On the evening of March 24, Beijing time, the Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifier Round of 12 continued, a match in Group B, the Chinese men's football team sat at the "home" to face Saudi Arabia.
The performance of the two teams in this qualifier is far from the same, under the premise of the unanimous optimism of Japan and Australia, Saudi Arabia has led the way, and before this round, 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss occupied the top position in the group. The record of the Chinese men's football team is quite dismal, with 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses in 8 games, and it also lost to the Vietnam team at the bottom of the group, and only 5 points have been accumulated to say goodbye to the Qatar World Cup in advance.
In the ninth round of the Asian Round of 12, Australia lost at home to Japan, which also means that Saudi Arabia has broken through from the Asian region in advance before this round, and has won two qualifying places with Japan.
In the other game of this round, Oman won 1-0 away to Vietnam, which has basically locked in the third place in this group, and Vietnam is 1 win and 8 losses to continue to be at the bottom of the group.
After the opening, the 5-3-2 formation of the Chinese team did not play conservatively, the high pressing was quite fierce, and the Saudi team tried to pass the midfield as soon as possible through skillful technology and reduce entanglement.
In the 14th minute, captain Zhang Linpeng conceded the ball in front of the penalty area, the Saudi team launched a goal on the spot, Sheikhri did not pass to the better teammates, his shot was slightly offside, which was also the first shot of the two teams in the whole game.
In the 23rd minute, Zhang Linpeng completed a shovel in the penalty area, and the Saudi team signaled a foul.
Entering the dead ball stage, VAR intervened, and the referee signaled that there was no foul.
After the game entered 25 minutes, the Saudi team's advantage became more and more obvious, forming a siege to the Chinese team's goal.
In the final stages of the first half, Saudi Arabia continued to attack continuously around the goal of the national football team, but could not be converted into goals.
The goal was produced in first-half stoppage time and in the 46th minute, taking advantage of a corner kick, Sheikhri flicked forward and the header broke the goal.
At the end of the half, the Chinese team fell behind 0-1, shooting 0-8, the national football team did not have a foot on goal, the possession rate was 26%-74%, and the national football team was also in an absolute disadvantage.
Even if Saudi Arabia has advanced to the World Cup, the national football team has played extremely hard.