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“I told my players at the half-time that 2-0 is dangerous. Sadly, we did not do well in the second half,” he told reporters after the game.
“We should improve the efficiency to goal in the coming game and have a lot to correct. The team needs to do all the efforts to win the next game.”
Well used to disappointment, some Chinese fans did not hold back in their condemnation of the team’s performance, even if they are still third in the group and on course to qualify for the next stage.
One commentator on the social media platform Weibo called it a “heartbreaking result”.
“This is by far the biggest disgrace since we lost 5-1 to Thailand 10 years ago, I am never watching Chinese football again,” they wrote.
Another said the result was not the worst part, rather it was “that this team is probably the best we got over the next decade”.
Others were more circumspect. “Let’s just admit it, there’s no hope for Chinese football if we don’t revolutionise,” a user from Beijing wrote.
Another added: “I am not desperate, and I am not going to blame the coach or the players. I’ll just switch my interest and not watch them play any more.”
Wu told the media his individual performance did not matter, and he did not cared who scored “but winning the second match matters. That’s all I’m thinking about”.
This article was first published on SCMP.
Source: CNA
