The first news is related to the national football team.The draw for the top 36 of the 2026 Asian qualifiers has been announced and China is in the same group with South Korea, Thailand and Singapore/Guam. According to the latest news from Soccer Daily, in order to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers, the national football team will play two warm-up matches with Syria and Malaysia in Sept. In Oct, the national football team will be the first to play warm-up matches with Uzbekistan, and the other opponent for warm-up matches is still under negotiation. With the national soccer team's warm-up match opponents being exposed by the media, it also means that the Chinese national team has started a new round of preparation for the World Cup. Although fans have no expectations of the national football team to enter the World Cup, but after all, who's children who do not love, perhaps many fans and small editors like, run to the national football team abused me thousands of times. I treat the national soccer team as my first love to watch the national soccer team play. Even if they play stinks, they have sworn many times not to watch their games. I still can't help but watch the National Football League games twice whenever they are on.
The second news is related to the defending Chinese Super League champion Wuhan Sanzhen's ace foreigner Malcolm. In the 19th round of the Chinese Super League, Wuhan Sanzhen beat Qingdao Hainiu 1-0 at home. Malcolm just returned to Wuhan Sanzhen and set a record. Malcolm finished the game with 12 shots on goal, setting a new record for shots on goal in a single league game by any player this season, and the second most by an individual in a single Chinese Super League game.In October 2019, Malcolm, who was still playing for Hebei, contributed 13 shots on goal in a single game against Guangzhou. After the match, Wuhan Sanzhen coach highly appreciated Malcolm's performance. In the press conference after the match, Gao Mian Malcolm followed the Saudi team to maintain a high intensity training, and his condition is quite good. Moreover, in the match, he used his physical advantage and height advantage to create a lot of trouble for the opponent's defense, which was the key factor for Wuhan Three Town's victory.
The third piece of news is related to referee Ma Ning. In the match between Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan, Guoan lost 0:3. After the game, Guoan manager Suarez questioned the referee Manning's decision at the time. In the post-match press conference, Guoan head coach Suarez openly questioned the scale of Manning's penalty in the match. Suarez said, I don't want to make excuses for the team's loss, but I think there were a few set-pieces that I didn't understand, and Shandong Taishan scored by utilizing those set-piece opportunities. There was also some controversy over the penalty kicks awarded in the game. It's worth noting that this isn't the first time Manning has been questioned in the Chinese Super League this year. Previously, Wei Shihao was red-carded and banned for openly questioning Manning's calls, and Nantong Zhiyun's good goal was also questioned. As a fan, I can't comment on the referee's decisions, but as one of the most famous referees in the Chinese league, Maning should also improve their professionalism to minimize controversial decisions, which may be a big reason why Maning can only appear in the Qatar World Cup as a fourth official and can't enforce matches as a referee. How can you appear on the World Cup stage if your business skills are not up to scratch?
The last piece of news is related to Guoan player Fang Hao. After the match between Guoan and Shandong Taishan, striker Zhang Hao, who transferred from Shandong Taishan to join Beijing Guoan this season, wore a Taishan jersey to express his gratitude to the fans, which caused a lot of controversy among Guoan fans. Fang Hao comes from Luneng Youth Training and played three games for Taishan last season. This season, Fang Hao played 11 games on behalf of Guoan, including three starts, contributing two goals. As a Guoan fan, it's really a bit uncomfortable to watch your players wearing Taishan jerseys to thank Taishan fans. However, Fang Hao did so purely out of gratitude to the Taishan club and fans. From this perspective, young Fang Hao is still a good player who knows how to be grateful.
