The World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the 9th round of the National Football Round of 12 began as scheduled. This round of national football ushered in the Saudi Arabian team at the top of the group rankings, and the opponent's strength is stronger, so the national football team is destined to be a bitter battle. Li Xiaopeng put on a defensive formation of 3 centre-backs and 5 defenders, and in the first half of injury time, Saudi Arabia took advantage of the opportunity of corner kicks to take the lead. In the second half, Li Xiaopeng received a miracle effect in consecutive substitutions, and in the 82nd minute, he used the penalty to equalize, and finally the national football team drew 1:1 with Saudi Arabia.
At the beginning of the first half of the game, just one minute after the opening, the national football midfielder intercepted successfully, directly passed a beautiful straight plug, high-precision wing side road quickly inserted, direct cross unfortunately, the middle of the road to cover the teammates to follow up too slowly. In the 7th minute, Arthur Junmin took the ball in the middle of the road and quickly blocked it, Liu Binbin used his speed to break through to the side, and the bottom line cross was blocked. Then Saudi Arabia took advantage of the field, gradually using the foot pass control, slowly penetrated the defense of the national football team, in the 12th minute Blake cross was blocked by Liu Yang out of the bottom line, won the first corner of the game. In the 15th minute, Zhang Linpeng made a mistake in handling the ball at the back, was directly snatched by the opponent, and was taken to the front of the penalty area to directly hit the goal, slightly offside.
In the 23rd minute, Saudi Arabia attacked in front of the field, Zhang Linpeng shoveled at a critical moment, and then the midfield continued to press, and Arthur Junmin counter-attacked again, and was given a yellow card warning by referee Hassan. In the 27th minute, Liu Yang's mistake on the left side was quickly countered by Saudi Arabia, and a series of attacks in the front field made the national football team scream in front of the goal. Four minutes later, Aldosari fired another cold shot from the edge of the penalty area, the ball slightly above the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Aldosari broke all the way into the penalty area and prepared to kick a cross that was directly shoveled off the line by Zhang Linpeng. Three minutes later, Xu Xin's left side was widely transferred, and Gao Zhunyi and Arthur Junmin on the right side made a wonderful combination, and the cross was released from the box. Although The Saudis played a quick counterattack, Zhu Chenjie received a yellow card for a tactical foul. In the first half, saudi Arabia finally scored a goal in injury time, taking advantage of the opportunity of corner kicks, Sheikhri nodded the ball in front of the goal, and the national football team ended the first half with 0:1.
Just before the end of the first half, CCTV famous commentator Liu Jiayuan introduced some of the situations of Saudi Arabia's French coach Renard, and bluntly said whether he would come to our Chinese team to coach it. Throughout the first half, the national football team was at an overall disadvantage, there was no shot and no threatening offensive opportunities, and the possession rate was less than 30%.
At the beginning of the second half, Li Xiaopeng replaced Arthur Junmin with Dai Weijun, and in just two minutes, Saudi Arabia once again used a corner kick, and Muwallad's barb shot inside the box once again posed a threat. In the 52nd minute, the national football team successfully pressed the front field continuously, Zhang Yuning took the ball into the penalty area to break the goal, but unfortunately was blown offside, and the goal was invalid. 4 minutes later, Saudi Arabia still took advantage of the opportunity of corner kicks, continuous shots, the opportunity of the salad in the middle of the road to no one to defend, unexpectedly kicked off, the national football team once again escaped the disaster. In the 60th minute, the national football team broke the ball at the back and launched a quick counterattack, and Dai Weijun broke through to cause a foul on the opponent and received a yellow card. In the 63rd minute, Zhang Linpeng, who was on the top, made another mistake, and Yan Junling made a wonderful save.
In the 71st minute, Shalari passed Zheng Zheng and passed directly to Aldosari in the middle, who had no defense to meet the ball, was blocked by Gao Zhunyi, and then made up for it again, which was saved by Yan Junling. Then Jin Jingdao and Yu Dabao replaced Xu Xin and Zhang Yuning, and in the 78th minute, Dai Weijun took the ball in front of him, and one person singled out five opponents, winning applause for consecutive beautiful passes, but unfortunately his teammates kept up too slowly and wasted a chance. In the 81st minute, Gao Zhunyi passed the ball to the penalty area, Kim Kyung-do created the opponent's handball, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Zhu Chenjie kicked in, and the national football team equalized. After the goal, the confidence of the national football team increased greatly, and it continued to push in the front court, and Dai Weijun's shoveling almost formed a chance again. In the final moments, Sheikhri missed the kill, and finally the national football team drew a difficult match with the opponent.
Although it is only a 1:1, and the scene is very passive, for the national football team, the significance is extraordinary. Due to the defeat to the Vietnamese team, the prospects of the national football team are seriously not optimistic, and the naturalized players and Wu Lei and Li Lei have not returned to the national football team, so it is not easy to achieve a satisfactory result. Throughout the game, Li Xiaopeng's platoon arrangement was also very practical, and the 541 formation was maintained until the end. Opponents have an absolute advantage on the field, but the players also try their best to fight for every opportunity.
In addition, Li Xiaopeng's three substitutions in the second half were miraculous. First of all, Dai Weijun replaced Arthur Junmin, after Dai Weijun came on the court, the flexible running position made the attack of the midfield improve, especially in the 78th minute of the counterattack, 1 person singled out 5 players against the opponent and successfully played the opponent. Secondly, with Gao Providence replacing Liu Binbin, the physical advantage makes the left side of the national football team no longer become a window for the opponent to break through. The last is for Dabao and Jin Jingdao to replace Zhang Yuning and Xu Xin, although Yu Dabao has been playing as a defender, but he is a striker himself, and after playing, he has continuously played the ball and scrambled, making the opponent very uncomfortable. Kim Kyung-do's appearance caused a foul on the opponent's handball and created a penalty to help the team equalize.
Before this game, the Vietnamese media was very optimistic about estimating that in the last two rounds of competition, Vietnam would definitely surpass the national football team in the standings! But after the round, Vietnam lost to Oman, and the national football team got 1 point. In this way, the gap between the two teams reached 3 points, and the last round of the national football team faced 1 Oman, while Vietnam went to challenge Japan away, and it was difficult for Vietnam to get three points in Japan. Therefore, Vietnam's wild talk of wanting to surpass the national football team is destined to become a joke!
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