The 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers are coming to an end, and at 17:10 Beijing time the day before yesterday, the 9th round of Group B Australia against Japan, the focus showdown was over.
With the 24-year-old Sanji squirrel scoring twice in the 2 minutes before the end of the match, the Japanese men's football team won 2-0 to successfully qualify for the World Cup. For this national team, which is considered to be the number one in Asia, it is already a habit to enter the World Cup...
In this match, Australia, the third in the group, originally had the possibility of improving the ranking, and Japan could qualify in one fell swoop if it won, so the two sides have maintained a high-intensity confrontation in this game.
But it wasn't until the 84th minute that head coach Sanbao Yi sent substitute Mitsuru Sanbao to the field, and then he scored in the 89th and 92nd minutes, ending the suspense of the game completely.
Japan's victory seems to have an element of luck, but in fact, it highlights their overall strength.
Statistically, Japan, ranked 23rd in the world, has 19 shots on goal, 7 shots on target, and 56.8% possession, and has the upper hand in the game situation, with as many as 59 dangerous attacks.
In contrast, Australia, ranked 37th in the world, was suppressed by its opponents, with only 9 shots on goal, 3 shots on target, 43.2% possession and 26 dangerous attacks.
It should be known that in the round of 12, the Chinese men's football team lost to the Kangaroo Army in the first round with a score of 0-3, and the second round of 1-1 draw was still unable to win. The Japanese men's football team played Australia in this game, but it was comfortable.
It is enough to see how big the gap between the current Chinese men's football team and the Japanese men's football team is. The root cause of this gap has already appeared as early as the current batch of players is still in the stage of learning and growth.
In Asia, there are only two national teams that have not missed the World Cup since 1998: Japan and South Korea. At present, the Japanese men's football team has reached the World Cup for the seventh consecutive time, which is enough to envy Chinese fans.
In contrast, the Chinese men's team has only participated in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and has missed six times so far, including the 1998 World Cup in France, the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
For Japanese football, which respects the laws of football and has a centennial plan for the development of football, it is already normal to successfully break into the final round of the World Cup, and I believe that they can continue to make breakthroughs on the right path.
Chinese football used to be ahead of Japanese football, but now the gap between the two sides is really unbearable to look at, they are constantly improving, and we are constantly regressing...