Although the national football team has missed the World Cup, but there are still the last 2 rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team has ushered in the international match day after many days, and the opponent is the Saudi Arabian team that has qualified for the World Cup. In the first half of stoppage time, Saudi Arabia scored, and the national football team struggled for 45 minutes, but it fell short in the last moment!
Prior to this match, Saudi Arabia had already locked in an Asian qualifying spot, so the opponents were lightly loaded. In an interview before the match, Li Xiaopeng also congratulated his opponents. Facing the Saudi men's football team, Li Xiaopeng lined up a 352 formation, Liu Binbin and Zhang Yuning partnered in the forward line, the two wing-backs were Liu Yang and Gao Zhunyi, the midfield was surrounded by Arthur Junmin, Xu Xin and Liao Lisheng, and on the back line, Zheng Zheng, Zhu Chenjie and Zhang Linpeng sat down, and the goalkeeper was still Yan Junling. On the bench of the national football team sat Jiang Guangtai, Zhang Xizhe, Yu Dabao, Wang Dalei and others.
Looking at the Saudi squad, the Starting Formation of this West Asian powerhouse is 4231, Alovais is on goal, the four players in the back line are Shahrani, Shahrahili, Amri and Blake, the opponent's two backs are Kanu and Faraj, Al-Dawsari, Bahibry and Muwallad are the attacking midfielders, and the no. 11 player Sheikhri appears in the center position. Against the national football team, Saudi Arabia is not without pursuit, they are still eager to get 3 points, after all, after the Japanese team won, their points are 21 points, 2 points higher than Saudi Arabia, the latter also need to compete for the first place in the group, so that saudi Arabia in the World Cup group draw to get a better position.
In the 4th minute, Saudi Arabia won a free kick opportunity outside the box, the attacking player took the penalty into the box, the Saudi player was offside, and the ball belonged to the national football team. In the 7th minute, the national football team counterattacked, Liu Binbin took the ball on the left side, broke through the cross, and the Saudi defender completed the interception. A minute later, it was Liu Binbin who formed a cross on the left side of the road, and the Saudi goalkeeper easily got the ball.
In the 32nd minute, Saudi Arabia narrowly broke the goal when No. 10 player Aldosari's shot from outside the box bounced off his teammates. In the 35th minute, Saudi Arabia won a corner kick on the left and drove to the goal, and the opponent's header became a relief. In the 38th minute, Xu Xin got rid of the pass and then crossed to the front of the goal, and the Saudi defender first kicked out the fence. Two minutes later, Zhu Chenjie let go of the shovel and got a yellow card. In stoppage time, Saudi Arabia won a corner kick, drove the ball to the goal, Sheikhri headed the goal and Saudi Arabia established a 1-0 advantage before the end of half-time. Slow-motion replay, Zhang Yuning is not tight when staring at people, and the opponent shakes his head and breaks the door!