The 2:2 scoreline, which ranked 156th in the world, defeated the Chinese men's football team 41 years ago, and for Singapore, which was at an absolute disadvantage against the Chinese football team, it is a huge improvement, no wonder the Singaporean players were excited to greet the 23,814 fans who came to help after scoring the last goal, and it was quite a bit of a big victory.
This is the real scene of the Chinese men's football team playing against Singapore away from home at 20:30 tonight, in the round of 36 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
In fact, the Singapore team did it, in the case of conceding two goals first, they were not discouraged, with the help of the home force, the new head coach of Japan's Ogura Wake, in the second half through substitution tactics, forced to score two equalizing goals under the tight defense of the Chinese men's football team, incredibly snatched back a point at the feet of the Chinese men's football team, which made the Singapore man excited to think that this draw is a great victory in history, and it is worth celebrating.
Looking at the Chinese men's football team in the good situation of 2 goals first, Singapore scored 2 goals alive, the duck in hand flew, and all 3 points became a bubble, which cannot but say that the Chinese men's football team did not have the ability to hold the sky in front of the weak team and turn the tide.
Although the top scorer of the Chinese men's football team, No. 7 Wu Lei, scored 2 goals in the opening 10 minutes and 47 minutes, which also laid the foundation for the Chinese men's football team to defeat the opponent and win the game, but missed the inevitable penalty, which cannot but say that the distortion of the mentality and ruined the fruits of victory.
It stands to reason that the Chinese men's football team, ranked 88th in the world, should not have a problem defeating Singapore ranked 156th, not to mention that the Chinese men's football team has met Singapore 16 times in the history of the two teams, with a record of 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, scoring 32 goals and conceding 8 goals.
The same Asian team, the same coach before the game, the same second half substitution of players, but the effect is obvious, the Japanese coach decisively replaced several players in the second half, immediately set off a goal frenzy on the field and scored two goals in a row, quickly equalized.
The 70-year-old Ivanovic, the national football coach of Croatia, did not win through substitution tactics in his debut of the Chinese men's football team, and Wei Shihao and Lin Liangming, who should have been replaced in the second half, should have been replaced in order to enhance their offensive ability, but in the remaining 30 minutes of play, they were put on the battlefield to make the heart return to the sky but unable to turn the tide.
Although the Chinese men's football team was forced to draw by the weak team Singapore and "lost" the game, through this battle, we can also see that the spirit of the national football players to win glory for the motherland is still admirable.
The new coach must have a new momentum, not to mention that Ivanovic has the experience of coaching in the Chinese Super League for the first time, and also has a deep understanding of the players of the Chinese men's football team, we have reason to believe that under the leadership of the new coach of the Chinese men's football team, the Chinese men's football team will definitely be in the remaining games of the round of 36 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
2024.3.21