The chairman of the Chinese Football Association angrily criticized: The national football team is already third- or fourth-rate in Asia, and it cannot be compared with Australia and Japan

CCTV released a video of the speech made by Song Kai, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, during a discussion with youth coaches after the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan in the round of 18 of the third stage of the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers last year. Song Kai said: "In the past, we were considered the top technology in Asia, but now we are already third- or fourth-rate in Asia, and we can't compare with Australia (Australia) and Japan." Is this football? It's not football! ”

CCTV released a video of the speech made by Song Kai, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, during a discussion with the youth coach after the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan last year

In the film, Song Kai said that the national team level is indeed not doing well, and as a leader, it has not been able to take the lead, which has led to the difficulty of achieving the goals of grassroots training and competition, and there are also problems in the construction of the upper level, "We are reflecting".

He said that the Japanese national team has focused on elite youth training in the past 20 years, rather than just popularization, which requires long-term accumulation, and elite youth training has been effective as soon as it is grasped. He pointed directly at the problem of the national football team: "Chinese football! No law, no effort, no humility, no study! ”

The national football team lost 0:1 to Indonesia

Song Kai said: "Technology is grinded out, and it is grinded out by long-term accumulation, which is a problem we analyze. We're playing a bit too much, too messy, too few high-quality games. ”

In September last year, the Chinese men's football team played the first away game against the Japanese "Toei Samurai", the No. 1 player in Asia, in the round of 18 of the World Cup qualifiers in Asia, and finally won 0-7. This is the record of the largest point difference in the history of the Chinese men's football team against the Japanese team, the record for the most goals conceded in a single game and the record for the largest point difference in the world preliminaries.

The qualifiers for the National Football World Cup are out

In this year's World Cup preliminaries, the Chinese men's football team won a game last Thursday (On June 5), the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup Asian Top 18 Qualifiers, lost 0-1 to Indonesia, which was playing at home, and had no hope of advancing to the main event.