Since the foreign coach left the team, Li Tie had no choice but to continue to lead the Chinese national team to play the game. Before that, the Chinese national football team did not perform well. The fans resented Li Tie and criticized him for his inability and qualification to be a football coach. The voice of "changing Li Tie" sounded again, showing that Li Tie has been suffering from negative comments from netizens. On November 16, in the sixth group match of the top 12 match between China and Australia, Australia led by Duke's header in the first half, leading 1-0 , and the Chinese team in the second half with Wu Lei's penalty. The score equalized, and the two sides eventually drew 1-1 .

Li Tie said after the game: " I said before the game, we have to work hard to create difficulties for Australia. We have to play better than the first round. We did it. We are proud of the performance of the players. This is a very difficult game. The strength is far above us, but the performance of the players can be seen. No matter what kind of opponent we face, we must do our best to show our best. The team has changed a lot in this regard. "

" This game also allows us to clearly see the gap with Australia . The team is very lucky to get 1 point. The team is very united and I hope that the team will get better and better. You have not experienced this, do not know this kind of life, I am proud of how cruel the players and the work team are. " Li Tie added.

Fans once attacked Li Tie on the Internet, saying that he could not answer at all about how to face the next game in a reporter interview. Even the basic data could not be given, but this time the answer was fluent , and then Li Tie also He did not forget to fight back against netizens who had criticized him. Regarding whether more young players will participate in the competition in the future, he said, " I want to say one thing, if the outside world is right, I will accept it humbly, even if it is abusive. That's not right, we laughed off. But I want to say that for the Chinese national team, for the Chinese Super League, no one knows them better than me. I know them best. Xu Xin was 27 years old and only played second in the national team. Field, Button, when we adjusted him, many people thought we were crazy. But we know the abilities of these young people, the team must be younger, this is a big trend. "