On the evening of the 27th, Beijing time, in the top 12 of the world preliminaries, the national football team lost 0:2 to Japan in the away game, basically declaring that they missed the World Cup.

The national football team was in a passive state throughout the game.

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　　Facing Japan, the national football team lost without surprise.

　　The rival Japanese team ranks 26th in the world and 2nd in Asia, while the national football team ranks 74th in the world and 8th in Asia.

　　During the game, the national football team had 0 shots in the entire first half, and even failed to hold the ball into the opponent's penalty area.

It wasn't until the 69th minute that Wei Shihao, who came off the bench, shot the team's first shot...

　　In the face of the huge power gap, even at the juncture of the upcoming Chinese New Year, even if you lose, you will basically be out of the game, and even if this is the first battle of the new coach Li Xiaopeng after taking office...

　　A game that can't be lost, but in the end, we have to recognize the reality.

In the first half, Wang Shenchao made a handball in the penalty area.

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　　Just like the fate of the national football team in the Asian top 12 match of this World Preliminary, it regretted losing to Saudi Arabia, drew with Oman, and lost a small loss to Japan in the first round...

　　These reminiscent of the results of "shooting the thighs straight" are actually manifestations of insufficient strength.

Regardless of anger or regret, in any case, we must recognize the reality.

　　Now, even in the next 4 or 8 years, there will be a distance between Chinese football and the stage of the World Cup finals.

　　Replacing Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng taking office is nothing more than one of the many procedures in the "dead loop" of Chinese football.

In the second round of the top 12 of the World Preliminaries, the national football team lost 0:1 to the Japanese team.

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　　Against Japan, it is the first international official match led by new coach Li Xiaopeng.

　　Judging from the 23-man list, there are still some changes in the period when Li Tie led the team, but most of them are passive adjustments.

For example, Luo Guofu who was suspended, Exon who contracted the new crown in Brazil, and injured Wang Gang, Wu Xinghan and others were replaced.

　　In terms of the starting lineup, Li Xiaopeng adopts a 4-5-1 formation. On the basis of defense, he waits for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

National football starting lineup.

　　Zhang Yuning continued to serve as the striker single arrow, Xu Xin, Wu Xi, Wang Shenchao served as the defensive third midfielder, Hao Junmin and Wu Lei were separated into two flanks, the defenders from left to right were Zheng Zheng, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Linpeng, the goalkeeper is still the same It is Yan Junling.

　　Compared with Li Tie's period, the national football starting lineup has not been adjusted much in this campaign. The main adjustment is that the midfielder Hao Junmin returned to the starting lineup, Zheng Zheng served as the starting left back, and Wang Shenchao was adjusted from left back to midfielder.

　　But compared to the first round against Japan, there were as many as 5 adjustments, 2 of which were passive adjustments.

The national football team started in the first round against Japan.

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game progress

　　After the opening, the national football team did not stick to defending blindly, but it was unable to form too many effective cooperation and attacking opportunities in the midfield and frontcourt, and on the defensive end, the front of the goal was terrifying.

　　In the 11th minute, Wang Shenchao accidentally handballed in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Da Puyong also made a penalty hit, the national football team 0:1 Japan.

　　Since then, the rhythm of the game has been firmly controlled by the Japanese team. The national football team has never been able to shoot, and even failed to get the ball in the opponent's penalty area. The ball possession rate is only 29%.

Yan Junling faced the penalty kick. Although he judged the right direction, he was powerless.

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　　In the 56th minute, Wei Shihao and Alan replaced Hao Junmin and Zhang Yuning.

　　In the 62nd minute, the Japanese team played a series of cooperation, and finally Junya Ito scored a header in the penalty area.

National football team 0:2 Japan.

　　In the 64th minute, the national football team made another substitution. Midfielder Dai Weijun replaced Zheng Zheng to usher in the national team debut, and Wang Shenchao returned to left back.

　　In the 69th minute, the national football team finally ushered in the first shot. Wei Shihao, who came off the bench, shot directly from the set ball, slightly above the crossbar.

　　In the subsequent games, the rhythm was always controlled by the Japanese team, and the Chinese team failed to save the defeat.

Zhang Linpeng is in the game.

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　　After losing to Japan, the top 12 national football team won 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in 7 games and accumulated 5 points.

In the same group game that ended earlier, Australia, which was third in the group, defeated Vietnam 4:0, leading the national football team by 9 points, and also had a great advantage in terms of goal difference and goals.

　　At present, there are only 3 rounds left in the top 12, and in the next round, Australia will face Oman, who is basically out, with a high probability of scoring points.

Therefore, even if the national football team wins Vietnam on the road on the first day of the new year, it will not escape the fate of being eliminated in the world preliminaries.

　　But for the current situation, it is still necessary to calm down.

After all, this was almost a predictable result from the start of the round of 12.

It's just that under today's node, this disappointing result is coming.

　　For the national football team and Chinese fans, it is still necessary to cherish the remaining three top 12 games.

Under the epidemic, this is a rare high-quality international official competition opportunity for the national football team, and it is full of value.

In the first round of the match, the national football team narrowly defeated Vietnam 3:2 to win the first victory of this top 12 match.

Image source: Chinese football team.

　　It is hoped that on the first day of the new year, the national football team can make a good start at the beginning of the new year and bring happiness to the fans.

At the same time, it will not live up to the hard work of overseas competitions under the New Year node.

　　For the newly appointed Li Xiaopeng and his coaching staff, winning the weaker Vietnam is also the most realistic assessment standard in the top 12 competition.

(Author Bian Liqun)