The penultimate round of the Round of 12, the national football team vs Saudi Arabia, is a "battle of honor" for both sides. After Japan defeated Australia 2-0 away in this round, Japan and Saudi Arabia locked up the top two of Group B and advanced to the 2022 World Cup. The national football team has long been out, this game, in the words of Li Xiaopeng, is the face of Chinese football, to avoid four consecutive defeats to end the round of 12, to avoid finally being overtaken by Vietnam in the standings.
Throughout the first half, the national football team was in a passive situation, with a possession rate of barely close to 30% and 0 shots on goal. The defense did a good job, and until the 45th minute, the score was still 0-0. The 46th minute was not guarded, the Saudi corner kick was opened, the previous point Sheikhri's header was rubbed, the ball went straight to the far end of the fan into the net, Yan Junling could not react.
In the second half, the national football team was still stubborn, and Saudi Arabia was the main attacker. Until the 80th minute, the national football team still scored 0 shots, but did not concede another goal. In the 81st minute, the national football team shot the goal, also scored, Gao Zhunyi crossed from the right, Kim Kyung-do's header in the penalty area crossed, Amuri handball foul, the referee awarded a penalty, Zhu Chenjie took the penalty. The national football team equalized the score.
In the following ten minutes of stoppage time, both sides had the opportunity to attack, but the score was never rewritten, and the two sides finally drew 1-1.
This year's top 12 matches were not killed by Saudi Arabia, Li Xiaopeng did not take office for 4 consecutive defeats, has the face of the national football team been saved?
First of all, the desire to win, Saudi Arabia's desire to win is certainly not as good as the national football team, after all, it has advanced in advance, but it is impossible for you to win easily, and people also have face.
The national football team, which has been criticized as useless, naturally has a stronger desire to win. But to win the game, strength, tactics, morale, and luck are all essential.
In the view of liu Wenchao, a media person, the face of the national football team was saved, because everyone fought, "This is a game that you can see how you want." From the 'face' point of view, the draw, the first to fall behind the equalizer, and finally there is no result of losing, the face must be saved. From the mental attitude point of view, everyone in every position of the whole team is fighting, there is nothing wrong with it. ”
Commentator Zhan Jun said, "Zhu Chenjie, Gao Tianyi, Dai Weijun are all the future of the national football team, lucky to fight back the draw. Stand up straight, don't get discouraged! Yan Junling's divine pounce, Zhang Linpeng and Gao Zhuan's flying body blocking, without this qi, luck will not take care of you. ”
Is it a cliché again, when the national football team reaches the "battle of honor", it "sees hope"?
Born on August 23, 2000, Zhu Chenjie scored an equalising penalty in the match and received his debut goal in the A-class event of the national football team, and became the first post-00 player in the Chinese Super League to score on September 30, 2018, and today he became the first post-00 in the national football team to score.
After the game, Zhu Chenjie said in an interview: "Director Li trusts me very much, and usually he also lets me take the penalty, and there is also such practice in training. I think the first thing we have to do is to play the spirit, and then on the field to carry forward the spirit of hard work, this time according to the coach's technical tactics, play the usual things out, I hope the next game can play better. ”
Media person Liu Wenchao also has the following, "In the end, this is a game that is easy for most fans to accept, because he has the basic expectations of the current national football team, and he can fight and grab well. But it shouldn't be a race of satisfaction and satisfaction for industry professionals. ”
Full-court data, Saudi Arabia has 74% of the ball, the national football team has a ball control rate of 26%, Saudi Arabia has 3 shots on target in 18 shots, and the national football team has 2 shots and 1 shot on target. The data is lagging behind in an all-round way, will people like Li Xiaopeng be satisfied and satisfied?