On the evening of October 15, Beijing time, in the fourth round of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminaries, the national football team hosted Indonesia, and 37,133 people watched the game. In the first half, Baihelamu and Zhang Yuning each scored a goal to help the national football team lead 2-0, and in the second half, Indonesia pulled one back at the last moment, which was also the fourth consecutive game of the national football team to concede goals. In the end, the national football team narrowly won 2-1, won the first game, and also gave Indonesia its first defeat, as well as the opening four rounds without a win.
In the first 3 rounds, the national football team lost to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia in a row, and the opening 3 consecutive defeats accumulated 0 points to the bottom, while Indonesia drew Saudi Arabia, Australia and Bahrain in a row, ranking fifth in the group with 3 points, and this game is also the bottom of the table.
According to statistics, the national football team conceded a total of 12 goals during the 3-game losing streak, which is the most of all teams in the round of 18, including a 0-7 defeat to Japan, which is the largest loss score in an official match, and then faced Saudi Arabia and Australia, all of which were reversed by opponents when leading first, and both lost set-pieces.
For example, the two goals conceded by the national football team against Saudi Arabia were both corner kicks and goals, and then against Australia, they were set-piece defenses up front.
In this game, coach Ivankovic continued to let Wang Dalei guard the goal in the back line, and Gao Zhunyi, Jiang Guangtai, Jiang Shenglong, and Li Lei formed the back line.
In the 21st minute, Baihelam scored with a volley in front of the goal, helping the national football team to take a 1-0 lead at home, which was also the team's first goal in three consecutive games. In the 44th minute, Gao Zhunyi assisted Zhang Yuning to score a single goal to help the national football team expand the score 2-0.
In the 86th minute, Indonesia threw the ball into the national football penalty area, Wang Haijian cleared the siege and assisted, and Tom Hai shot and refracted the goal, and the score was 1-2.
According to statistics, after Ivankovic took office, the national football team conceded goals in every game, leading the team to concede 16 goals in 8 games, an average of 2 goals per game, and the defense became worse and worse.
Indonesia is one of the main opponents in the national football competition for the first place in the group, and if they lose this game, the national football team will start with four consecutive defeats and be as many as six points behind Indonesia, and will lose at home, let alone away, and it will be even more difficult to compete for a play-off qualification.
After the game, Indonesia's Tom Hai gave a sideline interview to express his dissatisfaction with the Chinese team's delay: "I have a little regret that we are playing against a team that only wastes time and falls to the ground, they are not playing football. ”