On the evening of January 27, Beijing time, the World Cup Asian Top 12 rekindled the flames of war, and its Chinese football away challenge to Japan was regarded as the focus of this round. As a result, after 90 minutes of the battle, Japan won the national football team 2-0 and returned to the second place in the table. After losing this game, the national football team is only left with the theoretical possibility of surpassing Australia in goal difference.
Facing Japan away from home, plus multiple naturalized internationals can't play. Before the game, most fans and the media were not optimistic about the situation of the national football team. But since this is the first game of the new coach of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng, fans still hope to see a different change.
In the starting list, Li Xiaopeng has a 3-guard formation, of which Wu Lei's partner Zhang Yuning is at the front. Shortly after the match began, the Japanese took advantage of Junya Ito's breakthrough to create a constant threat, and they managed to get a penalty in the 12th minute and scored smoothly. At the end of the half, it was not easy for the national football team to only lose 0-1 in the case of passive beatings.
Coming back in the second half, the national football team, which has been replaced consecutively, has found a certain offensive. However, in the 60th minute, the national football team once again suffered a goal conceded, and Jun Ito also broke the net with a header, becoming the most shining player of the Japanese team. In the end, the 90-minute battle ended, the national football team lost 0-2, the score is not unexpected, but the process is really ugly.
The result of losing 2-0 may be the result that many fans expected. But for the fans of the national football team, the lack of hope in the game process is the most painful. After the whole game, in addition to Wei Shihao's free kick, the best chance of the national football team was a long-range shot from Wu Xi. But these 2 shots on goal, in fact, are still some distance away from the goal.
In this game, the top star of the national football team, Wu Lei, played poorly, he played 87 minutes, only 26 touches, got a yellow card, the pass success rate was barely more than 50% (53%), and the number of shots was 0. As the biggest threat point of the national football team, such statistics are indeed disappointing for fans, and he has also been rated as the lowest score of 5.9 points in the whole game.
Whether it is a top 40 or a top 12 match, Wu Lei can be said to be the biggest highlight of the national football team. At the current Asian World Preliminary Tournament, Wu Lei scored 12 goals, ranking second in the top scorer list. However, in the club games of the new season, Wu Lei had very few opportunities to play, which seriously affected his state.
Back to the national team, Wu Lei obviously failed to adjust. Especially in the face of such a strong opponent as Japan, in fact, there are not many opportunities for Wu Lei to take the ball, and the players have also continued the downturn of the club. The opponent is too strong and his own state is too poor, which is an important reason why Wu Lei was rated as the lowest score in this game. In the next round against Vietnam, the national football match is already a battle for honor. We hope that Wu Lei will quickly adjust his state in these days and surprise the fans on the first day of the Chinese New Year.