2-0 to 2-2! The Chinese team lost a good game, conceded two goals in a row and was forced to draw by the bottom team, and the South Korean team was upset
On the evening of March 21, Beijing time, in the third round of Group C of the second stage of the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team played against Singapore. In the first half, Wu Lei scored twice, and the national football team led by two goals. In the second half, the Chinese team lost a good game, conceding 2 goals in a row and being forced to draw by the bottom team Singapore, and finally had no choice but to accept the result from a 2-0 lead to a 2-2 draw. In the other match in the same group, South Korea was upset 1-1 at home by Thailand.
Group C of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team and the South Korean team, the Thai team, and the Singapore team are in the same group, after the first two rounds, the South Korean team showed super strength and won 2 consecutive wins to lead with 6 points, the Thai team and the Chinese team are 1 win and 1 loss to get 3 points, and the Singapore team is all defeated at the bottom. In this round, the South Korean team played against the Thai team, and the Chinese team played against Singapore, which was a good opportunity for the Chinese team to chase points. Earlier, South Korea's match against Thailand ended first, with South Korea suffering an upset and being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Thailand, with Son Heung-min scoring a goal for South Korea, but Supana equalised for Thailand in the second half. In this way, before the match between the Chinese team and Singapore, the Group C standings are: South Korea leads with 7 points with 2 wins and 1 draw, Thailand ranks second with 4 points with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, China ranks third with 3 points with one less game, and Singapore ranks fourth with 0 points.
This is the debut of the new coach of the Chinese team, Ivankovic, in the starter, Wu Lei, Zhang Yuning partnered with double strikers, Xie Pengfei served as the front waist, Wang Shangyuan was the back waist, the left and right wings were Li Yuanyi and Fernando, Jiang Guangtai and Zhu Chenjie on the back line partnered with double central defenders, Liu Yang and Zhang Linpeng on the left and right, Yan Junling guarded the goal; Baharaldin, Tan Hanwei and Ryan Stewart were in the backline, with Hassan Sonny in goal. On the bench, the Chinese team also has two attackers, Ackerson and Wei Shihao, which are Ivankovic's backers.
After the opening, the Chinese team took the lead in creating a threat, and Fernando was very active, frequently breaking through the Singapore defence on the right flank. In the 8th minute, the attack on the right side, Fernando passed to Xie Pengfei, Xie Pengfei passed into the penalty area, Zhang Yuning stopped the ball and made a mistake and wasted a single ball opportunity. In the 10th minute, it was still an attack instigated from the right side, Xie Pengfei crossed, Wang Shangyuan picked up the pass in front of the penalty area, Wu Lei shook his head in the penalty area and scored the goal, and the Chinese team took the lead 1-0. It's a pity that in the 30th minute, Wu Lei missed the penalty he made, and the national football team missed the opportunity to expand its lead. However, in stoppage time, Wu Lei seized the opportunity to score another goal, and completed a double ring at halftime!
After returning from the break, the Singapore team made immediate changes, with Rumli coming on for Suzriman and Harris Stewart coming on for Kumar. In the 51st minute, the Singapore team pulled back a goal, a big foot in the backfield, substitute Ramley won the ball in the front, and suddenly threw a cold arrow on the periphery of the big penalty area, the ball was refracted into the net, Yan Junling was not prepared, and the national football team lost the goal! In the 67th minute, the Singapore team continued to change two people in a row, and it can be seen that the coach of the Singapore team, Tsumito Ogura, has a lot of ideas and hopes to get points. The Chinese coach Ivankovic only started to make substitutions in the 74th minute, with Wei Shihao and Lin Liangming coming on to replace Li Yuanyi and Xie Pengfei. In the 81st minute of the game, the Singapore team shot from a distance, the Chinese team made consecutive mistakes in the penalty area, and Mahler, who came on as a substitute, equalized for the Singapore team.
The stoppage time was as much as 8 minutes, but unfortunately the Chinese team failed to score another goal, and finally the game was over, and the Singapore team drew 2-2 with two goals from the two substitutes in the second half, and the Singapore team also got the first point in the second phase of the group stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championships.