With the help of the Singaporean team, the national team defeated the Thai team with an extremely thrilling "extreme advantage" and miraculously advanced to the top 18 of the Asian World Preliminaries.
In the Singaporean team's 1-3 away game loss to the Thai team, the Singaporean team's goalkeeper Sonny was called "Desperate Saburo". In this game, the Thai team shot 35 times, 13 of which were on target. Many of them had good single-shot opportunities, but Sonny resolved them one by one.
Singapore team goalkeeper Sonny, according to Visual China
Although the Singaporean team conceded 3 goals in this game, it happened to allow the national football team to overwhelm the Thai team with the help of mutual relations when the points, goal difference and number of goals were equal! If Sonny misses one more ball, the national football team will miss the top 18.
After the game, Chinese fans lined up online to thank Sonny. Someone even posted the address of the nasi lemak stall run by Sonny in Singapore and called on: "If you have the opportunity, everyone should go to Singapore to help!"
Sonny is known as the greatest goalkeeper in Singapore's history. Even so, he still wants to Make ends meet by developing other side businesses outside of football. In 2021, Sonny and his family opened a stall selling nasi lemak. There are photos of him cooking at the stall on the food website.
In addition to Sonny, Harun, the main defender and captain of the Singapore team, also works part-time as a real estate agent. It was the team composed of these part-time "vendors" and "intermediaries" that saved the national football team. If you have the chance to go to Singapore, go visit Sonny's stall and don't forget to give it a "five-star review".
Red Star Comments:
The national football team was "promoted" to the top 18. I hope they can live up to this luck.
It's so dramatic and so lucky! On the evening of June 11, the Chinese men’s football team lost 0:1 away to the South Korean team in the final round of the second stage of the Asian World Cup qualifying tournament. But an hour and a half later, as Singapore only lost to Thailand 1:3, it happened to allow the national football team to overwhelm the Thai team and advance to the top 18 by virtue of their mutual relationship with the same points, goal difference and goals.
Throughout the game, the Chinese team focused on defense. They defended and kept the goal in the first half, and the first 15 minutes of the second half were uneventful. Until the 61st minute of the game, South Korea's Lee Gang-in scored, and the national football team finally lost 0:1.
Judging from the results of the game, the loss was disappointing. However, objective evaluation shows that the Chinese men's football coach Ivan changed his formation for this game - he changed to a "double midfielder" formation, aiming at defense, and the effect was better. The Chinese team lost by one goal, which is acceptable. As some netizens said, the men's football team is not playing badly and "has seen progress."
Ivan previously said, "We are not here (South Korea) for an outing, but to be ready to play a perfect game." Regardless of whether the Chinese team's performance in this game was perfect, judging from the performance on the field, the Chinese men's football team was indeed not here for an outing. At least it showed its determination to score points.
The Korean team previously played against the Chinese team and won 3:0 away from home. However, this time they only won 1:0 at home, which obviously will not satisfy Korean fans. "They originally wanted to have a party to celebrate, but now they can only have a simple meal." This also proves that the Chinese team's performance in this game is unsatisfactory. There is something to be sure about. There is no need to criticize the men's football team when they lose again.
You must know that before this game, in the past 10 matches between the Chinese and Korean teams, the Chinese team had 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. The last time they won was in the top 12 of the Asian World Preliminaries in 2017. With the overall strength at a disadvantage, it is not surprising that the Chinese team lost.
The national football team fought hard enough against the South Korean team and was lucky enough. If they lost one more goal, they would miss the top 18. From this perspective, we might as well give some applause to the men's football team and cheer for their effort and energy. As Wang Dalei, the captain of the men's football team, said, "We fought until the end."
Netizens often joke about the Chinese men's football team's journey: the opening game - the battle of life and death - the battle of honor - the train station. Whenever "a draw means qualifying", the result is always a sure loss. But this time, hard work brought the favor of the goddess of luck.
Now that the national football team has been "lifted" to the top 18, I hope that I can live up to this luck. I hope that the national football team can stand up and truly achieve what Wang Dalei said, "All opportunities and destiny can only be controlled by our own feet and cannot rely on anyone." . I also advise you not to scold the men's football team again, and encourage the men's football team. Maybe they will perform amazingly in the top 18 and surprise the fans.
Source: Red Star News
