At 11:00 p.m. Beijing time on March 24, the national football team ushered in the confrontation of the penultimate match of the World Preliminary Round. This time, the national football team went to Sharjah's "home" to meet Saudi Arabia. Since Australia lost 2-0 to away Japan before the start of the match, Saudi Arabia automatically qualified for the promotion in advance, and it is precisely because of this that Saudi Arabia played very relaxed in this game, and brought the rhythm of the game with a few freehand passes at the beginning.
Before this game, the national football team achieved a record of 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses in the first eight rounds, and had not been able to qualify in advance. However, in the face of huge pressure, the national football team still hopes that there will be no collapse in the last two games, and even the possibility of a draw or a win.
The national football team did not have Wu Lei in this battle, nor did it have 4 naturalized players, only Zhang Yuning and Liu Binbin formed the front line. It can be said that the goal of the national football team is not to attack, but to defend. Because Li Xiaopeng discharged the three center-back combinations of Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie and Zheng Zheng. However, Saudi Arabia, which has already advanced, is quite excited, and they have put down their psychological baggage and repeatedly snatched the ball from the feet of the national football team.
In the 18th minute of the game, Zhang Linpeng hesitated for a second in the backcourt after receiving the ball, and was snatched by the Saudi players, which made the fans in front of the TV set sweat a little, thinking that Zhang Linpeng was not going to repeat the mistake of Feng Xiaoting. However, saudi player Babri then fired a long-range shot from outside the box and failed to hit the ball into the net.
However, Saudi Arabia's attack did not deflect with this shot, they successfully sent the ball to the right side of the national football goal in the 24th minute, at this time, Zhang Linpeng appeared bravely, played an active role as the captain, shoveled the ball in the penalty area to regain control of the ball, and judged through the video referee replay that Zhang Linpeng did not foul this steal!
Unexpectedly, 4 minutes later, Zhang Linpeng once again played the hero of the team. After the national football midfielder made a mistake in passing, he was quickly pushed to the goal by Saudi Arabia, and Zhang Linpeng saw the opportunity to tackle the ball again and destroyed the opponent's attack.
Subsequently, in the 35th minute of the game, Saudi player Dosari took the ball all the way to the left side of the national football penalty area, trying to cross to pose a shooting threat to his teammates, at this time, Zhang Linpeng accurately judged to block the opponent's cross attempt with his left foot, and finally turned the danger into a disaster!
However, in the injury time of the first half, Saudi Arabia took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick to successfully send the ball to SheikhRi in front of the goal, who headed the ball across the field and the ball trickily saved the goal, and the Chinese team fell behind Saudi Arabia 0-1.
In the second half, the national football team withstood the pressure of 2 yellow cards, and in the 52nd minute, Zhang Yuning received a wonderful pass from Dai Weijun, who came on as a substitute, and then passed the goalkeeper to send the ball into the goal. However, the referee raised the offside signal, and in the replay, it was seen that Zhang Yuning was indeed in an offside position, so the goal was invalid.
However, kung fu pays off. In the 76th minute, Li Xiaopeng dispatched generals to replace Zhang Yuning and Xu Xin, and replaced Dabao and Jin Jingdao. Then, in the 81st minute, Kim Kyung-do's header crossed, causing a Saudi player to handball, and the national football team won a penalty opportunity!
At this time, Zhu Chenjie, who has played for the national football team for 17 games, stood in front of the goal and took a deep breath, and after a short distance to help run, he shot with his right foot and firmly sent the ball into the goal. In the end, the national football team tied Saudi Arabia 1-1 at home to avoid three consecutive defeats! Although Saudi Arabia did not win, the team with an average age of two years old has been more exercised and has also played a role in training and inspection.
Overall, this game the national football team changed the past decline, after carefully judging the opponent and their own strength, player mentality and playing style, made sufficient preparations. And although there were few shooting opportunities in the whole game, there was no loss in the pressing, scrambling and confrontation on the defensive end. Congratulations to the national football team on their return in this game, I hope they can continue to maintain this fighting spirit and bring more wonderful games to the fans!