In the fourth round of the third stage (round of 18) of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup Asian Qualifiers at 8 p.m. Beijing time on October 15, the Chinese team will host Indonesia at Qingdao Youth Football Stadium. At the pre-match press conference on the afternoon of the 14th, the head coach of the Chinese team, Ivankovic, said that he would do his best to win the game at all costs.
Before facing the Indonesian team, the Chinese team, which had suffered three consecutive defeats, was already in mourning, not only ranking at the bottom with 0 points, but also having a number of players in the team suffering injuries after the last game. Ivankovic revealed at the press conference that frontcourt big player Fernando was determined to miss the Indonesian game due to injury. In addition, players such as Wu Lei, Gao Zhunyi, Xu Haoyang and Alan also have injuries of varying degrees.
At the same time, the opponent Indonesia team drew with its opponent in the first three rounds and remained undefeated, and there were many strong teams such as Saudi Arabia and Australia. Ivankovic said that the Indonesian team is unbeaten in three consecutive rounds and has a lot of confidence, and is an opponent that needs to be taken seriously.
After the third round of the game on the 10th was reversed by the Australia team 1:3 (previously reported→ 0 points after three rounds! National Football 1-3 Australia), the Chinese team is still the only team in the group that has failed to score points, from coach Ivankovic himself to the whole team is also under great pressure.
In any case, the home game against Indonesia on the 15th has become a "game with no way back" for the team. Although the previous results were not satisfactory, there are still many fans who have come to Qingdao to cheer for the Chinese team. Wei Shihao said that he has felt the enthusiasm of the fans in Qingdao, and he wants to fight for the fans at home and do his best to win the game. 'We're getting better and better at playing game by game, and we're adapting better to the coach's tactics, so you can see the change in this game.
"With so many fans coming to cheer us on, we see the love from everyone," Ivankovic said, "and hopefully the players can feel the love and give back to the fans with a sense of responsibility, play with courage and passion at home and give their best to win at all costs." ”
China vs Indonesia has a record of the last 5 A-level matchups
2013-11-15 Asian preliminary round China 1-0 Indonesia
2023-10-15 Asian preliminary round Indonesia 1-1 China
2004-7-21 Asian Cup China 5-0 Indonesia
2001-5-27 World Preliminary Round Indonesia 0-2 China
2001-5-13 World Preliminary Round China 5-1 Indonesia
At present, the third round of Group C of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminary Championship has all ended, with Japan beating Saudi Arabia 2-0 away, Bahrain scoring in stoppage time, and drawing 2-2 at home to Indonesia. At present, in the Group C standings, Japan have won all three games, scored 14 goals and conceded a goal, and accumulated 9 points. Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain all have 4 points, ranking 2-4. Indonesia has drawn three times in a row, ranking 5th with 3 points, and the national football team is at the bottom with 0 points.
This afternoon, @足球中国 released a live broadcast preview, and the broadcast platform showed that the game was still only broadcast live on the iQiyi platform, and CCTV continued not to broadcast it.
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Source: Comprehensive People's Daily client, CCTV Sports, @足球中国等
Editor: Lei Bin