On April 21, Beijing time, Shandong Taishan U21 Elite team ushered in the third round of the AFC Champions League group stage, facing the singapore team Lion City Mariners who defeated Daegu FC 3-0 in the last round, and finally drew 0-0, and the opponent's 19 shots failed to break through the gate of Taishan.
Due to the intensity of the three-day match, the young Taishan boys were also plagued by some injuries, and head coach Yu Yuanwei continued to rotate. In terms of starting lineup, the single striker is still Baihe Lamu, the midfielders are 4 for Yi Xianlong, Lu Yongtao, Chen Zhexuan, Liu Fanyi, and the 5 defenders are Gao Jingchun, Zhang Yingkai, Yang Ruiqi, Tassi and Jin Nuo.
Although the Lion City Mariners did not arrange for the old Chinese Super League player Kim Xinyu to start, there were still 3 foreign players to press the team, and Korean naturalized player Song Yirong also started. The gap in strength determines that the Taishan players spend most of their time trying to defend, the first half data shows that Taishan team has a possession rate of 31.6%, a 141-foot pass success rate of 74.5%, completed 2 shots failed to shoot correctly, and the opponent completed 6 shots and did not shoot correctly.
The most threatening attack of the Taishan team in the first half occurred in the 20th minute, Yi Xianlong broke through on the right side and completed a small angle shot, but unfortunately because the angle was too small, the shot was deflected out of the goal under the opponent's pinch, and the other foot shot was a long-range shot completed by captain Lu Yongtao. In the second half, the Lion City Mariners made a substitution adjustment, and In the 63rd minute after a long time, Kim Shin-woo also came off the bench. In the 66th minute, Taishan's youngster Deng Chunze was fouled by the opponent's malicious foul but ignored by the referee, and in the 68th minute, Yi Xianlong's sharp breakthrough formed a 3-person rally, and then the opponent used a yellow card foul to prevent Yi Xianlong from carrying the ball.
In the 73rd minute, The relatively dim Baiheram was replaced by Liu Guobao. In the 78th minute, the Lion City sailors created a threat in the siege, and Taishan defender Zhang Yingkai stepped on the face of goalkeeper Cao Zheng after breaking the siege, but fortunately there was not much of a problem. After 80 minutes, Jin Xinyu won multiple scoring opportunities in a row, and goalkeeper Cao Zheng's save was crucial.
In terms of full-court data, Taishan's 3 shots were not corrected, the opponent's 19 shots and 2 shots were all resolved, and Taishan team stubbornly fought a draw with only 25.8% of the possession rate. From 0-7 to 0-5, to 0-0, not only is the score improving, the performance of the Young Players of the Taishan team has also improved a lot, and in the current situation of the harsh environment of the Chinese men's football team, these boys have fought a draw for themselves, and this 1 point is also the greatest affirmation of their own efforts.
After the game, Yang Ruiqi, an 18-year-old center-back young man of Taishan, said that the most important thing for Taishan's lads is to go all out mentally, every game must be fought for every goal, we did not think about how good the result was, but what we had to do was to give our all every second on the field.