GK's absurd mistake → China at the bottom of the donation of additional goals, is moving away from the World Cup dream...Australia closes in the first half of 02
Mar 25, 2025
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China's national soccer team, led by head coach Branko Ivankovic, is playing Group C's eighth match against Australia in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China on the 25th.
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.
The situation is not good. China remains at the bottom of the previous seven games with 2 wins and 5 losses (6 points, -11 points). 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 clashed with Australia at home. Australia is far ahead in terms of objective power. Australia is 26th in the FIFA rankings. It's Asia 'Top 4'. China is ranked 90th.
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 26th 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 a goalkeeper's error.
Chinese media Sohu said 'China will face Australia at home. Wang Daray made a big mistake and missed the ball. It was 0-2 behind Australia, it reported.
In an additional article, the media said 'This match is important for both teams. It is urgent for China to get points to maintain its hopes of advancing to the World Cup finals. Australia should also secure a direct berth to the World Cup finals. China lost 0-1 in the previous away match in Saudi Arabia. There was a serious decrease in the number of injured players. It signaled that we're going to have a tough game,' he added.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
