The results of the group draw for the round of 18 of the World Cup Asian qualifiers have been officially released. The Chinese national football team is in the same group as the Japanese national football team, the Australian national football team, the Saudi national football team, the Bahrain national football team and the Indonesian national football team. And the current schedule has been officially announced! At half past 6 p.m. on September 5, the opening match of the Chinese national football team will challenge the Japanese national football team away. This game, CCTV5 will also broadcast live!
The Chinese national football team and the Japanese national football team are old rivals! According to media statistics, the two sides have played each other 23 times in history, and the Chinese national football team has won 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses. Since 1998, in the last 13 meetings, the Chinese national football team has drawn 6 and lost 7. Obviously, the current Japanese national football team is better than us! And they are ranked 1st in Asia!
The most recent meeting was the second leg of the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar 2022. At that time, Li Tie, the head coach of the Chinese national football team, was dismissed because of inappropriate remarks, and Li Xiaopeng was guided as the head coach to lead the team. And it's an away game! At that time, for some reason, many naturalized players in China were not reused, and Li Xiaopeng took over in a hurry. In the game, the Japanese national football team was in control! In the first half, Wang Shenchao's handball in the penalty area gave the Japanese national football team a penalty. Yuya Osako hit the penalty to give Japan a 1-0 lead. In the second half, Wei Shihao, the Chinese national football team, and Alan came on as substitutes. But the scene has not improved much. In the 61st minute of the game, the Japanese team expanded the score, Yuta Nakayama crossed, Junya Ito scored with a header, and the score became 0-2. Fortunately, there were not too many holes in the subsequent defense, and the Chinese national football team finally lost 0-2.
More than 2 years have passed! The gap between the Chinese national football team and the Japanese national football team seems to be getting wider and wider! Two years ago, the Chinese national football team was ranked 8th in Asia, but now it is ranked 13th in Asia. The Japanese national football team is still firmly ranked No. 1 in Asia! Obviously, the first matchup of the round of 18 is definitely a huge test for the Chinese national football team!
In terms of the Japanese team, Hisashi is undoubtedly the core of the team! The striker known as Ronaldo of Japan is now playing in the Spanish Primera A! Of course, the players of the Japanese national football team are basically in Europe! Their value or strength are above the Chinese national football team. In terms of the Chinese national football team, Wu Lei will undoubtedly be the core! As the only player in the national football team who is worth more than one million euros, he is also a sharp knife in the front line, and he once played in La Liga. His PK with Hisashi will be a highlight of this game!
And for this game, the head coach of the Chinese national football team, Ivankovic, has an idea! After all, in the last round of 12, Ivankovic led the Oman national football team to a 1-0 upset victory over the Japanese national football team. On the surface, there is no hope for the national football team to score points, but will there be any accidents? See!