Chinese head coach: Team is not allowed to lose to Australia

(BEIJING, March 19) -- The head coach of the Chinese national men's football team urged his players to train as hard as possible ahead of the team's clash with the Australian football team scheduled for March 26.

It is the second match for China in the 2010 World Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers. They held Asia's newly crowned champion, Iraq, 1-1 in the first match held in Dubai.

Head coach Ratomir Dujkovic said: "The national team is a big team and has reached a pivotal point in the qualifiers."

He added: "We are not allowed to lose this match against Australia. Everyone should gear up for this match by training as hard as possible."

But a 95-minute-long training session may dent the high hopes Dujkovic has set on the team.

Only Han Peng and Zhu Ting in the starting line-up scored in the training session with long shots.