China v Australia: World Cup 2026 qualifying ? live

• Updates from the Socceroos? crunch match in Hangzhou
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4 min Australia are playing with the right mindset, looking to run in behind and move the ball quickly. So far, though, China are doing a decent job of closing spaces and forcing them backwards.
3 min China are playing a diamond, a formation the principal weakness of which is too many players ahead of the ball. That feels unlikely here, instead meaning that Australia will have to go around the outsdie of them, the middle being congested.
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