FW Jang Winning's tearful failure to go straight to the World Cup, the lowest in the group of GK's absurd mistakes...Question marks for the 4th round
Mar 25, 2025
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China's national soccer team A lost 0-2 to Australia in Group C of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China. China failed to escape the bottom with two wins and six losses (6 points). The point gap with second-place Australia (13, 3 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss) widened to 7 points, and the direct advance to the finals was thwarted. In the third Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup, six teams that ranked first and second in three groups will go straight to the finals. After that, six teams ranked third and fourth in each group will be divided into two groups and the first-place team in each group will take the ticket to the finals after the fourth qualifying round. The two teams, who finished second in the group in the fourth qualifying round, will go through the playoffs (PO), and the winner will compete in continental POs for the last time to go to North Korea and China.
China first experienced the World Cup at the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup. However, he has not been on the World Cup stage for more than 20 years. Things are different this time. Since the North Korea-China World Cup, the number of participating countries has been expanded from 32 countries to 48. The number of World Cup tickets allocated to Asia has also increased significantly from 4.5 to 8.5. However, China did not make it to the World Cup finals again this time.
The game has begun. China lost points in succession to Jackson Irvin in the 16th minute of the first half and Nishan Belupilay in the 29th minute of the first half, leading to 0-2. The scene of the loss was not good either. The scene of Belupilay's loss was dedicated to goalkeeper Wang Daray's error. China went all out by putting in naturalized player Serginho and others. China led 10-7 shooting numbers on the day, but failed to score a goal.
According to an article in the Chinese media Sohu, Zhang Wening, who started and attacked as the front-line striker, shed tears after the game. The media outlet said, "'China was at the bottom of the list, losing to Australia. The goal difference is -13. China did not make the top two of the group. He didn't qualify for the World Cup. If you finish in the top four of the group, you will qualify for the fourth qualifying round.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
