On the evening of March 26, Beijing time, the Dubai Cup Youth Invitational Tournament entered the second round, the defending champion Thailand U23 suffered a 2-4 fiasco, the opponent was China U23, the whole 4 goals conceded were caused by mistakes, and the 22-year-old Fang Hao staged a senior performance.
In recent years, the Chinese men's football national team has almost stagnated, and the Southeast Asian teams have made great progress, represented by Vietnam and Thailand, including youth teams and national teams, and the overall strength of the national football team has not been reduced by the Vietnamese team and the Thai team without naturalized players.
Previously, southeast Asian teams were the defeated players of the Chinese team, and now they can defeat the Chinese team, and the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam in the round of 12 matches, which has been very obvious. At present, the National Team of Vietnamese men's football at all levels began to shake off the Chinese team, including the U23 age group, the original two teams directly fought, and the organizing committee temporarily changed the situation of the match, so that the Chinese team played against the Thai team.
Before the game, domestic fans were generally not optimistic about the strength and performance of this national Olympic team, and as a result, the U23 national football team led by Jankovic played a hearty victory.
In the opening 6 minutes, Fang Hao single-handedly scored, and the Chinese team led 1-0. In the 32nd minute, Fang Hao pushed a shot from the penalty area to give China a 2-1 lead. In the 34th minute, Fang Hao exploded into the net in front of the goal, and the Chinese team led 3-1. In the 67th minute, Fang Hao successfully scored a low shot, and the Chinese team led 4-1. In less than 70 minutes, Thailand conceded four goals in a row, and used a free kick to break the goal in the last minute to chase the score to 2-4, still suffering a fiasco.
After the game statistics, the Thai team has a ball control rate of 58%, shooting 10-12 and shooting 2-6, the high possession rate alone is not enough to reflect how good the performance is, but the Chinese team took advantage of the mistake to seize the opportunity, Fang Hao's ability to grasp the opportunity is too strong.
With this fiasco, the Thai team suffered two consecutive defeats in the Dubai Cup, failed to defend the title in advance, and accumulated 0 points in 2 games, and lost 3 goals difference, temporarily reduced to the bottom position of 10 teams, which can be described as a double blow. In order to play well in the Dubai Cup, the Thai team recruited a number of players from Europe, resulting in two consecutive losses, and now can only participate in the qualifying rounds of 9 to 10.