In the 9th round of Group B of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, the national football team met saudi arabia at the Sharjah Stadium, before this match, the national football team had no hope of qualifying for the World Cup, and the Saudi team has decided to advance to the final round of the World Cup in Qatar. In this period of the national football list, there is no Wu Lei who stays in the ocean, nor there are naturalized players such as Alain and Luo Guofu, and the goal of Li Xiaopeng's guidance is also very obvious, that is, the battle of honor is to go all out, but also to undertake the task of training players. Wu Xi was absent, and the captain of the national football team was Zhang Linpeng.
There is also a small tidbit before the start of the game, the broadcaster gave the starting list of the national football team VS Saudi Arabia, the name of "Li Tie" appeared in the coaching position, to know that Li Tie has been dismissed after the 6th round, and now the national football team is coached by Li Xiaopeng, and Li Xiaopeng also congratulated the Saudi team on advancing to the World Cup finals in a brief interview before the game.
Chinese U23 players who participated in the "Dubai Cup" in the United Arab Emirates were also on the spot.
After the start of the game, most of the attack of the national football team came from the side of the cross, but because the number of people in the front court was relatively small, there was only one point in the middle of the road, so the cross effect of Liu Binbin and others was not good. However, the Chinese team played not conservatively, and the overall three lines were pressed forward very strongly, forcing Saudi Arabia at a high position, posing a relatively large threat to the opponent. In the opening 15 minutes, the national football team only had an embarrassing 20.7% of the ball control rate, and Saudi Arabia 79.3%, which means that most of the time the ball was at the feet of the opponent.
National football captain Zhang Linpeng was snatched when he controlled the ball at the back, he was surrounded by a number of Saudi players, there was no point to play, so he was robbed, Saudi Sheikhri shot, the ball rubbed the upright and deflected out of the gate.
By the 25th minute or so, the two sides had consecutive foot tackles, and when Arthur Joon-min's tackle brought down the opponent, the referee gave a yellow card. At the same time, the national football captain Zhang Linpeng broke the ball in a sliding shovel in the penalty area, and the referee looked back at VAR, fortunately, did not give a penalty.
Liu Yang made a mistake in returning the pass, and the opponent counterattacked and almost scored. National football striker Zhang Yuning is still very hard, not afraid of confrontation, for the Chinese team to win back the ball. Although Zhang Linpeng's tackles are many and a bit on the top, it is still very good to break and block the opponent's shots several times.
Zhu Chenjie put down Sheikhri and was shown a yellow card by Hassan, which was also the second yellow card of the national football team in the first half. Before the end of the first half, Sheikhri scored with a header and the national football team fell behind 0-1 in the first half. In the first half, the national football team scored 0 shots on goal, with only 26% possession.
In this game, the national football team does not occupy the advantage, even if the opponent is not the main force, but the overall strength of the national football team is still in the inferior position. Mistakes like Zhang Linpeng should still be avoided as much as possible, and players in the national football team need to pay attention to reduce mistakes and strengthen the efficiency of the attack.