Yang Mingyang currently plays for Chengdu Rongcheng Club in China - Photo: Yang Ming-Yang
The Chinese team will travel to Gelora Bung Karno Stadium to face Indonesia on June 5, within the framework of the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia.
Currently, the Chinese team is at the bottom of Group C with only 6 points, 3 points behind Indonesia. The "island country" team is also in 4th place, a position that is enough to help them get a ticket to the play-off round.
If they want to keep their hopes of attending the 2026 World Cup alive, China must defeat host Indonesia to take fourth place and enter the play-off round.
Before the match, Chinese midfielder Mingyang was extremely confident, he showed no fear of the naturalized European players of the Southeast Asian representative.
In an interview with Beijing News Sports , Mingyang shared: “European players of course have advantages in terms of physical strength and fighting ability.
However, they do not often play together and the weather in Indonesia is much hotter than in Europe. Therefore, they may not adapt quickly to the Indonesian team.
I will try my best when given the opportunity. And I will make them "silence" right at my home field".
The Chinese team will face a big challenge when they travel to the "fire pan" Gelora Bung Karno.
Yang Mingyang (left) once played for the youth team of Wolverhampton Club in the Premier League - Photo: Wolverhampton
Currently, Indonesia's mainstays such as Jay Idzes, Thom Haye, Calvin Verdonk, Mees Hilgers and Dean James are all competing in top European leagues. Yang Mingyang believes that his team can take advantage of their opponents' disadvantages.
Talking about himself, Mingyang (1.75m) admitted that he might be at a slight disadvantage in terms of physique: "Maybe I'm a bit weak in physical confrontations.
But my strengths are my ability to judge accurately, my speed and my aggressiveness when pressing. I am the type of player who can run continuously and fight with all my might.”
Yang Mingyang was born and raised in Basel, Switzerland. He represented Switzerland at youth level, and also played for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
However, in 2021, the 29-year-old midfielder made an important decision when he gave up his Swiss citizenship to receive a Chinese passport, the homeland of his parents.
Since then, he has been regularly called up to the national team and is gradually asserting his position.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tien-ve-goc-thuy-si-quyet-tam-giup-tuyen-trung-quoc-khien-indonesia-cam-lang-20250530112227594.htm
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