In the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, the Chinese team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, completely missing the final round of the World Cup in Qatar. Although the failure to enter the World Cup is basically within the expectations of fans, but this defeat can be called the shame of Chinese football, after the game, all kinds of media, hot searches, topics are dominated by the "national football team 1-3 Vietnam", and even earlier Fan Zhiyi "national football lost to Vietnam", "face is not wanted" and other remarks screenshots are also brushed in the circle of friends.
Fans can accept that the national football team cannot enter the World Cup, can accept that the national football team loses, but cannot accept losing to a team like Vietnam on the first day of the New Year, and cannot accept being scored 2 goals by Vietnam in 17 minutes. You know, the last time the national football team lost to Vietnam was still a distant 1959 (score 0-2), when it was only 10 years after the founding of the country, before this game (just lost 1-3 to Vietnam's round of 12), the record of the national football team against Vietnam was 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
It is a bit ridiculous to say that the Chinese team has scored a total of 5 goals in the two rounds of 12 against Vietnam, which is currently the top 12 opponents who have scored the most goals in the national football team. Official media such as the Beijing News, Beijing Youth Daily, Xinmin Evening News, and People's Daily also spoke out one by one, criticizing the "shameful acts" of the Chinese men's football team. However, in the face of such a faceless defeat, except for head coach Li Xiaopeng and some players who took the initiative to apologize, there were no managers at other levels who showed their faces. That is to say, the anger and insults of fans and the media are basically scratching the itch of the boots.
Also in the round of 12, they lost 0-2 to South Korea, and Syria also missed the World Cup in advance. At this point, the Syrian Football Association officially announced that it would dissolve the administrative organ of the national team and dismiss all technical personnel. Syria is currently at the bottom of Group A of the Round of 12 and will be followed by the announcement of new administrative and technical cadres to complete the final two rounds of qualifiers against Lebanon and Iraq.
Although the behavior of the Syrian Football Association cannot immediately improve the strength of its own team, the courage and decisiveness of this work are enough to see their determination. What's more, Syria lost 0-2 to South Korea in the early 2 rounds of the World Cup, while the Chinese team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, completely losing the theoretical possibility of qualifying, and was once led 3-0 by Vietnam in the game.
Sometimes failure is not terrible, what is terrible is the determination not to think about pain. In the history of Chinese football, it is not without such things! In 1964, the Chinese football team lost to the Pakistan team 1-4, Marshal He Long saw that the team did not give the country a long face, did not play a blow, directly disbanded this team he personally built, and put it down to the army for style rectification.
But after disbanding the team, Marshal He Long did not ignore it. In April 1964, He Long also organized relevant departments to hold a meeting to discuss the reasons for the regression of the national football team, and also put forward some suggestions for improving the national football team. At the same time, activities related to the sport of football are being promoted throughout the country.
Under the grasp of He Long, the football of the mainland has finally made great progress. In 1965, He Long formed the national football team again. In 1966, the football team participated in the first Asian Emerging Forces Games and won the runner-up, which can be regarded as a breath of air for the country.
The older generation of leaders has always been fierce, and syria, which has suffered from war and economic backwardness, is decisive enough. However, after a fiasco against Vietnam, what will the leaders of Chinese football do?