The situation of the national football team has reversed! Ivan received two bad and one good news, and the Korean god assisted + ace to help
On March 27, Beijing time, in the round of 36 of the 2026 World Preliminary Tournament that ended earlier, the Chinese men's football team led by Ivankovic defeated the Singapore men's football team 4-1 at home, which was also the first victory of the Chinese men's football team in the Year of the Dragon. After winning this game and getting 3 points, the promotion situation of the national football team in Group C has reversed, and we are currently in second place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 7 points, and the Chinese men's football team is currently in the promotion zone.
To briefly summarize the whole game, the national football team missed a lot of good opportunities to score in the first half. Wu Lei scored one of the goals twice, but the opponent scored a lightning goal after serving in the midfield, and our defenders were stunned to only watch the ball and not mark, which was a huge mistake. In the second half, Fernan's ability to help the national football team get a lot of free kicks, after Wei Shihao came on the bench to take a free kick in the front, our player Gao Zhunyi successfully made a point in the penalty area, and Fernando scored steadily. At this point, the national football team officially sounded the horn of attack.
Wu Lei and Wei Shihao both scored through counterattacks afterwards, and the national football team finally won a tough game. Of course, it wasn't all smooth sailing and we paid a price for our victory. Wu Lei rushed into the opponent in the second half when he was pressing high, and then the two had a friction conflict, the referee gave Wu Lei a yellow card, due to the accumulation of yellow cards, then in June we played the key game of the Thai team at home, Wu Lei will be determined to be absent. This is bad news for the national football team.
There was also bad news as midfielder Lee Won-il kicked down his opponent in the defensive tackle in the second half, and the referee gave him a red card on the spot, which also made Lee Won-il also confirmed suspended against Thailand. In the whole game, Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi's performances were very good. The loss of a good striker and a balanced midfielder in the next game could affect the consistency of the attacking side of the national team.
National football coach Ivankovic said in an interview after the game: I usually don't praise a single player, but Wu Lei played a leadership spirit in this game, he performed well as a captain, and he deserved to be the best player, and all our players worked very hard. When talking about the suspension of Wu Lei and Li Yuanyi against the Thai team in June, Ivankovic said: These two players are in excellent condition, and their suspension is very regrettable for the national football team.
In addition to the unfavorable news of personnel suspension, the standings of the national football team in Group C ushered in relative good news. The top-ranked South Korean men's football team defeated Thailand 3-0 in the earlier match, so the Korean men's football team is currently in first place in Group C with 10 points, the Thai men's football team is currently third with 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses and 4 points, and the Singapore men's football team is in fourth place with 1 draw, 3 losses and 1 point.
In other words, the South Korean men's football team has basically qualified in advance, and the Singapore men's football team at the bottom has also missed the round of 18 in advance. Therefore, the opponent of the national football team in June is the Thai men's football team, as long as we can beat the Thai men's football team, then the national football team can advance to the round of 18 with 10 points. If there is a draw, it may depend on the goal difference of the two teams in the end, so the initiative to qualify is still in the hands of the national football team.
In addition, the national football coaching staff will focus on the Chinese Super League in the future, and the naturalized player Delgado will have enough time to represent the national football team in June. The 26-year-old is an excellent midfielder who could take the place of Lee Won-il. The forward position still needs to be further investigated, and the current state of the ace naturalized player Allan needs to be improved, but he has long expressed his willingness to play for his country, and Ivankovic is very happy about it.
Therefore, it is preliminarily expected that in the World Preliminary Tournament in June, our forward line will recruit Alain, and the starting list will be adjusted, and it is expected that Wei Shihao will be used in a key way, after all, in the game of Jankovic's national football team's reversal of Thailand, it was Wei Shihao's single outburst that helped the national football team reverse the opponent, including this victory over Singapore's Wei Shihao's passes and shots are very beautiful.