Wang Yudong and Han Pengfei are expected to start! The national football team will fight Indonesia again, does Jakarta believe in miracles?

Reporter Chen Yong reports At 21:45 on June 5, Beijing time, in the penultimate round of the top 18 of the 2026 World Preliminary Championships, the national football team's away challenge to Indonesia will start in Jakarta - will you continue to chase your dreams, or say goodbye? In the face of this crazy home stadium where Saudi Arabia and Bahrain returned with only 1 point, will there be a miracle for the national football team?

'It's great to be here and to play a good game, I'm sure there will be a lot of spectators on the day of the game, and it's a great opportunity for us and hopefully the players can play perfectly on the pitch.' At the pre-match press conference, Ivan got straight to the point.

The tournament was held at the Glora Puncano Stadium (Soekarno Stadium) in Jakarta, where a record 150,000 people were held, but was later reduced to 77,193 after the 2018 Asian Games for safety reasons.

In the previous round of 18, Indonesia had a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 4 home games, losing only 0-4 to Japan, and remained unbeaten in the other 3 games: 0-0 draw with Australia, 1-0 against Bahrain, and 2-0 against Saudi Arabia.

However, due to the excesses of the Bahrain fans in the previous round, the AFC ordered the stadium to open only 85% of its capacity, including the closure of the grandstand behind the goal, which would reduce the number of spectators by at least 15,000 – the Soekarno Stadium poured into 69,000 spectators for the Bahrain game.

'We know a little bit about the atmosphere at home in Indonesia and having so many fans there is definitely some pressure and we're working on the players to turn that pressure into positive motivation. About Indonesia's crazy home stadium, Ivan said. He said he knew that Indonesia had some new naturalized players who had improved their quality, "We are well aware of the difficulty of this game, but we will give it our all, concentrate and not be distracted by negative factors." ”

Difficulty doesn't mean there are no miracles - the first win of the national football team in the round of 18 was at home to Indonesia, when the national football team suffered three consecutive defeats: 0-7 Japan, 1-2 Saudi Arabia, and 1-3 Australia. Indonesia drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia away, drew 0-0 with Australia at home, and drew 2-2 with Bahrain away to remain unbeaten, but in the end, the national football team won Indonesia 2-1.

Zhang Yuning, who attended the press conference with Ivan, said that any other result is meaningless except for victory, "In order to win, we will give everything on the field." He said that he would fight to the limit of his body.

The big war is about to start, and the technical, tactical and lineup are naturally topics of concern to the outside world.

There will be no suspense in the goalkeeper position, and Wang Dalei, as the captain, will naturally start. At present, the defense line is likely to be Yang Zexiang, Zhu Chenjie, Han Pengfei and Hu Hetao, Jiang Guangtai has just returned from injury, and only played the 12th and 13th rounds of the Chinese Super League, but Han Pengfei actually came back not long ago, and the choice of him to start is likely to be related to the state.

Ivan will most likely not change his tactical play, 442 diamond-shaped position, the single back position is naturally Wang Shangyuan, and Yang Mingyang will be the substitute.

The five positions on the attack side will currently be produced between Zhang Yuning, Serginho, Wang Yudong, Wei Shihao, Xu Haoyang and Cao Yongjing, among which Zhang Yuning and Serginho's positions are stable.

At the press conference, Ivan said: "Everyone will see our new offensive methods on the field. 'Obviously, the new tactics came from Serginho, who came on in the second half of the national football match against Australia in March, but there wasn't enough grinding at the time, and this time he may be able to show his true level.

Xu Haoyang is a relatively well-rounded player, who can play as a full-back and can do a good job of adduction defense; Cao Yongjing mainly plays wingback in Guoan, and also takes into account defense and attack; In contrast, Wei Shihao and Wang Yudong are both very strong offensive and better scorers, one of them will play as a striker, and the other will compete with Xu Haoyang and Cao Yongjing for a wide position, and at present, Wang Yudong is likely to start.

As a result, the back hand of the national football team is actually clearer, that is, the substitute among the 6 people, of course, if the situation is critical and needs to attack, Liu Chengyu and Wang Ziming also have the possibility of playing. In contrast, there are Yang Mingyang and Huang Zhengyu in the midfield, and Jiang Guangtai and Li Lei in the backline, and once they need to rotate or strengthen the defense, they can make the best use of them.

The key to this life-and-death battle is not only the fighting spirit, but also the desire to win and the confidence to win.