Straggling? The Indonesian team did not win a single victory in the round of 18 in the halfway round, and the ambition of the "naturalized army" is sad!

The reporter reported coldly 0-4, in the heavy rain at the Jakarta Stadium, 70,000 Indonesian fans witnessed Indonesia's defeat to Japan, and the draw that the Indonesian media fantasized about before the game did not appear. Halfway through the round of 18, the once ambitious Indonesian team has not won a game and is at the bottom with 3 points. In the life-and-death battle against Saudi Arabia at home next week, if it can't be won, coach Shen Tailong's position may be shaken.

Before the game, Shin Tailong said that he was aiming to score points for the Japanese team, claiming that "it is not completely out of chance". Captain and central defender Ezes also declared that this was the most important game for the Indonesian team in the past two years, hoping to get the desired result.

The Indonesian team started in a formation of 451, and as many as nine of them were naturalized players, with only right midfielder Sayuri and central defender Rido from home. However, the injury has had a greater impact on Indonesia, with Eredivisie Twente's main central defender Shilges withdrawing from injury, and Danish Copenhagen central defender Diks, who was naturalized in November, was urgently replaced. Unfortunately, Dicks only played 40 minutes on his debut and also retired due to injury, which can be described as a further injury.

Most of the nine naturalized players in the Indonesian team play in the Eredivisie, Belgian League and Championship, with only central defenders Ezes and Habner playing in Serie A and the Premier League respectively. Japan's starting lineup has as many as seven players playing in the five major leagues, and all 11 players are playing in Europe. Whether it is the strength of the players or the overall condition, they are far above the Indonesian team. What's more, Mori Boichi also hid the two absolute main forces of Kubo Jianying and Tanaka Bi.

Rao was so, and the Indonesian naturalization defense line did not hold out for the first half. The Japanese team cooperated with 4 people, Kamada Daichi passed horizontally, and Ogawa Hangji outflanked and caused the naturalized central defender Habner to swing his own own. Five minutes later, Kaoru Mikasa assisted Takumi Minamino to seal the win. At the start of the second half, Mori replaced Takumi Minamino with Dairan Maeda, and four minutes later, Indonesia's naturalized goalkeeper Pais made a mistake to clear the ball and send the ball to the feet of Hidemasa Morita, who scored again. Mori continued to rest the main team early, and just after the 60th minute, he replaced Kaoru Mikasa and Ritsu Do, and Junya Ito and Yusei Sugawara came off the bench, and the two joined forces after only seven minutes of appearance, and the latter sealed a four-goal victory.

Although 14 of the 27 players in the Indonesian team are naturalized players, and the starting lineup has always maintained a team of at least 9 naturalized players, the actual combat has never been able to give full play to the combat effectiveness that naturalized players should have. Shen Tailong's lineup began to be questioned by the media and fans, although he reused naturalized players and the tactical formation was also very stable 541, but none of the five games in the round of 18 had the same starting lineup. The team's three lines have been constantly adjusted, the three central defenders have not been fixed due to injuries and suspensions, the double back has rotated between Haye, Jenna and Zhou Ya'an, and the right winger has changed four in five games, but it has not helped much on the offensive end.

After the game, most of the Japanese media described the battle situation as a bland game, compared with the fragile Indonesian "Eredivisie II team", the Japanese media and fans paid more attention to the heavy rain Mori Hoichi. The rain game showcased Japan's prowess and depth on the bench, and they were undoubtedly off a cliff lead in Group C, with 13 points from five games and 19 goals equal to the goals of the other five opponents in the group combined.

Halfway through the schedule, the situation of qualifying for Group C began to change subtly, and the pattern of "1+5" seemed to be developing towards "1+4+1". Bahrain and Indonesia, which had taken the initiative in the opening game, were both winless in 4 games, and the Indonesian team, which had naturalized players in batches, did not play a performance that matched their value; After the change of coach, the Australian team won 1 win and drew 2, and accumulated 6 points with the national football team that won two consecutive games and Saudi Arabia, which had just changed coaches, quickly narrowed the gap and became the leader of the "second echelon".

At halfway point, Indonesia are the only team in Group C who have not tasted a win, and although they are only three points away from the second-tier leaders Australia, Saudi Arabia and the national football team, Indonesia's problems at both ends of the pitch are as prominent as those of Bahrain, who have not won four games. Indonesia conceded nine goals, second only to the national football team in the second most in the group, and all four goals failed to bring three points to the team. Finishing bottom of the halfway points means that if they can't beat the newly changed Saudi Arabia at home next week, their qualification situation will take a sharp turn.

Before the game, Indonesian fans captured striker Rommeni playing for Utrecht in the Eredivisie on the outside of the Jakarta stadium, and it is no surprise that he will soon become a naturalized attacker in the attacking end of the Indonesian team.

In the next 4 months, the Indonesian team will continue to naturalize as much as possible to improve its strength, but the actual combat strength of the "Eredivisie 2 team" in a hurry is still unknown. Whether the qualification pattern of Group C will continue to diverge from "1+5" to "1+4+1" depends on whether the Indonesian team can grasp the home advantage in the next round and get the first victory in the round of 18.