On the evening of January 27, Beijing time, the seventh round of The Qatar World Cup Asian Zone Top 12 Group B competition officially began, and the Chinese team challenged the Japanese team away.
Before this round of matches, Japan won 4 and lost 2 to surpass Australia, ranking second in this group, and China won 1, drew 2 and lost 3, ranking fifth, only leading vietnam in 5 games and 5 losses.
For the Chinese team, this game is a veritable backwater battle, if the Chinese team is still unable to get points, not only to determine that there is no chance of direct promotion to the top two in the group, but also, there is a high probability of missing the top three in the group, directly losing the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup.
Although there is an urgent need to grab points, there is still a certain gap in strength between the two sides, and head coach Li Xiaopeng has arranged a 5-3-2 stable counterattack formation.
The goalkeeper position remains unchanged, Yan Junling starts the game, the 5 players in the back line are Zheng Zheng, Jiang Guangtai, Zhu Chenjie, Zhang Linpeng, Wang Shenchao, the three midfielders are Arthur Junmin, Wu Xi, Xu Xin, or defensive-oriented, and the two forwards are Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning.
Although Li Xiaopeng said before the game that Alain had a very important position in the national team, he was still on standby on the bench.
In the Japanese team, due to injury and illness, many senior generals were lost, and Maya Yoshida, Kenhiro Funan and Kenhiro Furuhashi were not in the big list.
Even so, the total value of the national football team's starting line was 8.475 million euros, far less than the 44.9 million euros started by the Japanese team.
After arriving at the stadium, Li Xiaopeng said in an interview that the national football team was in good shape and looked forward to the game coming soon!
Just five minutes into the opening, the Japanese team took advantage of the opportunity to quickly serve the ball out of bounds, and Junya Ito's shot was high.
A minute later, the Japanese team played in front of the penalty area, got another chance to shoot, the ball came out of the goal, and the national football team played a bit passive.
In the opening 10 minutes, the number of shots from the two teams was 4-0, and the national football team did not complete a shot on goal.
In the 11th minute, the national football team backline sent a penalty, Junya Ito's pass hit Wang Shenchao's arm, and the referee signaled the penalty.
Daisuke also stood in front of the penalty, and although Yan Junling was correct, his penalty momentum was strong, and the Japanese team led 1-0.
The opening loss of the ball, 0 shots, the Chinese team into a desperate situation, if it ends with such a score, the Chinese team will not be able to qualify directly from the top two of the group, and it is also likely that it will not be able to play off the play-offs, and completely bid farewell to the World Cup!