China is crying over injuries, and Indonesia has a stronger power due to the recovery of the injured.
China will play 9th Group C match against Indonesia in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 5th (Korea time). Currently, China ranks at the bottom of Group C with six points. Indonesia is in fourth place with nine points.
China must win this match. If they don't win, their hopes of qualifying for the fourth round will virtually disappear. The possibility of a draw is alive, but this is just a real arithmetic hope. If China draws with Indonesia, China can advance to the fourth qualifying round only when Japan wins the last match of the qualifying round, Bahrain, and then wins a multi-score victory against Indonesia. It is a scenario with too many conditions.
China, which has to catch Indonesia, has a bad news. Wu Lei, the best ace in Chinese soccer history, was called off due to a knee injury. Wu Lei recently returned due to a knee meniscus injury he suffered last winter, but he was unable to play as the injury recurred again.
China's biggest concern without Wu Lei is who will solve the score. China, without Wu Lei, has only scored five goals in the past six games. If it is compressed to the last three games, the only goal he scored in the match against Japan is one. The only game that has scored more than two goals is a home game against Indonesia. Suffering from the absence of a fixer in the attack.
China is worried about the attack due to the absence of Wu Lei, but Indonesia has strengthened its defense. China's Dongchudi on the 29th 'Indonesia naturalized national team Kevin Diggs returned after about a month after his injury, and he will be able to play in the World Cup qualifying match against China. Diggs, who plays for Copenhagen in the Danish League, played as a substitute a month later and scored on a penalty kick. Diggs will join the Indonesian national team after participating in Copenhagen's Denmark Cup final on the 29th.
Diggs is one of the strongest forces Indonesia has. Born in 1996, Diggs was born in the Netherlands and raised in the Netherlands, but his maternal grandparents were Indonesian. He went through the Dutch national team by age, but failed to make his debut for the national team. Therefore, in October last year, he decided to naturalize in Indonesia.
Diggs is currently a key defensive member who leads the team from last season in Copenhagen, Denmark's best team. At the end of this season, he is a player who is good enough to enter the big league by moving to Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. Diggs was uncertain to play in the A-match in June as he suffered from a hamstring injury, but he recovered quickly and was able to play.
If Diggs can lead the Indonesian defense, China, which has a lot of concerns in the attack, will want to suffer more. This is because China is in a position to break through Indonesia unconditionally. China's hopes of advancing to the World Cup are getting smaller.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
