Shihao, Tan Long, and Wu Lei unable to prove themselves in an international tournament. The national soccer team's striker crotch, the defense worked collectively on both the offensive and defensive ends of the field, with two center backs, Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong, each finishing with a goal, but still allowing China to miss out on a 1-0, 1-1.
Zhu Chenjie scored in the 82nd minute of the first round, the goal was ruled offside for Jiang Guangtai and the goal was disallowed as China missed out on a 1-0 win over Tajikistan. Jiang Shenglong completed the scoring in the 87th minute of the third round, but the referee deemed the ball to have gone out of the line first and the goal was invalidated as China missed out on a 1-1 draw with Qatar. With two goals disallowed in three matches, China remained lucky with 0 goals and 0 wins, as it finished third in the group with two draws, one loss and two points, and still has a theoretical chance of advancing.
The rules of this year's Asian Cup are that the top two finishers from the six group stages advance directly to the knockout rounds, and the third best finishers from the four group stages also advance to the knockout rounds. The third round has not yet been completed for the other 5 groups. According to the points, the third place in Group C, D and E get 3 points and will beat China in the final round anyway; third Syria in Group B get 1 point, third Palestine in Group C get 1 point, and third Oman in Group F get 1 point because Syria's goal difference is -1, and Oman's goal difference is -1 after 0 goals in the first two rounds, but scoring 1 goal, Palestine's goal difference is -3. Therefore, the third place in Group F will surely overtake China.
Comprehensive analysis, China's men's soccer qualification only one condition, namely, Palestine and Syria in the final round of 0-0, at the bottom of the group, Syria at least eat a yellow card, because China and Syria, the competition is a fair game points, the country's yellow card than Syria, only Syria to take a yellow card, the two sides of the fair game points are the same, if the fair game points are the same, the national soccer team and Syria through the lottery Decide the qualification.
For this situation, the well-known organization Opta gave a big model prediction that the probability of China's team advancing to the round of sixteen is only 1.1%, and need to expect a miracle. The well-known domestic media Beijing Youth Daily began to look forward to the next step of the national football team. The media revealed that China's target for the Asian Cup is the top eight, and that Jankovic could be dismissed for failing to achieve his goal. Jankovic is also facing a dismissal crisis. He emphasized in an interview that people who are afraid of being dismissed can't be head coaches. What I can do is to do my best to lead the team and make the team play better.
