Tonight, Hong Kong's new coach made his debut in charge and will need to take all three points in Singapore
At 20:30 today, the Chinese men's national football team led by Ivankovic will challenge the Singapore team away in the third round of the round of 36 in the Asian region of the World Preliminary Championships.
The national football team is preparing for the away training according to Visual China
At present, the Chinese team is actively preparing for the game, including strategic adjustment and lineup optimization, and on the afternoon of the 20th, the national football team determined the list of 23 participants in this game. It is worth noting that the national football team reused a number of planning players this time, including Fernando Jr., central defender Jiang Guangtai and the newly injured center Aikeson, and at the same time, the Shandong Taishan team, which performed well in the AFC Champions League, also had Li Yuanyi, Gao Zhunyi and many other players selected. This time, the Chinese men's football team will go out with a new look and a new lineup.
After the last two days of training, the starting lineup of the national football team has basically surfaced - the last training before the game, Ivankovic also directly showed the main lineup - 442's diamond-shaped midfielder:
The main goalkeeper is Yan Junling, the four defenders Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, Liu Yang, the middle of the midfield Xie Pengfei and Wang Shangyuan stand in front and back, Fernando and Lin Liangming are separated on the wings, and the double striker Zhang Yuning partners Wu Lei.
Singapore are currently bottom of the group, having lost their previous two games without picking up any points and only theoretically have a chance of qualifying.
The Singapore national team has adopted a younger squad selection under the leadership of the new Japanese head coach Tsutomu Ogura. Eleven of Ogura's 26-man squad is under the age of 24, including four who have yet to play. But it has also included experienced players such as captain Harris Harun, Hassan Sonny and Safwan Baharuddin, each of whom has made more than 100 appearances for Singapore. The 31-year-old winger, who made 77 appearances for his country, was also re-selected, adding plenty of experience to the squad.
According to the battle data provided by the official website of the Chinese Football Association, the national football team and Singapore have met 16 times in history, with a record of 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, scoring 32 goals and conceding 8 goals.
The last time the national football team lost to Singapore was in the Merlion Cup Invitational Tournament in December 1983, when the national team lost 1-0 away. In the 40 years since, the national football team has been unbeaten against Singapore with 10 wins and 2 draws.
In the pre-match press conference, Ivankovic expressed his determination to go all out to win, while Singapore's new coach Tsutomu Ogura, who has also just taken office, said, "Our goal is to win, not only the players, but also the fans and the coaching staff, everyone wants to win." ”
Judging from the situation of impacting the World Cup, the national football team needs to win away from home in this game. As the debut of the new coach Ivankovic after taking office, it is worth looking forward to what kind of novelty the national football team will show in this game.
Edited by Ou Peng