The sixth round of the 18th Asian Regional Qualifier of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup started on the 19th. China, which is at home in Xiamen, lost 3-1 to the Japanese team. The last time it beat its opponent was 26 years ago. This is the first game in the second half of the National Football Top 18, and it is also the last official game of the team during the year. However, the national football team scored 1 goal, which made the Japanese team break the goal for the first time by the opposing player!

Looking back at the schedule, in the 38th minute, the Japanese team player Ogawa Hangji scored a goal, and now the score on the field is 0-1 behind Japan.

In addition, in the 33rd minute of the first half of the game, a fan rushed into the stadium, causing a short interruption of the game.

Before the end of the first half, the Japanese team used the corner kick to expand the lead, and the national football team fell behind Japan 0-2.

In the 49th minute, Lin Liangming scored a goal with a low shot in the restricted area, and the national football team recovered a goal. This was the first time that the national football team broke the Japanese goal in five years, and Japan was scored by an opposing player for the first time in this World Cup preliminaries!

In the 54th minute, Yi Dongchun also swung open the defense and then made a cross. Ogawa Hangji headed the ball and scored twice! The three goals lost by the national football team in this game are all headers!

In the end, China lost 3-1 to the Japanese team at home, and China ended all the competitions in 2024. Next, their next competition will be on March 20th next year, away from home to Saudi Arabia.

In another group match that started at the same time, Indonesia beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 at home, and the score also reached 6 points. The situation in Group C where the national football team was located was even more chaotic. In other words, at present, in Group C, the national football team, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia scored 6 points after playing 6 games. This also means that the China team will have the opportunity to win more points in the future under the situation of chaos.

Starting lineup of this game:

National football starters: 14- Wang Dalei, 5- Zhu Chenjie, 13- Hu Hetao, 16- Jiang Shenglong, 23- Zexiang Yang, 6- Wang Shangyuan, 7- Xu Haoyang, 11- Lin Liangming, 20- Xie Wenneng, 19- Cao Yongjing and 10- Wei Shihao.

National football substitutes: 12- Liu Dianzuo, 2- Jiang Guangtai, 3- Wei Zhen, 4- Wang Zhen ‘ao, 18- Han Pengfei, 8- Li Yuanyi, 15- Cheng Jin, 17- Huang Zhengyu, 21- Wang Haijian, 9- Zhang Yuning, 22- Wang Ziming.

Japanese starters: 1- Suzuki Caiyan, 4- Bankura, 16- Machida Hiroshi, 22- Shugu Bumeng, 6- Wataru Endo, 14- Ito Junya, 17- Aoe Tanaga, 20- Kubo Jianying, 8- Takumi Minamino, 13- Nakamura Keidou, and 19- Ogawa Hangji.

Japanese substitutes: 12- Okuma Keisuke, 23- Akira Tani Sheng, 2- Sugawara Yusuke, 3- Hashioka Dashu, 5- Shoutian Yingzheng, 7- Mitsuki Kaoru, 9- Guqiao Hengwu, 10- Tang Anlu, 11- Maeda Daran, 15- Daichi Kamada, 18-.

Previously, in the first round, the national football team was defeated by Japan 0-7 away, which not only set a record for the biggest loss score of the national football team in the official competition, but also made the national football team one of the teams with the largest number of goals conceded after the first five rounds. After successively defeating Indonesia and Bahrain, the national football team now shares 6 points with Australia and Saudi Arabia, ranking fourth in the group because the goal difference is too far behind.

Source | Observer Network

Original title: "1:3 regret, the national football team broke the Japanese goal for the first time in five years"

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