Reporter Chen Yong reported that at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 24, the U23 national team began its Dubai Cup tour, and in the first match, the U23 national team lost 0-1 to the UAE U23. On the 26th, the U23 national team will play against the Thailand U23, and the third round of the match will be based on the results of the first two rounds.
In this game, Jankovic's starting lineup is: Han Jiaqi; Wen Jiabao, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haofeng; Diliymiti Land, Xu Yue, He Yupeng, Fang Hao; Chen Guokang and Liu Zhurun.
After the opening, the U23 national team's scramble was very fierce, to a certain extent, to curb the attack of the UAE U23 team, but the U23 national football team itself is difficult to play a high-quality attack, so it is at a disadvantage overall. Throughout the first half, the U23 national football team was almost unable to form an effective offensive organization, and the two shooting attempts of Wen Jiabao and Xu Yue were very limited threats.
The goal was conceded from a scramble in front of goal in the 30th minute. The UAE team opened a corner kick on the left side, and the U23 national football team almost all retreated to the box, but was still seized by the opponent at the back point, and then the UAE captain Hamis shot a low shot that was not of high quality, bouncing off the ground and drilling into the goal. Subsequently, the UAE U23 still has one or two good opportunities, but the overall attention of the U23 national football team is more concentrated, and Han Jiaqi is also more active, trying to save the goal.
Yi Bian fought again, and the performance of the U23 national football team on the offensive end improved, but Chen Guokang's goal and Wu Shaocong's header failed to hit the target. The U23 national football team's investment in the offensive end also gave the opponent more opportunities, and the opponent missed three good goal opportunities in the 55th minute, 57th minute and 62nd minutes. In the 93rd minute of the game, the opposing defender had a suspected foul in the penalty area, and Mo Xuchen fell to the ground, but the referee did not award a penalty. In the end, the U23 national football team lost 0-1 to the United Arab Emirates national football team.
After this game, the U23 national football team's hard work has also been widely recognized by the fans, the lads have been working hard to grab the whole game, and the 0-1 score is still within the acceptable range - after all, this is only the second international warm-up game of the U23 national football team in two and a half years.
However, as far as the game process is concerned, the content of the U23 national team at the technical and tactical level is difficult to say satisfactory, the combing ability of the midfield is seriously insufficient, and the ability of the frontcourt players to take the ball also has obvious shortcomings. Of course, this has something to do with the lack of age-appropriate players such as Guo Tianyu, Shan Huanhuan, Zhou Junchen, Dai Weijun and Zhu Chenjie for the U23 national team, but even if they can play, the change in the overall organizational ability of the team is probably quite limited.
In fact, the back position is precisely the Achilles heel of this team exposed in this game. After all, in the front court, the U23 national football team also has Players with certain single-point breakthrough capabilities such as Tao Qianglong and Zhou Junchen can improve. But if the midfielder only hopes on Dai Weijun alone, it is difficult to reverse the current dilemma.
On the 26th, the U23 national football team will play against thailand, considering the overall level of the current U23 national team, this game may still be more difficult, but for these lads, every game is very precious, two and a half years without international competitions, they need the training of the game too much.