In a "Dubai Cup" match that ended in the early morning, China's U23 national football team lost 0-1 to host Uae. Despite losing the game, the spirit of the U23 national football team in the field has aroused praise from the outside world. Especially in the first half, U23 national football midfielder He Yupeng's wild run "blocked the eye", which well explained the spiritual outlook of the Chinese players in this game.
In the first half of the game, 11 minutes later, the Chinese team organized a counterattack, and He Yupeng, who was a defender, was ready to insert it, but the UAE player regained the ball by pressing the ball, but instead caught the Chinese team by surprise. Rashid Salem sent a brilliant pass from the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, at which point He Yupeng rushed all the way from midfield to his own penalty area, and a sliding shovel destroyed the UAE's attack.
Judging from the situation on the field at that time, when the UAE launched a counterattack, He Yupeng followed the players who were inserted from the diagonal rear all the way, and followed all the way to the box to destroy Salem's straight ball. If He Yupeng's chase back at that time was slightly relaxed, or a step slower, then the UAE would form a great opportunity to play in the penalty area.
Judging from the straight-line distance of the court, He Yupeng ran at least 4 to 50 meters away this time to complete this successful defense. You know, in fact, during the U23 national football team's training trip to the United Arab Emirates, He Yupeng suffered an ankle injury and was once diagnosed as unable to participate in the match with the United Arab Emirates, but in the end he appeared in the starting list with an injury.
This is also a microcosm of the tenacious struggle of the U23 national football team. Although the technical and tactical ability is flawed compared to the opponent, at least in terms of spirit, the performance of this team is not faulty, the whole field is very active in both fighting and attacking, and there have been several scenes of "people on horseback" with UAE players. Previously, the Chinese national football team was questioned by the outside world as a lack of fighting spirit after losing to vietnam, but in this group of U23 youngsters, we still seem to see the hope that the men's football team is worthy of respect.