It is time for China’s national football team to have a good think,” one critic wrote on Weibo. “China’s national team couldn’t even beat the Syrian football team which is suffering from a situation of extreme instability,” another commented. “There is no longer any need for China’s national team to exist. Yu Hongchen, the vice dean of China’s football management centre, said Team China players had been left “heartbroken” by the defeat to Syria. “Our football players played hard,” Yu said, according to the Sina Sports website.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2016 05:57 UTC