The national football team played Bahrain at home on the evening of the 10th, fighting for 3 points to avoid the bottom of the group, or the farewell game of Ivan coaching

The final round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in the third phase of the Asian Zone of the Top 18 will be staged on the evening of the 10th, and the Chinese men's football team, which missed the finals in advance, will play a face-saving battle at home in Chongqing to face the other team, Bahrain, which is also determined to be out. The match between China and Bahrain will kick off at 7 p.m. on the 10th.

National football coach Ivankovic attended the pre-match press conference

The national football team is in Group C of the third phase of the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers, and after losing 0:1 to Indonesia in the last round, the national football team has no hope of qualifying. In the standings, the national team is at the bottom with 6 points, and the second-to-last Bahrain is also 6 points, which is also definitely out, but it ranks fifth with better goals conceded. This home game against Bahrain is the final round of the qualifiers, and if the national football team will get rid of the bottom position, they must beat Bahrain and take all three points. Although the victory or defeat of this game is of little significance and cannot change the fact that it is out, I believe that for the sake of face and honor, the national football team will also strive to win.

Domestic media reported that the national football team is not in order, Hu Hetao and Wei Shihao have withdrawn from the team, the former is a bit injured, the latter is suspended because of yellow cards, Zhu Chenjie and Cao Yongjing are afraid that they will also miss this battle of honor due to injury problems, so the national football team specially by-elected Hou Yongyong and Liu Zhurun to join the team.

The national football team will play Bahrain at home at 7 p.m. on June 10 to try to avoid finishing bottom of the group

Regarding the significance of this game, the coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, said: "This game is to go all out to win because from the perspective of the national team, there is no game that is not important, and we also want to say goodbye to the World Cup qualifiers by winning one game, and at the same time thank the fans for their support and love." ”

Was it the last game to coach the national football team? Ivankovic said: "We are now going all out to prepare for this game, and as for whether it is my last game, we will do a comprehensive analysis and summary after this game, and I believe that the Football Association will make a decision at that time." ”

The national football team will play Bahrain at home at 7 p.m. on June 10 to try to avoid finishing bottom of the group

List of national football team against Bahrain
Goalkeepers: 14-Wang Dalei (Shandong Taishan), 1-Yan Junling (Shanghai Port), 12-Liu Dianzuo (Chengdu Rongcheng)

Defenders: 2-Jiang Guangtai (Shanghai Port), 18-Han Pengfei (Chengdu Rongcheng), 3-Wei Zhen (Shanghai Port), 5-Wu Shaocong (Beijing Guoan), 4-Li Lei (Beijing Guoan), 15-Wang Shiqin (Zhejiang), 17-Yang Zexiang (Shanghai Shenhua)

Midfielders: 6-Wang Shangyuan (Henan), 16-Huang Zhengyu (Shandong Taishan), 21-Yang Mingyang (Chengdu Rongcheng), 8-Serginho (Beijing Guoan), 7-Xu Haoyang (Shanghai Shenhua), 20-Xie Wenneng (Shandong Taishan), 23-Hou Yongyong (Yunnan Yukun)

Forwards: 10-Wang Yudong (Zhejiang), 9-Zhang Yuning (Beijing Guoan), 19-Liu Chengyu (Shanghai Shenhua), 22-Wang Ziming (Beijing Guoan), 11-Lin Liangming (Beijing Guoan), 13-Liu Zhurun (Dalian InBev)