In the early morning of March 25, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia ended a match, and the Chinese men's football team played against the Saudi men's football team. In the end, the national football team created a big cold, with a 1-1 score to force the Saudi team to avoid the home and away games by double kills, the next round of draw can send the Vietnamese team to the bottom of the ranking.
After losing to Vietnam in the last round, the national football team was out two rounds in advance, missing the World Cup for 5 consecutive years, and the remaining 2 games became a battle of honor. The national football team is out early, and the next goal is to continue to lose consecutively and avoid being overtaken by the Vietnamese team and becoming the bottom of the group.
The last home of the national football team continues to be placed in Sharjah, UAE against Saudi Arabia, which only needs one victory to reach the World Cup, so the national football team will also influence the qualifying situation.
In the latest edition of FIFA's world rankings, the Chinese team ranked 75th and the Saudi team ranked 53rd. In terms of starting, the national football team discharged a 352 formation, mainly defensive counterattack, Zhang Yuning and Liu Binbin partnered in the front, while Zhang Linpeng, Zheng Zheng and Zhu Chenjie were paired with three defenders.
The national football defense became a five-back, which was directly suppressed by the Saudi team and could not prevent an effective attack. In first-half stoppage time, Saudi Arabia used a corner kick to attack, and Sheikhri broke the goal and knocked on the goal of the national football team to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the national football team almost equalized in the 54th minute, Zhang Yuning scored 2 consecutive shots, the referee signaled Zhang Yuning to be offside first, and the national football team goal was invalid. In the 81st minute, Wang Shenchao's cross caused the Saudi players to handball in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, and then the young zhu Chenjie took the penalty to help the national football team equalize 1-1, and the whole team pointed to the sky.
In the end, the national football team broke out in a desperate situation, relying on penalties to equalize the score and burst out of the big cold. This draw allowed the national football team to avoid being double-killed by saudi arabia in the history of the team for the first time in the world preliminary round, and the second was to suffer two consecutive defeats against Saudi Arabia after a gap of 36 years, avoiding the creation of two major humiliating records.
At present, the national football team leads the Vietnamese team by 3 points, and has 3 goal differences, which is a large advantage. In the last round, the national football team played against Oman, the Vietnam team played against Japan, the Vietnam team could hardly win the ball, and the national football team could lock in the fifth place in the group with points in the next round.