At 20:30 on November 16, Beijing time, the national football team faced the Thai team in the first round of Group C of the 2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers and the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the second phase of the Asian Zone Round of 36. In the 23rd minute, the Thai team broke the deadlock, in the 29th minute, Wei Shihao assisted Wu Lei to equalize, and in the second half, Xie Pengfei, who came on as a substitute, assisted Wang Shangyuan to score the winning goal. In the end, the national football team reversed Thailand 2-1 away to get off to a good start, and on the 21st, the national football team will host South Korea in Shenzhen.
Group C includes South Korea and Singapore in addition to the national football team and Thailand, so Thailand and the national football team are strong contenders for the second place in this group, and the first round of matches is a battle of life and death. In the warm-up match in 2018, the national football team won 2-0 against the Thai team, and Wu Lei scored twice.
In the 6th minute, Tiraton-Bunma went straight into the penalty area, and Supana took the ball from a small angle and pushed it, but it did not pose much threat and was confiscated by Yan Junling.
In the 13th minute, Li Lei took a corner kick on the right side, unexpectedly drove a low flat ball, the ball was leaked in front of the goal, Jiang Shenglong in front of the goal swept away, and the ball grazed the post.
In the 19th minute, Zhang Linpeng shoveled Boding behind the midfielder and was shown a yellow card warning by the referee.
In the 20th minute, Tan Long picked up a pass on the right side, and Wu Lei took the ball in the penalty area and shook it past the attacking goalkeeper, but did not shoot at the first time, but was saved by the reacting Bativa from the bottom line.
In the 23rd minute, Supana's shot from a small angle was saved by Yan Junling, but then Supana took the ball and continued to organize and distributed the ball to Shalaqi, who shot from the line of the penalty area, Yan Junling couldn't save, and the Thai team broke the deadlock, 1-0.
In the 28th minute, Bodin tried a long-range shot after cutting inside on the left, but failed to hit the target.
In the 29th minute, after Wei Shihao steals in the front, he dribbles the ball all the way into the penalty area, and finally crosses to the back point, Wu Lei inserts a flying shovel and shoots an empty goal, and the national football team equalizes, 1-1.
In the 38th minute, the Thai team continued to pass in the front, and Subachu's powerful shot was blocked by the defenders of the Chinese team.
In the 39th minute, Wei Shihao took the ball in the middle of the field and went all the way to the front of the penalty area, and the final push shot grazed the post.
In the 42nd minute, Tiraton Bunmatan crossed from the left, and Beal's header hit the top of the goal.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Wei Shihao plugged straight, and Wu Lei took the ball to form a single knife into the penalty area, but in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he pushed the far corner and missed.
In the 48th minute, Sharach took a corner kick from the right, and Bodin grabbed the header to hit the goal, but it was slightly deflected.
In the 56th minute, Jiang Shenglong fouled the front of the penalty area, and Sharaqi took a free kick, which was blocked by the Chinese team's human wall.
In the 58th minute, Chanadi Songkrasin crossed from the left and accurately found the top of Sharaqi's head, and Sharaqi's header from close range was magically defused by Yan Junling.
In the 67th minute, the front of the national football penalty area was plugged straight, Wu Lei stepped forward to shoot at a small angle, and was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper with his legs, but the goal was also offside.
In the 70th minute, Wu Xi fell in the Thai penalty area, but the referee directly sentenced Wu Xi to fake a fall and showed a yellow card warning.
In the 74th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked, Xie Pengfei took the ball to the penalty area, and still sent the ball to the back point when he was blocked, Wang Shangyuan inserted a close-range header to score the goal, and the Chinese team overtook the score 2-1.
In the 82nd minute, Thailand won the counter-attack, and the far corner of the front of the Subachu penalty area was slightly off, and the national football team escaped.
In the 85th minute, Dai Weijun sent a corner kick from the left to the back point, and Zhu Chenjie's header hit the top of the goal, and the national football team missed a good opportunity again.
In the subsequent game, both teams did not make any achievements, and the national football team finally defeated Thailand and made a good start to the round of 36.
China's lineup: 1-Yan Junling, 2-Zhu Chenjie, 3-Jiang Shenglong, 4-Li Lei (60 mins 19-Liu Yang), 5-Zhang Linpeng (19' yellow card), 7-Wu Lei, 8-Li Ke (60 mins 6-Wang Shangyuan 64' yellow card), 11-Tan Long, 15-Wu Xi (70' yellow card), 20-Wei Shihao (74 mins 13-Dai Weijun), 21-Liu Binbin (46 mins 10-Xie Pengfei)
Thailand line-up: 23-Bhatwat, 3-Tirathong Boon Matan, 5-Gishada, 6-Sharachi, 14-Ban Sa (34 mins 12-Bier), 19-Tristan Du (74 mins 9-Subachai ), 7-Subachol, 11-Bodin, 18-Chanadi Songkrasin (74 mins 15-Neti Bang), 21-Pak Khao (63 mins 2-Di Roran), 17-Supana