The weakest national football team in history? Ivan led the team to counterattack! In the round of 18, they won 2 games with 5 goals, and only trailed Japan in this group

In a key match in the 5th round of the round of 18 that ended in the early morning of November 15, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football team defeated Bahrain 1-0 away and rose to 4th place in the standings after winning 2 consecutive victories.

After winning this game, the national football team became the second team in this group to win two games after Japan. Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have only won 1 game in the first 5 rounds, Indonesia has 3 draws and 1 loss without a win, and Indonesia's opponent in this round is Japan.

It was also the fifth goal of the national football team in this stage: in this group, the national team is currently the team with the most goals outside of Japan, with Australia and Indonesia scoring four goals in the first five games, and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain scoring only three.

The victory of the national football team also completely disrupted the qualifying situation of this group. Australia drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia due to the other game in this group. As a result, Australia, Saudi Arabia and China all have 6 points, and the national football team is only in fourth place because of goal difference. Many Chinese fans feel sorry that if they can keep one point through substitutions earlier when they play one more player with Saudi Arabia at home, the national football team may have risen to second place, so as to look forward to going straight to the World Cup.

The next 5 games will be crucial for the national football team. Three points at home against Bahrain and away to Indonesia will be taught, while home to Australia and away to Saudi Arabia will be tasked with points. Only in this way can the national football team have a chance to achieve the fourth place in the group and achieve the goal of advancing to the next stage of the play-offs.