In the 4th round of Group C of the second stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team faced Singapore at home, and the South Korean team played Thailand again. Previously, in last week's encounter, the Chinese team was forced to draw by Singapore with a 2-goal lead away from home, and the South Korean team was also forced to draw by the Thai team 1-1. After a week, they exchanged their home venues, or the same match, the Chinese team won a hearty 4-1 victory at home, Wu Lei double ring + three goals, and the South Korean team defeated the Thai team 3-0 with Lee Jae-seong, Son Heung-min, and Park Jin-sub's goals. In this round, the South Korean team defeated the Thai team, which actually gave the Chinese team an assist, so that the Chinese team completely controlled its own destiny: in the next round, as long as the Chinese team can beat the Thai team at home, it is equivalent to a round ahead of schedule! Unfortunately, because Wu Lei received a yellow card in this round of the game, a total of 2 yellow cards will miss the next game of the national football team against the Thai team.
In the first leg of the battle a week ago, the Chinese team led 2-0 and was forced to draw 2-2 by Singapore, and the mistakes of the back line were heart-wrenching! In this campaign, the Chinese team discharged a 4-3-1-2 formation, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning are still partnering with double forwards, Xie Pengfei's position is slightly back, Gao Tianyi, Fernando, Li Yuanyi are in the midfield, the left and right fullbacks are Liu Yang and Gao Zhunyi of Shandong Taishan, and Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Guangtai are still partners with double central defenders. On the Singapore team's side, Ramley and Mahler, who scored as substitutes against the Chinese team in the last game, all started the game, and from the standing, the Singapore team hoarded heavy troops on the defensive end and sent 5 defenders.
In the first three rounds, the Chinese team won 1, drew 1 and lost 1, and got 4 points, because the goal difference disadvantage ranked behind the Thai team, ranked third in Group C, and the final top two in the group can qualify, so the situation of the Chinese team is not optimistic. In the first round of the group, the national football team defeated the Thai team 2-1 to get off to a good start, which was very satisfying. In the second round of the group, the loss to the South Korean team was expected by the national football team. In the third round of the group, that is, in the last round of the game, the guest was forced to draw 2-2 by Singapore, giving the Singapore team the first point, this result is absolutely unsatisfactory! After a week, the Chinese team and Singapore played again, and it was the turn of the national football team to sit at home, we must take all three points, and it is best to strive for as many goal difference as possible, because in the goal difference data, we are temporarily behind the Thai team.
After the opening, the Chinese team took the lead, and in the 20th minute of the game, Li Yuanyi crossed from the right, Gao Zhunyi's header was ferried, and Zhang Yuning had a great opportunity to volley in front of the goal. However, 1 minute later, the national football team still ushered in a goal, taking advantage of a counterattack opportunity, Zhang Yuning sent an assist, Wu Lei scored with a single shot, and the Chinese team took a 1-0 lead. Unexpectedly, the Singapore team equalized the score at the speed of light, the Chinese team was inattentive after the goal, the Singapore team kicked off in the middle circle, Stewart crossed from the side, Liu Yang leaked, Ramley scored with a header in an unmarked state, and Singapore equalized 1-1. Like Wu Lei, Ramley also scored in two consecutive meetings between China and Singapore. In the 30th minute, Wu Lei once again got a chance to score a single goal, a through ball from Fernando, almost the same position as when the first goal was scored, but unfortunately Wu Lei's shot this time was weak.
Yibian fought again, the national football team took the lead again in the 64th minute, Gao Zhunyi made a point, Fernando scored the first goal of his national team career, and the Chinese team led again 2-1. After the goal, Fernando staged a wonderful backflip to celebrate! Goalkeeper Wang Dalei also raised his head to the sky on the goal line to celebrate! This goal was crucial! Then, the two teams clashed, Wu Lei fouled and was yellow, and he accumulated 2 yellow cards and will be suspended for the next game against Thailand. In the 79th minute, Li Yuanyi was sent off with a direct red card for a fierce tackle. The Chinese team, which fought with one less person, scored another goal in the 85th minute to kill the game, Wu Lei drove straight into a dragon to break the goal, and scored twice in this game! In the 90th minute, Wu Lei assisted Wei Shihao, who came on as a substitute, to score. The final score was locked at 4-1, and the Chinese team won a hearty victory, and scored three goal difference, reversing the originally very unfavorable qualifying situation in one fell swoop.
In another game that kicked off a little later in this group, the South Korean team also provided an assist for the national football team, and played Thailand again, the South Korean team did not overturn again, and finally won 3-0, after winning all three points, the South Korean team continued to lead in Group C with 10 points. Cho Gyu-sung ran smartly past the goalkeeper and seemed to shoot, Lee Jae-seong outflanked and pushed the shot, and the South Korean team ended the first half with a 1-0 lead. After the start of the second half, the South Korean team continued to attack, and Son Heung-min received an assist from Lee Gang-in in the 54th minute of the game to complete the 2-0 goal, and the South Korean team extended its lead. In the 83rd minute of the game, the South Korean team scored another goal to seal the victory, Kim Min-jae headed the ferry, Park Jin-sub pushed the goal in the penalty area, 3-0! After losing to the South Korean team at home in this round, the Thai team has slipped to the third place in Group C, falling out of the top two qualifying areas of the group, and 3 points behind the Chinese team. According to the schedule, on June 6, the Thai team will be a guest and the Chinese team will usher in a decisive battle.