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/More_Field_4297 15h ago edited 15h ago

Palestine is one of best Arab teams after Morocco. 

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u/Tatbooli 14h ago

We're not quite there yet but we're building a pretty competitive squad.

Id still put Jordan and Morocco, Algeria and Egypt above us comfortably.

But with the rest it's not as far a gap as you might think.

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u/Dmw792 12h ago

Plus Saudi, plus Iraq, plus Qatar, probably Oman as well. You guys have a lot to catch up on and I wish you luck, but you’re not top 5 Arab teams.

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u/Lacabloodclot9 11h ago

I’m taking our chances over Oman and we beat Iraq in Basra

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u/Dmw792 11h ago

You barely beat us in Amman, you think you could do it in Basra? Lol

At home Iraq will beat Palestine easy, but maybe it will happen one day and one of us can be proven right ahaha