The national football team will play Japan at home tonight, ＂lose less and win＂. After two consecutive victories, it is still necessary to avoid the recurrence of the ＂tragedy＂

Tonight (19th), the sixth round match between China men’s soccer team and Japanese team will be held in Xiamen Egret Stadium at 8: 00. After winning Indonesia and Bahrain in succession, China men’s soccer team won two consecutive victories, tied the second in the group with six points, and ranked fourth only with goal difference, which rekindled the dream of hitting the World Cup. However, the shadow of the 0-7 away defeat in the first round of the group stage is still in sight. Despite the confidence brought by the two-game winning streak, it is still necessary to avoid the recurrence of the "tragedy" in the first round when facing Japan at home, and "losing less should win". Of course, fans also expect the China Men’s Football Team to show full fighting desire and finish successfully in 2024.

Tickets were sold out early and 500 domestic journalists gathered.

According to official sources, Xiamen Egret Stadium can accommodate 53,400 seats. Except for some safe areas used to isolate fans from both sides, more than 40,000 tickets can actually be sold. Although the strength of the two sides is very different, the game market can be said to be extremely hot. According to the official news of the national football team, the tickets for the home game against the Japanese team were sold at 17: 00 on November 8. The tickets for this game are divided into six grades, namely 280 yuan, 480 yuan, 680 yuan, 880 yuan, 1080 yuan and 1380 yuan. In addition, box tickets are also sold, the box size is 10-12 seats/package, and the sales method is scattered or whole, and the fare is 1380 yuan/seat or 1880 yuan.

As the national football team won two consecutive victories, and the Japanese team has many big-name players in Europe, on the evening of November 8, except for the box ticket of 18,800 yuan, all the tickets for this game were sold out. According to the ticketing information on the 15th, there are no tickets for the box ticket of 18,800 yuan, and all the tickets for the home game of Xiamen National Football Team are sold out.

On November 17th, China players were in training. Xinhua News Agency

Subsequently, on 16th, the organizing committee of the tournament added another stand by adjusting the fan area of the visiting team, and the result was sold out in just 2 minutes.

According to the relevant data of a ticketing platform, the high-end ticket price of 1380 yuan in this game has been fired to as high as 8280 yuan, and the lowest-end ticket price in 280 yuan has also been fired to 1210 yuan. This shows that the national football competition is still highly concerned and has a high market value.

On the afternoon of November 15th, the national football team flew to Xiamen after winning away from home. The international flight of Xiamen Airport arrived at the exit, and the fans were very enthusiastic. The national football team members left through other channels. A large number of fans met the plane at Xiamen Airport and shouted: "Team China is awesome! Come on, China. " There are also airport pick-up fans holding high the national flag and singing "Only if you fight hard can you win", cheering for the goal hero Zhang Yuning and shouting his name.

In addition to the fans, various media have also rushed to Xiamen. According to the information obtained by the upstream journalists from the China Football Association, the match attracted more than 500 domestic media reporters and more than 60 Japanese media reporters for live coverage.

Full of confidence, Japan trained openly all the time before the game.

At present, Japan ranks No.1 in Asia and No.15 in the world by FIFA, and they are the only unbeaten team in the group after five rounds before the World Cup 18 in Asia. Hajime Moriyasu, the head coach of Japanese team, has more than 20 European players. In the last round, he swept the Indonesian team with 11 naturalized players 4-0 away, and the offensive firepower was still quite fierce.

The match between Japanese team and Indonesian team was held on November 15th, which was a whole day later than the match between China men’s soccer team and Bahrain. Therefore, after the last round of competition, the Japanese team chose to fly directly from Indonesia to Xiamen to prepare for the war.

Although I had a day’s rest less than the national football team, the overall training atmosphere of the Japanese team was more active in the two training classes when I arrived in Xiamen. The players were talking and laughing, and the main players such as Sanxun, Wataru Endo and Takumi Minamino all appeared. Training programs include grabbing laps, shooting, confrontation and so on.

