I thought it would be a small loss, but I didn't expect to play a fiasco! On March 29, 2022, Beijing time, in the third place battle of the Dubai Cup, the U23 national football team lost 0-3 to the UAE U23 team, losing to the same opponent twice in a week. It may be the anger after the 3-goal defeat, or it may be other reasons, the game entered the countdown, the U23 national football team once fouled, causing the UAE players to surround Liu Zhurun.
Just 3 minutes into the game, the Chinese team made a mistake in the break, and the defender passed the ball to the feet of the opponent in the penalty area, who easily sent the ball into the goal of the U23 national football team.
The game progressed into the second half of injury time and conceded two goals in a row, one was the Chinese team was awarded a penalty when he put down the opponent when tackling the ball in the penalty area, and the other was a free kick defense was not tight, and the opponent's header was broken.
Although the U23 national football team is slightly inferior to the opponent in terms of technical tactics and overall coordination, it relies on strong body and active running to effectively limit the opponent's attack.
Due to the frequent physical contact, the price paid by the Chinese team is that the players of the two sides frequently fall to the ground in physical collisions, and the Chinese team has successively injured players and left the field.
In the 82nd minute, Liu Zhurun, who came on as a substitute, was knocked to the ground by the UAE defender, a player wearing the No. 26 shirt, and his body fell directly to the advertising column (above).
At this time, the national football team was still 0-1 behind, but after 10 minutes, the national football team may be due to relaxation, and was scored two goals in a row by the opponent. Trailing by 3 goals, there was little left in the game, and in the 94th minute, a foul by Liu Zhurun caused the collective dissatisfaction of the opponent players.
This time is the opponent's return pass and then break the siege, when the Uae No. 26 player got up to break the siege, Liu Zhurun arrived in time and lifted his foot to block, but may be a little slower, the other side just kicked liu Zhurun's foot after the release, becoming a foot.
Immediately after that, the opposing player was knocked to the ground by Liu Zhurun.
At this point, the other UAE players stopped doing it and came up to accuse Liu Zhurun. And Liu Zhurun did not argue, just blindly went back. The referee wasted no time in giving him a yellow card warning.
Interestingly, in the process of the dispute between the players on both sides, the captain of the U23 national football team took the lead in standing up to protect Liu Zhurun and block the encirclement of the opposing players.
It is worth mentioning that the opposing goalkeeper also persuaded his teammates to leave, and finally the dispute that lasted only a few tens of seconds ended.
Throughout the game, the only commendable thing about the U23 national football team is hard work, which is probably one of the few places in Chinese football that can satisfy fans.
Although the gap in technical tactics and personal ability is visible to the naked eye, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in overall cooperation, it is hoped that this U23 national football team can adhere to this oppressive style of play and try to learn from European football in the overall football. When you first start imitating, you may be effectively bumping and bumping, but after playing for a long time and becoming proficient, maybe the content of the team is different.