On the evening of March 29, Beijing time, the Chinese Olympic team will usher in the third place battle of the "Dubai Cup" invitational tournament, against the host UAE team. In the first round of the match, the national Olympic team lost 0-1, and this time they met again, and the national Olympic team wanted revenge.
Don't change opponents Guoao wants revenge
With a 4-2 victory over Thailand, the National Olympic team ranked fourth after the end of the two matches, ushering in the third place battle. However, because they have already played against the third-placed UAE team in the first round. Therefore, before the organizing committee announced the situation of the match, it called the coaching staff of the national Olympic team and asked whether it wanted to change the opponent. After all, this tournament is an invitational tournament, and if the team wants to play against different opponents, the organizing committee can be responsible for negotiating and rearranging with other teams. For example, the dispute between Iraq and Vietnam for the seventh place, because the two teams were 0-0 in the first round, and in the end, the Iraqi team did not want to compete with the Vietnamese team for the seventh place, but was willing to exchange opponents with the Uzbek team, the Uzbek team was willing to compete with the Vietnamese team for the seventh place, and the Iraqi team competed with the Thai team for the ninth place.
For the kindness of the organizing committee, the national Olympic team coach Jankovic chose to decline, saying that he still hopes to play another game with the UAE team. "In the first game, we didn't play well enough in the first half and the second half improved. The players all want to be able to play them again to see if they can get their revenge this time. Jankovic said.
Fang Hao slammed into the Golden Boot
Fang Hao, who scored four goals in the last match against Thailand, will also attack the Golden Boot of this tournament tonight.
After two rounds, Fang Hao finished first in the Dubai Cup list of goalscorers with four goals. If the UAE team can score goals, as long as there are no surprises in other matches, then Fang Hao has a high probability of locking in the Golden Boot of this tournament.
For being able to complete the senior year in the match with the Thai team, Fang Hao also admitted that he was very surprised after the game: "My luck is indeed too good, I have the life to score goals, how to feel how to play." Completing the hat-trick in the first half and unlocking the "senior joy" achievement in the second half, Fang Hao's attitude to the game did not change due to the goal, just like coach Jankovic told him at halftime, "The real strong, the real star will still not be satisfied after scoring 3 goals, and will continue to strive for the next one." And it is the attitude of "playing for 1 minute and working hard for 1 minute" that is the basis of good luck. Fang Hao, who was not satisfied by the hat-trick, took another step forward in the second half.
Scoring 4 goals, Fang Hao remained calm in the face of the praise of the four sides. He posted on his personal social media after the game: "I know I'm far behind and I'll keep trying. After experiencing the bitterness of not scoring goals in the Chinese Super League last season, Fang Hao hopes that the "big four joys" harvested in this game will become a new start, and strive to help the U23 national team score more goals in the future and play the Asian Games game, because only if the whole team is good, we can go further.