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Chinese soccer had no skills or luck. Claims emerged that there was a misjudgment in the game against Indonesia.
China's Sohu Dotcom on the 9th (Korea time) 'VAR reading caused another controversy. The Chinese national team's penalty decision was overturned,' the report said.
Sohu said 'VAR reading became a hot topic again in the World Cup qualifying match between the Chinese team and the Indonesian team. The Japanese media Football Channel claimed in an expert analysis that the referee's penalty decision after VAR intervention was a serious misjudgment, and that the decision was directly linked to China's early elimination from the World Cup. However, despite the attention of the decision, China was ridiculed by Japanese netizens.
Then 'According to Japanese media, there was an error in the judgment of the game. When the Indonesian player crossed near the penalty box, the ball had already crossed the goal line by about 1.2m, and the contact between the two players was normal physical contact. Japanese media emphasized that such a grave misjudgment changed the outcome of the game and even lost the possibility of the Chinese national team's advancement.
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China lost 0-1 in the ninth away match of Group C 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. It was a graduation exhibition. China, which had only one effective shot, did not have any strength against Indonesia, and the defeat left it at the bottom of Group C. As Saudi Arabia beat Bahrain to rank third (13 points), China's hopes of advancing to the World Cup have completely disappeared. This is the first World Cup in which the number of countries that qualify for the finals will increase from 32 to 48. However, China has failed to overcome even the Asian stage despite the increased number of tickets to the World Cup, continuing its humiliating history of failing to advance to the World Cup finals for six consecutive times since the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
The controversial scene was the 45th minute of the first half when the loss occurred. Yang Zhou Xiang committed a foul in the process of preventing Kambuaya from penetrating into the box, and the referee declared a penalty after activating a VAR on-field review. Romeni scored the first goal in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper's body toward the right corner. However, it was argued that the decision was that the ball had already gone off the line and was a normal contact. However, even if the judgment was a misjudgment, China's elimination cannot be reversed.
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The Chinese media also raised the issue of the VAR system itself. Sohu came out with a flaw in the 'VAR system. It is designed to reduce misjudgment, but there are still loopholes because it is linked to human subjective judgment. The principle of VAR's restrictive intervention should be reviewed again, he argued.
Japanese fans, meanwhile, left a mockery despite the Chinese media's unfair appeal. Sohu noted that `The Japanese netizen ridiculed the Chinese national team for not being able to beat it, that they would have failed immediately even if they went to the fourth qualifying round.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
