Jimu News reporter Hu Dikai
On the evening of September 10, in the second round of Group C of the 2026 World Cup Asian Qualifiers Round of 18, the Chinese team scored first at home, and the opponent lost the game when he was sent off for a red card at the beginning. At the post-match press conference, in the face of the question of "dismissal", the head coach of the Chinese team, Ivankovic, responded: "This question should not be asked to me. ”
In this game, the Chinese team scored first in the 14th minute. Fernando took a corner kick, and Jiang Shenglong's header caused the Saudi players to set up an own goal, and the Chinese team led 1-0. Five minutes later, Saudi Arabia's Kano violently fouled Jiang Shenglong, and the referee directly awarded a red card after watching the VAR replay and sent him off. In the subsequent game, the Chinese team of 11 players played against the Saudi team of 10 people.
The fantastic start of the Chinese team once made many fans think that the Chinese team could win the game today. But before the whistle blew at the end of the first half, Saudi Arabia's Kadesh broke through the Chinese team's goal after a corner kick and equalized the score. In the second half, the Chinese team still did not seize the advantage of numbers, and before the end of the game, the goal was once again broken by a corner kick by the Saudi Arabian team Kadesh and was killed.
One more player, for 70 minutes, the Chinese team conceded twice in the corner, and the tactical arrangement and substitutions of head coach Ivankovic were not timely, causing the majority of netizens to question.
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After the game, tens of thousands of national football fans watching the game at Dalian Barracuda Bay Stadium shouted in unison: "Ivan is out of class!" On the Internet, the topic of "Ivan getting out of class" also rushed to the hot search. Many netizens commented: "The three goals were all scored by Saudi Arabia!" "When I saw 1:2, I thought I had scored a goal, but it turned out to be an own goal." "11 to 10, and I was overtaken."
Source: Xinhua News Agency
Famous Han Qiaosheng posted a comment on the game: "We are the first to score, and we have one more player, and it is nearly 70 minutes!" As a result, XX also lost...... Where to reason? He also questioned the head coach of the Chinese team, Ivan: "The pace of coach Ivan's on-the-spot adjustment is too slow and too bad, the players on the field are weak, and the opposing coach Mancini knows that the draw will make adjustments." Why? Do you want to watch people put on the dishes? Han Qiaosheng bluntly said that this loss is more ugly than losing to Japan 0:7!
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Sports commentator Zhan Jun also posted: "It's a good loss!! I can't get a point like this, so I don't know when I'm going to wait...... The coaching staff did not command well on the spot, and the substitution was too late and too conservative! The official Weibo of Emperor Xiangqiu wrote in the poster: "This can also lose?? The national football team opened 19 minutes 1:0 and one more person, and was finally reversed by Saudi Arabia 1:2! ”
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At the press conference after the game, the head coach of the Chinese team, Ivankovic, was questioned by reporters and asked whether he would leave the class, he said: "The question of the class should not be mentioned to me, the last game was indeed a big loss, but there are three favorite teams in the group, and they are all very strong teams." Our group goal should be the top four and move on to the next stage. We're still working on it, we have eight games to go, and in the second game we were better than the last one and we have more hope for the team. ”
Source: Xinhua News Agency
Up to now, the Chinese team has lost two consecutive games in the opening stage of the World Preliminaries, and the points continue to be at the bottom of Group C. In the previous away game against Japan, the Chinese team lost 0-7, creating the biggest defeat in the world preliminary round and setting a number of defeat records. At present, the Chinese team, which has lost two consecutive games, is the only team in Group C that has not scored points, and the qualifying situation is urgent.
(Source: Jimu News)
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