At the beginning of the match between the national football team and the Japanese men's football team, Fan Zhiyi, as a former national football captain and football celebrity, faced the media, giving the national football team that it is impossible to win Japan unless there is a miracle on the field. Some fans believe that this is to shake the hearts of the military before the game, and find a reason for themselves to believe that the national football team has a chance to win, that is, the two major central defenders of the Japanese men's football team cannot play, and their main center-backs have become Hiroki Sakai and Itakura Tsuki, who usually have fewer opportunities to play. More fans believe that Fan Zhiyi is seeking truth from facts and facing reality objectively and fairly. Even if the national football coach changes from Li Tie to Li Xiaopeng, the strength gap between the national football team and the Japanese men's football team is still recognized by everyone. In addition, the naturalized players who were once responsible for creating opportunities and seizing opportunities on the offensive line were only Jiang Guangtai and Alain to play, and Luo Guofu had to be suspended because of the accumulation of yellow cards, which also increased the gap in strength between them to a certain extent. However, do the lads of the national football team have the opportunity to create miracles on the field? Even if the fans understand the comparison with the strength of their opponents, they still long for the possibility of miracles on the field.
However, judging from the performance of both sides in the first half, it gave the national football team and the majority of fans a heavy blow. Because throughout the first half, the Japanese men's football team can be said to be pressing the national football team. Whether it is Junya Ito, or Tanaka Bi, or Takumi Minamino and Ōkiyo in front, they have brought a lot of defensive pressure to the national football team. They turned over to get the ball and shoot near the penalty area. The Japanese men's soccer team also took advantage of an unexpected handball in the penalty area by Wang Shenchao to take advantage of a penalty in the 13th minute of the first half, and the score was made 1-0 by Daisuke Yong. It can be said that the Japanese men's football team quickly and continuously put pressure on the back line of the national football team, making it difficult for the forward and forward lines of the national football team to form an effective forward pass, and the entire formation was also very flattened, everyone defended in the half of the team, almost once could pass the ball to the opponent's penalty area, and did not form an effective shot. Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning had to become defenders with their teammates, while the Japanese men's football team had six kick opportunities in the first half. Moreover, their possession rate is as high as 75%, while the national football team is only 25%. Such a huge gap makes the national football players a little breathless on the field. So much so that it felt like losing a goal at half-time was a bit of a fluke.
In the opening stage of the second half of the game, the Japanese men's football team launched a fierce attack around the Chinese team's penalty area and goal, and Daqi Yong still had the opportunity to break the goal, but did not seize it. And the national football team can be said to have only the ability to fight back, and there is no power to fight back. The game kicked in 55 minutes, with Alain and Wei Shihao replacing Zhang Yuning and Arthur Junmin on the pitch. The Japanese men's soccer team also made substitutions in 2 positions after the national football team was adjusted, and Daisuke daiki and Nagatomo yu both went off the field and replaced Takada Dairan and Yuta Nakayama. Less than 5 minutes before the substitutions between the two sides, that is, the game was played to the 61st minute, Yuta Nakayama, who had just been replaced, spelled a pass to Junya Ito in the middle of the penalty area, the header broke the goal, and the ball went straight to the left side of the goal, and the score came to 2-0. The national defence again missed and also lost its second goal very suddenly. In the 64th minute, Dai Weijun replaced Zheng Zheng. The national football team also did not get the first foot ball after the start of the game until the 65th minute of the whole game. Although the national football team's possession rate in the second half has improved significantly, the situation on the field has not changed much. The positive change we can see in the team is that there are some opportunities to attack the front and turn into breakthroughs.
Indeed, after the debut of Alain and Wei Shihao, including Dai Weijun, the awareness of the national football team to move forward has increased, and it can also play some small cooperation on the field. And also forced out the first shot opportunity step by step. But on the whole, the national football team is still in a state of forced defense. In the 73rd minute, Endo replaced Kenyo Kubo, who was very active on the field. Obviously, the Japanese men's football team is not satisfied with scoring only 2 goals, and there are new ideas. Although the offensive line of the national football team is full of personnel, it is difficult to exert force, and it is difficult to form an effective cooperation between each other. Zhang Linpeng also suffered a right knee injury while defending, but fortunately returned to the field after being treated by the team doctor. The Chinese men's football team also finally relied on Alan to get a set-piece on the left by scrambling for the opportunity to be fouled by Itakura, picked up by Wei Shihao, followed by Wu Xi's right foot to shoot long-range, and the national football team also completed the second foot shot. In the 87th minute, the Japanese men's football team made a substitution adjustment again. Haraguchi replaced Junya Ito, and Don Yasuru replaced Takumi Minano. Without the opportunity to score and equalize, the national football team also replaced Wu Lei by Liu Yang and Zhang Linpeng before the end of the 90-minute game.
With the last 3 minutes of the game running out of stoppage time, both sides were unable to change the score, and the Japanese national football team also won 2-0 against the national football team, continuing to stabilize the team's second place in the group. What is more interesting and somewhat ironic is that in the predictions of many fans, the news headline about the national football team has been written, that is: the Chinese men's football team lost 0-2 to Japan, missed the World Cup, and the head coach spoke tearfully after the game. The result of the game was guessed in advance, and as for whether Li Xiaopeng would cry, it would depend on whether he would cooperate with these media people to sing the play well.