On the night of April 17th, Beijing time, a futsal Asian Cup tournament kicked off with China's first match against hosts Thailand. Unexpectedly, the Chinese team lost by a score of 1-3. Fan Zhiyi's prophetic words: "I don't want to see the shame of Chinese soccer again! If we lose to Thailand tonight, Vietnam tomorrow, and then Myanmar the day after tomorrow, then we will have no opponent to lose." As it turns out, China is in the same group as these three teams in the Asian Cup, and the pressure is on for the rest of the tournament.
Looking back at the Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers, China had a meeting with Thailand, which resulted in a 1-5 defeat. Fortunately, the loss did not affect China's advancement due to the withdrawal of Turkmenistan from the same group. In their match against Hong Kong, China advanced 6-0 in the first round and 5-2 in the second round. However, the group stage draw once again placed China in the same group as Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, and Fan Zhiyi's words of "ghosts and shadows" seemed to come true. But based on the performance of the national soccer team in the five-a-side qualifiers, the prospect seems to be optimistic. In the first match, the Chinese team played against the hosts Thailand, but the result ended in black. From the 12th to 16th minute of the match, Thailand scored three goals in just four minutes. China scored a goal in the second period (41st minute) to save face, but still lost 1-3. The live stream of the game gave viewers a glimpse of what was a dismal performance by the Chinese team. The fans were in high spirits, but the Chinese team was never able to organize an effective attack and repeatedly fell in the backfield. Winning in such a situation is undoubtedly a pipe dream! In the other match, Vietnam and Myanmar played to a 1-1 draw. On April 19th at 3:00 pm Beijing time, China will have the second round of the group stage against Vietnam and the last opponent is Myanmar. According to this schedule, Fan Zhiyi's prediction may come true and the face of Chinese soccer will be saved. But who can guarantee that Chinese soccer won't meet its Waterloo again in front of the strongest teams in Southeast Asia? May all Futsal internationals fight hard. At present, the performance of Chinese men's five-a-side soccer is shameful, as if the whole Chinese soccer has fallen into the abyss of collapse. From 11 men's soccer players to 11 women's soccer players to 5 men's soccer players, these players are not even as good as one of them. The only thing Chinese soccer can do at the moment is to rely on the blind soccer team. How sad this is! Is there really any hope for Chinese soccer? The answer is obvious, Chinese soccer has completely collapsed, as if there is no salvation! Meanwhile, the CFA is still struggling to solve the corruption problem. Since the anti-corruption crackdown in 2009, 2024, Chinese soccer has seen a second wave of anti-corruption. However, with the current FA system, can these programs really make a difference? Obviously, this is just a cure for the symptoms. In the future, Chinese soccer is likely to face a third wave of anti-corruption. In the moth's erosion, the hope of the rise of Chinese soccer is more and more remote, and may even gradually widen the gap with other Asian countries.
