Three group matches without a goal. Local public opinion in China exploded.
China lost 0-1 to Qatar in its third Group A match of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup to be held at Khalifa International Stadium in Alayyan, Qatar, at 12 a.m. on the 23rd (Korea time). With the loss of the match, China fell to third place in the group depending on the results of the match between Tajikistan and Lebanon held at the same time.
China needed a win to advance to the round of 16. With frontline striker Zhang Yuning at the forefront, the team drove Qatar from the first half. In the seventh minute of the first half, Wei Xihao, who received Zhang Yuning’s pass, fired a powerful shot near the penalty box but missed the goal. In the 36th minute of the first half, Wei Xihao once again attempted a powerful shot with the goalkeeper one-on-one, but it was blocked by the goalkeeper’s fantastic defense. The number of shots fired in the first half doubled to 8-4, but China finished the first half without scoring a single goal 헤라카지노주소.
Is it because they put too much energy into the first half? China, which began to lose power rapidly in the second half, eventually allowed a run on Al-Haidos’ fantastic volley shot in the 21st minute of the second half. Later, they tried to turn the situation around by putting in Wu Lei, but failed to score, and to make matters worse, in the 42nd minute of the second half, Zhang Shenglong’s goal was canceled due to a goal lineout decision, and the team was defeated by a score of 0-1.
Three group matches without a goal. The possibility of advancing to the round of 16 teams has not disappeared yet, but public opinion in China seems to have turned its back on China. Internet users of China’s “Sina Sports” harshly criticized the Chinese national team, leaving comments such as, “Just jump into the sea, how shameful it is to return home?” “Dismantle the national team,” and “Coach and players are all cowards.”
China, which fell to the third place in the group, is now at a disadvantage in the wild card rankings as well. China, which currently ranks third in the wild card rankings after Bahrain and Indonesia with two points, should wait and see the outcome of the matches between Oman and Kyrgyzstan, Palestine and Hong Kong, Syria and India.