In the early morning of March 24, Beijing time, the Dubai Cup Youth Invitational Tournament was in full swing, with China's U23 Olympic Team playing against the host UAE U23 National Olympics. In the end, China lost 0-1 to the opponent, encountered a black opening goal, because the goal difference was 1 more, pushing Uzbekistan to rank second to the bottom, avoiding the end of the first game and becoming the bottom.
This is the second time that China's National Olympic Games have been invited to participate, and the first time it has reached the final, but unfortunately it has lost to the Thai National Olympic Team to be the runner-up. In order to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games, which opened in September this year, the Football Association decided to let the National Olympic Games play invitational tournaments abroad, and last year voluntarily withdrew from the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers.
According to the schedule, the national Olympic team first played against the UAE team, and then met with the previous champion Thailand, which is a chance for revenge for the national Olympic team. Guo'ao has played against the UAE team 3 times in the past, and Guo'ao has won 1 win and 2 losses, the only win is the 2-1 victory of the men's football team at the 2018 Asian Games.
In the 26th minute of the first half, the UAE team crossed, Jiang Shenglong blocked almost swinging himself, Han Jiaqi pounced and hit the post to pop up the bottom line. In the 30th minute, the UAE team drove a corner kick into the penalty area, Hamis scored a low shot in the chaotic battle, and the 9-man national olympic team conceded the ball in the penalty area, which could not prevent the UAE 5 players.
In the second half, the national Olympic team frantically counterattacked, and in the 71st minute, Fang Hao sent a wonderful pass, and Chen Guokang led the ball into the penalty area to shoot from a small angle and deflected, missing a good opportunity to equalize. In the 90+3rd minute, Wu Shaocong's header in the penalty area was crossed, Mo Xuchen wanted to lead the ball and was knocked down, the referee refused to award a penalty, and finally the National Olympic Team had no chance to reverse the UAE team.
Slow motion showed that Mo Xuchen was about to get the ball, the UAE players stretched out their feet to kick Mo Xuchen down in the penalty area, the obvious foul was ignored by the referee, and the efforts and efforts of the national Olympic team were erased by the home whistle.
The 0-1 defeat made the national Olympic team unable to start the red, and tied with Thailand and Croatia in the second-to-last place, Uzbekistan lost 0-2, due to the small goal difference of 10 teams in the bottom of the first place.
In the next round, China's National Olympic Games will play against the defending champion Thailand National Olympic Games, the two teams are the last champions and runners-up, and the Chinese team lost in the final, this time is a great opportunity for revenge.