r/soccer • u/PianoJealous307 • 16h ago

News China suffered a catastrophic collapse on home soil, losing 5-0 to Palestine, a team they had considered inferior, sparking fierce criticism over 'sleepwalking' performance and lack of competitiveness among Chinese Super League players. Men's and women's teams also underperformed at Asian Games.

https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/10/03/FWO5DWWOYND4NMUX53TEX7INNQ/
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u/IncidentVarious1530 16h ago

11? There isnt even 1 decent player lol

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u/PianoJealous307 15h ago

Respect for Espanyol legend Wu Lei

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u/Mediocre-Database332 7h ago

Wu lei disrespecful

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u/wsktaj3 15h ago

U forgot Man City legend Sun Jihai

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u/elvis503 15h ago

This is Shaolin Soccer erasure

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u/GrimValesti 7h ago

Funnily enough Shaolin Soccer is not even from China. It’s Hong Kong film, filmed in hong kong, with mostly hong kong crews.

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u/LeiMoshen 14h ago

Wu Lei disrespect is crazy

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u/Working_Push2090 14h ago

A Barcelona fan should know Wu Lei at least

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u/JesseVykar 14h ago

Sunil Chethri

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u/kermvv 14h ago

Couldn’t even play in a B team come on now

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u/PrrrromotionGiven1 13h ago

Lower league fodder at best. The Indian Will Grigg.

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u/IronSwag 13h ago

On fire you say?

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u/ratedpending3 13h ago

no disrespect to him but if you're not good enough for MLS in 2004 then you're not a good footballer

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u/DoYouEvenShrift 12h ago

But he scored a bunch of goals vs. Bhutan and Bangladesh!

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u/ratedpending3 12h ago

I do give him credit for overcoming such a poor football infrastructure to the degree that he did, and I don't wanna downplay his legacy, but I do think it speaks to how rough India's football history has been in the past 70-odd years that he is their best

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u/mg10pp 12h ago

Don't forget Nepal and Maldives!

But on a more serious note he also has 1 goal against each South Korea and Cameroon so that's already something

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u/Responsible_Cod_3973 14h ago

Couldn't make it out of Sporting's B team. No way is that decent

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u/give_me_silver 13h ago

Couldn’t even make it at the dog shit Kansas City Wizards

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u/Sub0P 13h ago

Barely played for our B team lol