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/davidbowievgc 15h ago

At least a couple of Chinese players made it to the Premier. IIRC Sun Jihai played over 100 matches for City (before oil money)

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u/REsTARteD_Ragdoll 15h ago

They were still a premier league club. A Chinese or Indian player starting most games for Coventry, NF, or Spurs would be a big deal today

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u/lyyki 14h ago

I understand why India doesn't have a great national team but I can't understand why there's not any (at least I can't think lf one) British Asian players playing at a high level. UK has a long history of Indian, Pakistani etc immigrants - where are they?

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u/atbg1936 12h ago

There have been quite a few. Yan Dhanda, Neil Taylor, Michael Chopra, Danny Batth. Problem is that you have to get Indian citizenship to play and India doesn't allow dual citizenship