On January 27, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round of 12 ushered in a focus battle, the national football team away to Japan, the first half of the national football team was completely passive, the Japanese team used penalties to take the lead in breaking the goal, the half of the national football team 0-1 behind. In the second half, the national football team through consecutive substitutions, the scene has improved, but still conceded another goal, the end of the game, the national football team 0-2 loss, 7 games only accumulated 5 points, announced out in advance, officially missed the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
This is the first official game after Li Xiaopeng took office, the national football team only got 5 points before, ranking second from the bottom, if this game can not win, it will be out of the game early. Japan ranked 2nd in this group and the qualifying situation is good. The first leg of the two teams met, and the national football team lost 0-1 to the opponent.
In this game, Li Xiaopeng basically followed the main framework of the Li Tie period, sending 5 defenders in the starting lineup, Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Linpeng and Zhu Chenjie formed three center-backs, Arthur Junmin and Wu Xi led the midfield, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning partnered on the front line, and Alan was substituted.
After the opening, the national football team quickly fell into passivity, the two sides were completely suppressed, and the wind in front of the goal was loud. In the 13th minute, the Japanese team crossed from the right, Wang Shenchao hit the ball with his hand when the tackle was blocked, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, and Daqi Yong also took the penalty in one step, and the national football team fell behind early. In the first half, the national football team was completely passive in the scene, there was no shot on goal, the possession rate was less than 30%, and the Japanese team had 10 shots on goal.
Yi Bian fought again, and the national football team was still passive on the scene. In the 56th minute, Li Xiaopeng made the first substitution adjustment of the game, Alain and Wei Shihao came out, replacing Arthur Junmin and Zhang Yuning. The national football team improved slightly on the scene, but in the 61st minute, the national football team still conceded another goal, Yuta Nakayama crossed, the national football team failed to grab two points of defense in the middle of the road, Ito Jun also scored a header, and the national football team fell behind 0-2.
Subsequently, the national football team made substitution adjustments again, and Dai Weijun replaced Zheng Zheng and continued to strengthen the attack. In the 69th minute, Wei Shihao's direct free-kick was slightly off target, which was the most threatening shot of the national football team in this game. The national football team, which was 2 goals behind, made a desperate bet, but it improved, and in the 82nd minute, Wu Xi's powerful shot was slightly higher than the crossbar.
At the end of the 90 minutes, the national football team lost 0-2, suffering a double kill from the Japanese team. After 7 games, the national football team only accumulated 5 points, 9 points behind the 3rd Australia, in the case of only 3 games, because the mutual record is not dominant, doomed to fail to enter the top 3, the national football team's 2022 Qatar World Cup dream was shattered in advance, and the national football team can only hope for 4 years later.