Sports丨Team China braced for do-or-die battle

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For a team that has scored only six goals, the second fewest in Group C, from eight fixtures, it seems almost an impossible gamble to count on its hitherto blunt attack to deliver when it matters the most.

Team China's head coach Branko Ivankovic, however, is under no illusions as he fully understands that task ahead.

"Not four, but 10 attackers I would deploy if needed," Ivankovic told Indonesian website bolasport.com upon the team's arrival at Jakarta airport on Monday.

Ranked bottom in the six-team group sitting on six points, Team China has to beat the fourth-ranked Indonesia first on the road and then fifth-ranked Bahrain at home five days later to stay alive in the race to the 2026 FIFA tournament.

Only the top two in each group secure automatic qualification to the 2026 finals, and the third- and fourth-ranked sides advance to a fourth phase to vie for two remaining tickets to the expanded 48-entry tournament, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

A defeat to Indonesia on Thursday will disqualify Team China outright from the race, leaving its final match against Bahrain an insignificant home embarrassment.

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