At 20:00 Beijing time on March 26, the Dubai Cup International Football Invitational Tournament, the second round of the group stage ushered in a showdown, China U23 to thailand U23.
The score was 4-2, and the Chinese U23 successfully defeated the opponent to achieve the first victory. 22-year-old striker Fang Hao stunned the whole field, scoring 4 goals to stage a big four-year battle to become famous!
In the last round of matches, China U23 lost to the host UAE U23 with 1 goal, but in the first game in more than 2 years, the players continued to scramble and run on the field, showing an active side of winning.
Compared with the starting lineup in the previous round, head coach Jankovic made some adjustments to the starting lineup, goalkeeper Peng Peng, captain Wen Jiabao led the back line, Ye Lijiang-Schnaer, Wu Shaocong, Huang Jiahui, the midfielders included DiliImiti Land, Cai Mingmin, Chen Guokang, and the forward players were Tao Qianglong, He Yupeng and Fang Hao.
After the game began, the two sides immediately entered a tense rhythm of the game, and the Chinese U23 players actively ran and scrambled, so that the opponents had consecutive mistakes in the opening.
In the 8th minute, the Thai player made a mistake with the ball, and Fang Hao, who was wearing the No. 20 shirt, successfully broke the ball, and then burst all the way into the box, facing the goalkeeper's calm low shot into the near corner, the score was 1-0! China U23 led by 1 goal and successfully won the first goal of this year's Dubai Cup!
It is worth mentioning that this goal is also the first goal in an international competition since the formation of the 99-year-old Chinese U23 in more than 2 years.
After Fang Hao scored, the Chinese U23 players gathered together with two fingers to pay tribute to the mu5735 deceased, touching!
However, just 3 minutes later, the Chinese U23 suffered a goal conceded. In the 11th minute, the Thai player attacked, and Paso, wearing the number 10 shirt, scored with a right-footed shot after receiving a cross from a teammate. 1-1, the situation on the field turned into a draw! The Thai U23 core grimaced at the Chinese player after scoring the goal, which was quite provocative.
In the 31st minute of the game, the Thai player made a rather embarrassing mistake, a pass was directly passed to the feet of the Chinese player, Fang Hao, who was in front of the goal, smiled and accepted the gift, stopped the ball and slammed his right foot to shoot successfully twice! The score was refreshed to 2-1, and the Chinese U23 once again took the lead.
China's U23 performance is similar to the performance of the last round, although the foot technology is not very good, there are still one stops, two looks and three broken situations, but the overall positive running and scrambling have indeed caused a lot of pressure on the opponent.
I have to say that the Thai players are really weak in this backline, and since the beginning, there have been constant mistakes, and it is normal to concede the ball. Thailand's U23 apparently didn't immediately recover from the goal conceded just now, conceding another goal just 2 minutes later.
In the 33rd minute, China U23 won a left corner kick opportunity, Fang Hao saw the timing of the left foot attack in the chaotic battle, the 00-year-old forward successfully scored 3 goals in 25 minutes, amazingly scored a hat-trick, and the score in the first half was fixed at 3-1!
In the 46th minute of the start of the second half, coach Jankovic made a substitution adjustment for China's U23, with Sun Qinhan, Diliimiti Land and Xu Haofeng coming on to replace He Yupeng, Cai Mingmin and Ye Lijiang Schnaer. Subsequently, the team continued the positive playing style of the first 45 minutes, and under such offensive and defensive changes, the Thai players were somewhat overwhelmed.
Sure enough, in the 66th minute, it was Fang Hao's eye-catching play in the front, he successfully carried the Thai player's defense into the penalty area, faced the goalkeeper calmly shoveled and broke the goal, and staged the big four joys with 4 goals in a single game! In the 71st minute, Fang Hao was replaced for rest, and Zhang Jiansheng came on as a substitute.
In the 89th minute, Thailand U23 won a free kick opportunity outside the penalty area, positioned on the left side closer to the goal. Willian Widjoy scored a brilliant goal to pull back a goal for the team, 4-2!
At the end of the game, China U23 defeated Thailand U23 by a score of 4-2 to successfully win the first victory of the Dubai Cup, which is also the first time that the Chinese U23 team has won an international competition since its establishment.
Although the Dubai Cup is not a very important event, in these two rounds, people can see the overall state of the Chinese U23 team.
The team under Jankovic's coaching adopts a more modern style of play, the players' foot skills are not very good, but the whole team actively runs for the ball, and the high pressure in the front court is quickly transmitted, which allows the players responsible for scoring to shine.
This kind of positive energy is the attitude that young players should have, and it is also the attitude that a player wearing a national team jersey should have! Hopefully, more young Chinese players will emerge on the field!