In this World Cup, Asian teams can be described as opening low and going high. Although Qatar and Iran, which first appeared in the first round, suffered successive defeats, Saudi Arabia then upset Argentina and gave Asian teams a good start. As a result, Asian teams were on the hook, with Japan beating favourites Germany and South Korea drawing against strong rivals Uruguay. In the second round, Iran scored two consecutive goals in injury time to beat Wales, and the qualification was in sight. This time, the Light of Asia Saudi team failed to continue the miracle, they lost 2-0 to Poland and did not qualify early.
If you look at the score alone and don't look at the game, you may think that Saudi Arabia's first-round win was short-lived, and this game was played by Poland. In fact, Saudi Arabia has every chance to take Poland, at least on the scene, Saudi Arabia is not left behind. In the first 20 minutes of the first half, Saudi Arabia kept pressing Poland to play, not conservative at all, and even forced Poland to receive consecutive yellow cards in a short period of time. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia conceded goals near the end of regular time in the first and second halves. In particular, the second goal conceded, a major mistake by the defender, made Lewandowski's first World Cup goal. And the Saudi side also missed a penalty. It can be said that upsetting Argentina has spent all the luck of the Saudis.
In terms of post-match statistics, Saudi Arabia's other key statistics in addition to losing the game almost crushed Poland. In terms of shots, Saudi Arabia led Poland 16-9 and shot 5-3. In terms of possession, Saudi Arabia has 64%, while Poland has only 36%. The pass success rate, Saudi Arabia 85%, ahead of Poland's 77%. There is also a relatively large difference, Saudi Arabia made 534 passes in the entire game, Poland only 299, Saudi Arabia is close to twice that of Poland. It's hard to imagine that an Asian team that often causes tragedies in the World Cup can actually beat Poland, which is Europe's second-rate team. And the Saudis are not conservative at all, their goal is clear, that is, to win Poland and qualify 1 round early. Such a Saudi team deserves respect.
After the match, the famous mouth Huang Jianxiang commented on the match: "The Saudi siege kept wasting chances, the defenders missed gifts, and Lewandowski finally scored in the World Cup!" But Saudi Arabia's ability to continue to besiege a second-rate European team is enough to envy me. Poland's start today with Milik playing as a two-striker was a successful tactical change that both enhanced the attacking effect in the centre and helped Lewandowski preserve more of his fitness. In fact, the first game should be started with Milik and Lewandowski. There are four words in this, which I believe are also the real thoughts of many Chinese fans - envy.
Indeed, in this World Cup, except for the host Qatar, other Asian teams have turned around. Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia, who are in the same group as the national football team in the round of 12, have now won. However, in the round of 12, we have drawn with Saudi Arabia and Australia, and we have only lost by one goal against Japan. Even so, this cannot be the capital to put gold in the face of Chinese football. Because the offensive and defensive rhythm of the World Cup fans can see clearly, and the round of 12 is not in the same grade at all. If the current national football team goes to play in the World Cup, I am afraid that it will lose worse than Qatar. Because the gap of 1 goal on the score may take many years of effort to make up. The last black 14 seconds of Japan's loss to Belgium, Japanese football has studied for 4 years, and the gap between Chinese football is by no means just 0-1 and 0-2.
In addition, the World Cup also has a phenomenon, that is, every time an Asian team plays well, the national football team will be abused by fans, and Saudi Arabia is no exception. Many people said that if our national team can press European teams on the stage of the World Cup, even if we lose, we can wake up laughing in our dreams!