Let's risk the fate of eliminating the World Cup in China, Son Heung-min gave up due to his fall...Who's gonna score a goal?
May 27, 2025
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Citing a report by the Chinese newspaper 『Cina dotcom』, the Chinese portal 『Conglomerate』 reported the situation facing the Chinese national soccer team ahead of the two important consecutive games that will determine the fate of the World Cup.
The absence of Wu Lei, the team's highest scorer, means that the national team's offense has declined significantly. Will the national team, whose offense has already weakened, have no choice but to risk the fate of (World Cup) elimination?' I wrote.
According to the media report, striker Wu Lei, who is wearing a Chinese national team uniform and scoring 36 goals in 99 A matches, was selected on the A-match day list in June, but was dropped early due to a recurrence of knee injuries.
Urey, who had been forced to play in the game since early June last year due to discomfort in his knee, eventually collapsed in September due to injury and missed nearly seven months until returning in April. Wu Lei scored a game-winning goal of the season with a penalty kick in the 13th round of the Chinese Super League on the 17th, but he had a hard time increasing his playing time to the extent that he could only play an average of 29 minutes per game.
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Wu Lei, who played excessively for his team and the national team last year, received two suturing injections. Suture injections are very detrimental to the health of athletes, he said. 'Urei's knee is not recovering after surgery, so he cannot withstand the national team's high-intensity training.
Wu Lei has scored five goals, the most in his team, despite the aftermath of his injury in this World Cup qualifying round. The burden of the match against Indonesia that 'must win' is bound to increase. China is currently at the bottom of the six teams with six points in the third Asian qualifying round. In the third Asian qualifying round, a total of six teams ranked first and second in three groups will go straight to the World Cup finals, and the third and fourth-place teams will qualify for the fourth qualifying round, which is a consolation match. Currently, the difference between China and Indonesia in fourth place is three points. If they win this showdown, they will be tied in points and can be overturned in the final match. However, China has a -13 margin in the aftermath of the 0-7 defeat in the first round against Japan. He scored six goals and allowed 19 goals. He is seven goals behind Indonesia, which has a six-man difference. This means that it will be impossible to overcome Indonesia even if it draws on this day. China is currently four points apart from third-place Saudi Arabia (10 points), so if it loses to Indonesia, it will immediately fail to advance to the World Cup regardless of the final result.
In the context of Wu Lei's injury, it is highly likely that Ivankovic's "saver of life" will become a naturalized player. Compared to the 2024 player lineup, the Chinese national soccer team has two more naturalized players. Brazil striker Serginho and midfielder Yang Mingyang. We are also looking forward to the performance of 18-year-old prodigy Wang Wang Dong."
The newspaper reported 'Indonesia's power surged with the naturalization of a large number of Dutch players. Indonesia is likely to take on three points in the last two games, especially against China and Japan, and especially Japan, which rotates its rotation in the last round of away games,' he said, predicting a low chance for the Chinese national team to advance to the World Cup finals.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
