In the early morning of March 24, Beijing time, the Dubai Cup Youth Invitational Tournament began, ending 2 matches, China's U23 suffered a black opening, losing 0-1 to the host UAE U23, and defending champion Thailand U23 also lost 0-1 to Qatar U23.
In the last Dubai Cup, thailand defeated China in the final to win the championship, and this tournament is the defending champion status. In recent years, Thailand's U23 has improved a lot, and the overall strength has surpassed China's U23, and the next game, the two teams will directly meet.
Now Thailand has to play first against Qatar, which in recent years has relied on youth training to develop and naturalize players, and the overall strength remains between the first and second class in Asia.
According to statistics, the two teams only met at the 2018 Asian Games, when the battle was a 1-1 draw. In the end, Qatar was even better, beating Thailand 1-0 to get a good start.
At the same time, the other match ended, the Chinese National Olympic Games against the host Uae National Olympic Games. In the 30th minute of the first half, the national Olympic team made a mistake in the corner defense, the 9 people in the penalty area did not defend the opponent 5 people, and Hamis completed the goal, and the UAE team took the next city 1-0.
In the second half, the national Olympic team was eager to equalize and was very competitive. In the 93rd minute, Wu Shaocong's header in the penalty area was crossed, Mo Xuchen was knocked to the ground, the referee refused to give the penalty, and finally the national Olympic team lost 0-1 to the UAE.
In the other three matches that ended in the first round, Japan beat Croatia 1-0, Saudi Arabia beat Uzbekistan 2-0, and Vietnam drew 0-0 with Iraq, so that Saudi Arabia relied on goal difference to push Japan and Qatar to temporarily rank first in the table. Japan is the only team in the U21 age group to send out all the teams in this Dubai Cup, and the first game is a cold victory over the European powerhouse Croatia.
The Chinese team, Thai team and Uzbekistan team that lost the game, due to the difference in goal difference, Uzbekistan team temporarily ranked first from the bottom, and China and Thailand team tied for second to last.
In the next game, the Chinese team and the Thai team directly played, the loser may be reduced to the bottom of the first, the national Olympic team currently has a certain strength, losing to the UAE team suffered a home whistle.