It is worth mentioning that Hajime Moriyasu sent a large number of substitute players in the match with Indonesian team, which also gave Wataru Endo and other main players enough rest time, which also means that it is very possible for Hajime Moriyasu to send all the main players in the match with the national football team.

On the afternoon of 17th, both the national football team and the Japanese team conducted public training in Xiamen. Interestingly, the Japanese team did not play cards according to the routine, breaking the convention of "15 minutes before the opening of training", but after 15 minutes of closed training, the whole process was opened to the Chinese and Japanese media, and the "unguarded" training class also showed their strong self-confidence.

On September 5, Japanese team player Sam Kun-hoon celebrated the goal in the game. On the same day, China played against Japan in the first round of the 18th Asian World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Japan. Xinhua News Agency

At the pre-match press conference on the 18th, Hajime Moriyasu said that this is a way to give back to the media. "I noticed that many journalists from China also came yesterday, which can also help us spread our football culture."

Hajime Moriyasu said: "We are very confident in the game, but we still need to arouse more fighting spirit. We should forget the result of the first round. Since 0:0, China has won two consecutive victories and is in good shape, so we need to analyze the tactics of China to win." And player Wataru Endo also said: "Tomorrow is the away game, we need to concentrate, and every game has some key moments. We need to go all out to deal with such a moment. "

At the press conference, a reporter asked the national football coach Ivan if he had the opportunity to lead the team to defeat Japan, which attracted laughter from the audience. Ivan also said: "After you raised this question, the reporters all laughed. What is certain is that nothing is impossible to play football. Any result is possible if you fight with a real knife on the field. "

The main strikers are all injured, and the national football team can only send surprise soldiers.

Judging from the ranking of FIFA, the 92nd place of the national football team is far below the 15th place of Japan, and the last time it beat its opponent was in distant 1998.

In the first round against Japan, the national football team was defeated 0-7 away, which made the domestic public opinion in an uproar. This also led to the fact that although the national football team scored 6 points with Saudi Arabia and Australia, the goal difference was very bad, and it could only rank fourth in the group.

Winning Indonesian, Bahrain and China men in succession is enough to win two consecutive victories, which rekindles the dream of China football hitting the World Cup. However, considering the huge strength gap between the two teams, it is definitely very difficult for the national football team to score points from their opponents. However, with the great improvement of the time, place and team morale, the national football team only needs to do its best to do its best and implement the defensive counterattack tactics. At least, it can look forward to "losing less and winning" to avoid another fiasco.

At present, the most worrying thing is that the team is full of wounded soldiers and the lineup is seriously disordered, especially on the attack line. Lei Wu, Fernando and Alan are all unable to participate in training because of injuries. Zhang Yuning, the main striker who scored the winner in the victory over Bahrain, was injured again and has been confirmed to be out of the game. At the same time, Baihe Lamu, who performed well, was also suspended because of the accumulated yellow card.

On November 14th, China player Zhang Yuning (right) celebrated with his teammates after scoring a goal. Xinhua News Agency

Since the stationing of troops in Xiamen on November 15th, the China team has been preparing for this tough battle. At present, it seems that Wei Shihao is likely to be pushed to the front line. In addition, Wang Ziming, Cao Yongjing, Lin Liangming and Xie Wenneng, who have just lifted the ban, may also be pushed to the front line.

At the same time, there is also a defense line that is plagued by injuries. In the last game, Jiang Guangtai, the main central defender, did not play because of injury. It is still unknown whether he can play in this game, while Li Lei, the main left defender, was injured in the game, so the national football team can only urgently call up Wang Zhenao, the harbor full-back. However, Wang Zhen ‘ao also missed the league for a long time due to injury, and his game status is also a question.

Wang Zhen ‘ao, who was selected as a substitute, revealed that his injury was just right. He was still training at the club in the morning and flew directly to Xiamen after receiving the call-up. "The head coach told me to get ready and be ready at all times. Japan is the strongest team in Asia, and this game will be very difficult to play. We must go all out without regret and play our spirit. "

Ivan also said: "We give full trust to the players in every game and believe that they will play their best. We still have confidence in this game."

Upstream journalist Tang Hao