On March 27, Beijing time, the second round of the Dubai Cup Under-23 International Football Invitational Tournament was all over, Japan and Saudi Arabia won two consecutive victories, the Chinese team also won the round of the competition, while Thailand and Vietnam suffered two consecutive defeats, and then in the third round of the ranking match, Saudi Arabia and Japan competed for the championship, and the next opponent of the Chinese team was the United Arab Emirates.
The Dubai Cup consists of three rounds, with the first and second rounds of draws, the third round of matches playing according to the ranking of the first 2 rounds of points, the first and second points competing for the championship, the 3rd and 4th competing for the third place, and so on. In the first round, Japan defeated Croatia 1-0, Saudi Arabia 2-0 Uzbekistan, Vietnam 0-0 Iraq, China 0-1 UAE, Thailand 0-1 Qatar.
In the second round of the game, the Chinese team against the Thai team, the two first round losers met in a narrow way, and finally the 90-minute game ended, the Chinese team defeated the opponent 4-2 to get 3 points, the Chinese team forward Fang Hao staged the miracle of the big four, one person blew up the Thai team, the opponent used the free kick and the world wave to score 2 goals.
In the other four matches, Japan defeated Qatar 2-0 to win two consecutive games, Croatia won 1-0 against Vietnam, Uzbekistan drew 0-0 with the Uae, and Saudi Arabia defeated Iraq 2-1 to win two consecutive matches, thus the Dubai Cup two rounds of matches were over, and the group points ranking was finally determined.
Japan and Saudi Arabia won two consecutive 6 points to rank in the top two, the two teams in the final round of the ranking match began to compete for the championship, the United Arab Emirates ranked 3rd with 4 points, China ranked 4th with 3 points, Croatia ranked 5th with 3 points, Qatar ranked 6th with 3 points, Iraq ranked 7th with 1 point, Vietnam ranked 8th with 1 point, Uzbekistan ranked 9th with 1 point, and Thailand ranked 10th with 0 points.
On March 29, the third round of the ranking round will begin, and the matches will be as follows:
1-2: Saudi Arabia vs Japan
3-4 places: U23 national football team vs United Arab Emirates
5-6 places: Qatar vs Croatia
7-8 places: Iraq vs Vietnam
9-10: Uzbekistan vs Thailand
The Chinese team once again played against the UAE team, I don't know what kind of sparks the two sides will rub out, can the Chinese team get revenge? We'll see!