At 0:00 Beijing time on March 24, the Dubai Cup International Football Invitational Tournament officially started, and the first round of duels was successfully launched in the group stage, and China's U23 challenged the host UAE U23.
Although it is still hoped that the Chinese team can win, the final score is 1-0, china U23 lost by 1 goal, and the UAE U23 successfully made a good start. The 22-year-old starting goalkeeper Han Jiaqi was able to resist and was a player with a bright spot in the game.
The current Chinese U23 men's soccer team, mainly organized by the 99 age group, has not been able to participate in the official international competition for more than 2 years due to the epidemic and other reasons, and this competition can be described as a debut.
With the passage of time, the Chinese U23 team led by Serbian head coach Aleksandr Jankovic is undoubtedly unfamiliar to many fans, but they will be the next candidates to officially enter the Chinese national team.
The Chinese U23 men's football team started the game as follows, goalkeeper Han Jiaqi, backline captains Wen, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Shenglong and Xu Haofeng, midfielders including Dili Yimiti Land, Xu Yue, He Yupeng and Fang Hao, and the forward players were Chen Guokang and Liu Zhurun.
It is worth mentioning that the little famous Tao Qianglong did not start but on the bench, center Guo Tianyu and Shan Huanhuan failed to come, Liu Ruovan, the first local scorer in the Chinese League, failed to play, Zhou Junchen did not qualify for the game due to injury, Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun have played with the national team, and so on.
Therefore, the team in this game cannot be regarded as the full main force of the Chinese team in the U23 age group.
Just 2 minutes into the game, China U23 captain Wen kicked a long-range shot from outside the penalty area to complete the first shot of both teams in the game, and the ball deflected off the goalpost. Subsequently, the two sides continued to make offensive and defensive conversions, which accelerated the rhythm of the field.
In the face of the more delicate technology of the UAE U23, the wingers, especially the attack from the left side, the Chinese U23 is indeed enough to resist the opponent's attack per ball, but under the balance of this game situation, it has not created a better scoring opportunity.
In the 30th minute, uae U23 won a corner kick opportunity on the left, and Ed Hamis, who was standing in the crowd in front of the goal, swept a right-footed shot from close range to easily score the goal, and the score came to 1-0!
In this corner attack and defense, the Chinese U23 has 10 people involved in the defense, the opponent only came to 5 people but successfully scored, easily caused a goal conceded, obviously the team still has some problems in the tactical arrangement of corner defense.
At the end of the first half, China U23 fell behind with 1 goal, facing the attack and blockage of the UAE U23, the players worked hard and actively, but unfortunately the foot technology was not very good, and at the same time a little nervous.
The 22-year-old goalkeeper Han Jiaqi performed eye-catchingly, saving the opponent's key shots many times to ensure that the goal was not easily conceded, but the team as a whole was still relatively passive.
In the second half, both teams achieved no success, the rhythm of the game between the two sides remained the same, the UAE U23 still occupied the initiative on the field, and the Chinese U23 actively pushed near the midfield also had results.
At the end of the match, the score was locked at 1-0, the host UAE U23 successfully won the Dubai Cup opening, and the Chinese U23 suffered an official match debut loss.
Overall, the U23 players are motivated enough on the pitch to constantly run and compete with their opponents. But in this kind of higher intensity game, the players have a slight lack of game confidence and tactical awareness compared to their opponents, and the constant running when defending makes the formation a bit chaotic.
The fight is already very hard, and the goalkeeper's personal performance is better than the other side, but the helpless, especially the technical performance of the midfield players, is not good, obviously failed to fully play the coach's tactical layout effect, can only say that the overall strength needs to be improved.
At 20:00 Beijing time on March 26, the second round of the Dubai Cup group stage, China U23 will face Thailand U23, and it is not known whether the players can achieve a victory in the next game.