The national football team bid farewell to the World Preliminaries with victory: Wang Yudong used youth as a forecast, and the road ahead is still difficult!

Reporter Chen Yong reports from Chongqing In the final moments of the game, the national football team won a penalty and defeated Bahrain 1-0 with this goal, winning the third victory of this round of 18 when it was already confirmed that they were out. Saying goodbye to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers with a victory is also a ray of comfort in sadness. The penalty was scored by Wang Yudong, who was less than 19 years old, who played the whole game, he bravely stood on the penalty spot at the last moment, and when he said goodbye, the national football team also previewed the next World Preliminary Tournament with youth - the road ahead is difficult, but there is still a way to break!

In this game, Ivankovic continued to play in a 442 diamond position, and the starting lineup was basically the same as the outside world's predictions, only Huang Zhengyu's start was slightly unexpected: the goalkeeper was still led by captain Wang Dalei, and the back line was the harbor center-back combination Jiang Guangtai and Wei Zhen, and the two fullbacks were also the only remaining full-time full-backs Li Lei and Yang Zexiang. In the midfield position, Huang Zhengyu replaced the tired Wang Shangyuan, Lin Liangming was on the left, Serginho was in the middle, Xie Wenneng was on the right, and the double forwards were Zhang Yuning and Wang Yudong.

In the 59th minute of the game, Xu Haoyang and Liu Chengyu replaced Xie Wenneng and Serginho, at this time, the national football team changed to the 442 formation of parallel standing, Xu Haoyang and Huang Zhengyu partnered with double back, Lin Liangming changed to right forward, Wang Yudong returned to left forward, and the front court was double center Zhang Yuning and Liu Chengyu. It is worth noting that in the last battle of the round of 18, Ivan actually put a double back at the end.

But then came an unexpected change: in the 83rd minute of the game, Han Pengfei and Wang Ziming came out to replace Yang Zexiang and Zhang Yuning, who had declined in physical fitness, and the central defender Han Pengfei rushed directly to the center of the front line, and Wang Ziming and Liu Chengyu formed a three-striker, and Lin Liangming retreated to the right side of the defense.

I have to say that Ivankovic let himself go in the last game, especially the three forwards, more precisely, the three centers are even more desperate. Of course, when the national football team has long been out of the game and there are only about 10 minutes left in this game, this kind of struggle is not difficult to understand. The final goal of the national football team is precisely related to the substitute players, after Han Pengfei was blocked by the opponent with a single knife, Wang Ziming made a penalty for the second attack.

Summing up the whole game, the overall performance of the national football team is actually average, although the pressure and concentration at the defensive level are not bad, but the offensive quality is not good, and some originally good offensive opportunities are also missed because of the details, fortunately, at the last moment of the game, because of the continuous attack, the penalty that rewrote the score was obtained.

In this game, Chongqing Longxing Football Stadium poured into 51,236 fans, and it was touching that the national football team had bid farewell to the 2026 World Cup in advance. After the national football team scored, the cheers at the scene were deafening, and after the game, the fans did not leave, and kept singing "Singing the Motherland".

Even if there is no penalty, the most impressive performance in this game is Wang Yudong, the national football team's several killer attacks are launched from his side, and his many inward shots are also a rare threat to the national football team. What cannot be ignored is that when Wang Yudong took the ball several times, the veteran Li Lei helped Wang Yudong attract the defense many times, and the 33-year-old veteran's investment and fighting spirit at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game were moving.

This penalty kick became Wang Yudong's first goal on behalf of the national football team, and also made him the youngest goal-scorer in the national football world preliminaries. At the time of Wang Ziming's creation, I am afraid that many people were thinking about who would take the penalty, and without any hesitation, Wang Yudong walked to the penalty spot and successfully hit it.

Although this game has nothing to do with the national football team's qualifying situation, as the curtain call performance of this year's round of 18, under the attention of more than 50,000 fans at home, a young player stood 12 yards to take the penalty kick that decided the outcome of the game, after all, it was necessary to bear a lot of pressure - after Wang Yudong scored, Liu Chengyu hugged him with a high-five, which made people feel that this goal was not easy.

After the game, Wang Yudong said: "I would like to sincerely thank the coaching staff for their trust in me and entrusted me with the responsibility of taking the penalty at the last critical moment of the game. At the same time, he said: "I'm sorry for the fans because we didn't qualify, but we want to use the last win for this time."

After the goal, Wang Yudong also hugged Wang Dalei, which is the hug of the youngest player and the oldest player of the national football team, Wang Dalei shed tears after the game, but he also said: "The recruitment must come, the coming must fight, and the hope of the battle will win." Wang Dalei also sent a message to the young players: "I hope they will carry the future of Chinese football." Regardless of whether we are in the national team in the future or not, we will support and firmly believe that they can help Chinese football, and I hope that all of you will support them more. ”

After the game, all the national football players took a group photo in the center of the stadium. At such a moment, there are deep regrets, some relief, and more touching brought by the fans, and there are expectations for the future of young people. As for when Ivankovic will say goodbye, but it is not such an important thing, it is certain that the national football team has entered the track of changing coaches.