On the evening of March 24, the Chinese men's football team and the Saudi team in the Round of 12 of the World Preliminary Round played a match between the two sides after 90 minutes of fighting, and finally the Chinese team stubbornly drew 1-1 with the Saudi team. The performance of the Chinese men's football team in this game has improved significantly compared with before...
In this game, the Saudi team showed the super strength of Asia's top teams with its fierce style of play and tacit cooperation. The "Green Eagles" with a neat lineup continued to put pressure on the national football team at the offensive end at the beginning. In the first half, the Saudi team had 74% of the ball and 8 shots at the half, while the Chinese team, after the lack of Wu Lei and four naturalized forwards, the players involved in the attack were stretched, and the possession rate in the entire first half was only 26%, without a single shot. Despite the full defense of the Chinese team, it was still attacked by Saudi Arabia in half-time injury time, and fell behind 0-1 at halftime.
In the second half, the Saudi team's offensive attack did not decrease. In the 53rd minute of the match, one of China's goals was blown offside. Subsequently, the Saudi team continued to bombard indiscriminately on the offensive end, and the Chinese team was in danger in front of the goal. However, when the game progressed to the 81st minute, the Chinese team finally waited for the opportunity. Saudi Arabia's players were awarded a penalty in front of the goal, Zhu Chenjie hit the knife, and the Chinese team stubbornly pulled the score to a 1-1 draw. Despite the Saudi team's aggressive attack, under the full defense of the Chinese team, the score of the two sides was finally fixed at a 1-1 draw.
It is worth mentioning that before the game, Li Xiaopeng, the coach of the Chinese team, once said: "Although the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup was lost, all the players fought for the face of Chinese football." ”。 It seems that Li Xiaopeng did not renege on his words. In this game, the Chinese men's football team, which is in the inferior strength, has performed remarkablely both from the mental outlook and the hard work on the field. They drew with the powerful Saudi team, and their performance deserves everyone's recognition. At least this time, the national football team did not continue to add to the blockage of Chinese fans...
Facts have once again proved that to a certain extent, "spirit of spirit" can make up for some technical and tactical gaps. Although the Chinese team has missed this World Cup, as long as it is shameful and courageous, Chinese football still has hope. For the Chinese men's football team, the top priority is to sink down, face up to the gap between it and the Asian strong team, improve its technical and tactical level, and come out of the trough as soon as possible...