The Asian preliminaries of the World Cup 18-team finals ushered in a competition. The Chinese men's football team lost 0-7 to the Japanese men's football team. They suffered a disastrous defeat in this game. Ivan's stubborn use of the four-back tactic in this game became the root cause of the disastrous defeat. The Football Association also made adjustments overnight and will adjust the assistant coach lineup and provide guiding suggestions for Ivankovic.

In the first half, the Chinese national football team was 0-2 behind. In the second half, the opponent scored two goals in less than 10 minutes. In less than 60 minutes, they were 0-4 behind the Japanese men's football team. It was obvious that the whole team was no longer in shape and the team had no spirit. In the last minute of the stoppage time, the opponent scored a goal, which became the final goal, and the whole team accepted the result of 0-7 expressionlessly.

In this game, the coach of the Chinese men's football team, Ivankovic, chose the 4-4-2 tactic, hoping to balance offense and defense. However, in the face of the Japanese men's football team, there were no three consecutive passes in the opponent's half of the game. On the defensive end, the Chinese men's football team even had no focus. The whole team was basically blocked by the opponent's left and right feet in the penalty area. Why can't the players go on the court to block the opponent? Obviously, the players were in one-on-one defense, facing a player worth 30 million euros, and the result was the final presentation.

After the game, the Japanese men's football coach Moriyasu Ichi first praised the performance of the Japanese team: "The players absorbed the painful experience of the past and played a very good game. In this game, we used a three-back formation and scored a goal. Before the game, I shared my analysis of the Chinese team with everyone, clarified the team's tactics, and the role of each player on the field."

On the other hand, Ivankovic did not know enough about Chinese football. Why didn't he choose the 5-4-1 tactic on the court and use more people to defend the opponent? The loss in this game can even be said to be an accident. After the game, the Football Association made adjustments overnight. After all, they will play against Saudi Arabia at home on September 10, and they need to make better adjustments at home 5 days later. Among the assistant coaches of the national football team this time, there are only Mario Tokić, Zheng Zhi and Chen Tao, and these two domestic coaches have not played a good supporting role. The Football Association will actively make adjustments and give guiding suggestions to Ivankovic.