A life-and-death battle over qualification, against almost a full bench of Qatar, the Chinese men's soccer team still failed to win. Last night's 0-1, once again pierced the hearts of all Chinese fans - 3 group games, 2 draws, 1 loss, no goals, such a national soccer team worth loving?
Picture:The national football team has not scored a single goal in the Asian Cup Xinhua News Agency
With two points from three matches, the national soccer team barely ranked third in Group A, and seemed to have the last line of possibility to advance. After all, in the six groups of the Asian Cup, there are four other groups with the best results can advance to the round of 16, but in fact, from the situation of the other groups, the national football team is basically only left to be sentenced to "death" fate.
harder than climbing heaven
For this Chinese team, it can be described in one sentence: it's hard to score goals, it's hard to get to the top. We couldn't score a single goal in any of the three group games, which is the worst record ever for a Chinese team in the Asian Cup.
The opponents are very strong, the problem is that the national soccer team encountered, but Tajikistan, Lebanon, both teams are ranked more than 100 in the world. Although the last opponent Qatar is very strong, but they won the first place in the group, and advance, last night on the lineup of large-scale rotation, only two people on the field is the last round of the first, equivalent to a pure "Qatar second team".
Photo: Jun Qian during the game between the two teams (below)
The Qatari coach was not very "embarrassed" by the Chinese team. During the match, he sent the team's No. 2 and No. 3 goalkeepers. In the end, he made one change due to three injuries. The team's two main strikers, Afeef and Ali, were also hidden. But even against such a second-string lineup, China could not break the opponent's goal.
All those who should have been used were used. Coach Jankovic made massive changes to the starting lineup for the final game of the tournament. The injured Wei Shihao appeared, Lin Liangming and Wu Xi also played, ditching Wu Lei and Dai Weijun. The result? Not a nephew hitting a lantern - as usual (uncle)? Expecting one or two so-called "saviors" to save Chinese soccer is an unrealistic fantasy.
Individuals are poor, and overall you don't see any mature offense or set pieces. No wonder fans are asking:What has Jankovic's team practiced? Since December 17th last year to the United Arab Emirates to prepare for the war, the national football team has had three weeks of overseas training time, which is the Asian Cup 24 teams in the earliest preparation. The final result is a team with no organization, no characteristics and no tactics.
In 2002, before China's participation in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, China shouted the slogan "score a goal, get a point, win a game". Now? In the Asian Cup group stage, "score a goal" has become a luxury. Fallen here, why not sad?
He's a "vegetable".
Not to mention winning, if the national soccer team could have kept a draw or even scored a goal in their last game, the qualification situation would have been much better than it is now.
Theoretically, it is still possible for the Chinese team to qualify for the group, i.e., to try to be one of the four best performers in the third place of the six groups. In reality, however, on closer analysis, unless a "miracle" occurs, this is highly unlikely.
Indonesia, third in Group D, and Bahrain, third in Group E, both had three points; although Oman, third in Group F, had only one point, they scored one goal. In the final round, they play Kyrgyzstan, fourth in the group. Win or lose, one of the two teams could squeeze out the national soccer team; only Syria, with one point in Group B, and Palestine, with one point in Group C, could be worse than the national soccer team in terms of record.
The only hope for the national soccer team to advance is for Syria to draw 0-0 with India (the former can't score) and have at least two yellow cards, and for Palestine to draw with Hong Kong, China. If nothing else, China will be squeezed out. Everyone knows that's almost impossible.
Therefore, the current national football team is tantamount to a "vegetable", only to accept the fate of "waiting for death". The so-called "a ray of hope" is self-deception. In this cold winter, Chinese soccer makes people feel the unprecedented chill!
