"Life and Death Battle" in the World Cup, Chinese men s football team is looking forward to "good luck"

"I hope we have good luck and can advance to the next stage." The Chinese national men's football team held a pre-match press conference in Jakarta on the evening of the 4th and held pre-match training. Head coach Ivankovic said he hopes that the players can perform well in the game and play at their best. On the evening of the 5th, the Chinese men's football team will play against Indonesia away in the 9th round of the 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup Asian Qualifiers. According to the rules, the top two in this group can directly advance to the World Cup finals, and the third and fourth will be qualified to participate in the play-offs. Currently, the Chinese team has 2 wins, 6 losses and 6 points, with 6 points at the bottom of the group. If you want to keep the hope of fighting for the four, you cannot lose this game.

Ivankovic admitted: "The competition is very fierce." He analyzed that Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia are frequent visitors to the World Cup, while Indonesia, Bahrain and China are all full of enthusiasm and strive to qualify for promotion.

At present, the Japanese team has been qualified to qualify. The Indonesian team in the same group as the Chinese team ranked fourth in the group with 9 points, while the Chinese team scored 6 points with Bahrain, temporarily ranked last. If we want to continue our hope of rushing to the World Cup, the Chinese team has no way out.

"We made full preparations during the preparations in China." Chinese team player Zhang Yuning said, "Apart from victory, other results are meaningless. In order to win, we will do our best on the court."

Ivankovic pointed out that Indonesia is a strong team, and the next two games will determine the fate of China and Indonesia. "It is expected that more than 70,000 spectators will be present on the day of the game, which will undoubtedly put some pressure on the players, but we hope to convert the pressure into motivation."

"The game is very difficult, but we will do our best without any negative factors." Ivankovic said.

Indonesian team head coach Kruyvit said at the pre-match press conference that the team has conducted sufficient research and preparation for the Chinese team. He stressed that in the face of an opponent like the Chinese team, the Indonesian team will not be conservative, but will strive to take the initiative to master the rhythm of the game.

The latest world rankings, the Chinese team ranked 94th and the Indonesian team ranked 123rd.