In the eighth round of Group B of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese men’s national soccer team lost to Vietnam. On Feb. 1, the visiting Chinese faced the home team Vietnam, who had lost all seven rounds in the qualifiers. Chinese coach Li Xiaopeng sent in an aggressive lineup, but while focusing on offense, the Chinese team’s defense line made fatal mistakes. The Chinese lost 1-3, marking the first time the Chinese men’s soccer team has lost to Vietnam in decades. The Chinese team ranked the second last in the group, while Vietnam ranked at the bottom. The loss knocks the Chinese out of the World Cup. According to a Beijing News report, the bottom line for the national soccer team’s match in Hanoi was “to play the game against the Vietnamese team on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and not to disappoint the …