At 18:00 Beijing time on January 27, the 7th round of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia ushered in a focus battle, and the Chinese men's football team played against the Japanese men's football team away. At the end of the first half, the national football team fell behind 0-1, the scene was in the downwind, did not complete a shot, did not have the strength to fight back, Li Xiaopeng was helpless.
After the first 6 rounds of group matches, the national football team ranked fifth in the group with 5 points, the Japanese team ranked second with 12 points, the difference between the two teams was 7 points, and the national football team was not winless, which meant that there was no chance to pass the World Cup in the early three rounds, leaving only the hope of competing for the play-offs.
According to statistics, the two teams have met 35 times in history, the national football team has achieved 13 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, and the last 10 meetings have all failed to defeat the Japanese team, including the 0-1 defeat in the second round of the round of 12 on September 7 last year.
In terms of starting, the national football team sent Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning to play a double forward combination, Xu Xin, Arthur Junmin and Wu Xi sat in the midfield, the Japanese team let Daisuke Yong also play as a single arrow, and Takushi Minamino and Jun Ito also led the midfield.
In the 12th minute of the opening game, the national football team was awarded a penalty, full-back Wang Shenchao held out his left hand to block Junya Ito's pass when defending, the referee did not hesitate, awarded a penalty to the Japanese team, and then Daiki Yong also took the penalty to help Japan lead 1-0.
Since then, the national football team has continued to defend in its own half, completely suppressed by the Japanese team. In the 20th minute, Jun Ito also scored a tactical corner kick, and Takumi Minamino was slightly deflected. In the 28th minute, Da QiangYong also cut the goal inside the penalty area and was confiscated by Yan Junling. In the 37th minute, Takushi Minamino's burst shot was blocked by Zhu Chenjie.
At the end of the first half, the national football team temporarily fell behind 0-1, according to the statistics of the official website of the AFC, the national football team touched the ball 0 times in the Japanese team's restricted area in the first half. In addition, the national football team only has a ball control rate of 29%, 0 shots on goal, the Japanese team has 9 shots on goal, including 3 shots on target, and the corner kick 7-0 to shake off the national football team, this half of the national football team is in an overall behind.
It can be said that the national football team was completely suppressed by the Japanese team in this first half, and even the ball could not be touched, let alone the organization of the passing attack. The domestic media football circle is hotly discussed in the half, believing that the national football team only has the share of being beaten, there is no ability to fight back, and the gap with the Japanese team is more than 10 years.