Four slaps that awaken the reality of Chinese football

Bốn cái tát đánh thức thực tế bóng đá Trung Quốc - Ảnh 1. — Chinese players heavily criticized after defeat against Indonesia - Photo: CGTN

China has officially lost all hope of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, after a 0-1 defeat to Indonesia. Football expert Wang Xiaorui wrote an article on Sohu with the title: "Four slaps in the face awaken the reality of Chinese football".

At the beginning of the article, expert Wang Xiaorui commented: "Compared to the loss to the Vietnamese team in Hanoi 3 years ago, this time the Chinese team lost to Indonesia in a more cowardly way. In 2025, all 3 Chinese men's football teams caused shame with their failures.

If you count the disastrous defeat of the two Shanghai teams in the Asian Club Championship, it is like four slaps in the face. And once again, Chinese football is brought back to reality. The so-called football year 2025 is still a disastrous year for Chinese football.

After the Chinese national team missed out on the World Cup once again, Chinese football is increasingly moving away from international borders.

In this regard, people are curious about what the Chinese football managers can do after sighing. When can Chinese football get back on track?".

Wang Xiaorui also confirmed that coach Ivankovic was not the main person responsible. "After the failure in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Chinese football has undergone a series of reforms from top to bottom and from inside out.

The Chinese people are looking forward to a quick recovery of their country's football. However, now it seems that everything is still an illusion.

It is not right to put all the responsibility on coach Ivankovic. In fact, he brought us joy and satisfaction by winning consecutively against Indonesia and Bahrain in the first leg.

This responsibility belongs to both the Chinese team and the officials of the Chinese Football Association," said expert Wang Xiaorui.

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