What a coincidence! Within a week, the U23 national football team will meet the host UAE U23 team twice.
On the 23rd, the first round of the 0-1 small loss, the 26th of the second game 4-2 to win the first victory, U23 national football team in the first two rounds of the Dubai Cup to get 3 points, advancing into the top four. According to the rules of the tournament, the third round of ranking matches will be played between teams 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 and 9-10. This means that the U23 national football team will meet again with the UAE U23 team.
After two rounds of competition, the 10 teams of the Dubai Cup are ranked as shown in the picture above. The Saudi U23 team is number one, scoring six points with 2-2 wins and a goal difference of 3. Japan's U21 team ranked second, also scored 6 points, and the goal difference was also 6. According to the rules, the two teams will compete for the championship.
The UAE team scored four points in 2 wins, 1 win and 1 draw, ranking third. China finished fourth with three points (2 goals difference). According to the rules, the two teams will compete for the third place in this tournament.
Croatia finished fifth, with 3 points from 2-1 win and 1 defeat. They lost to Japan in the first match and beat Vietnam 1-0 in the second round. Qatar also scored three points but finished sixth due to a small goal difference. The two teams will face each other for fifth place.
In addition, Iraq ranked seventh, Vietnam ranked eighth, Uzbekistan ninth and Thailand tenth. Although according to the rules Vietnam will play against Iraq again, the schedule shows that they will play against Uzbekistan.
Judging from the schedule above, the only thing that has changed is the opponent of the Vietnamese team.
Interestingly, in the first round of this tournament, the U23 national football team will also play against Vietnam, but I don't know why it was changed to the Uae team. For this change, some Vietnamese media believe that after the national football team lost to the Vietnamese team in the round of twelve, they did not want to touch the Vietnamese team again and asked the organizers to make changes.
In the first round, the Chinese team lost to the Uae team by 1 goal, and from the scene, there is a certain gap between the U23 national football team and the opponent, but this gap is not insurmountable. In terms of the performance of the two sides in the second half at that time, if they can play better, the U23 national football team is not without the possibility of equalizing.
This time the two teams meet again, and the "revenge" opportunity of the U23 national football team has come! If you can continue the performance of the 4-2 victory over Thailand, you may have a chance to get the third place.