Chinese football in the trough finally flashed a bright color, late on the night of the 6th Beijing time, the U20 national team defeated the Saudi Arabia team 2:0 in the second round of the U20 Asian Cup, and the qualification situation was suddenly clear.
Take your chance to beat the defending champions
In the same group as the strong Japanese team and defending champion Saudi Arabia, it looks that the U20 national team has poor hopes of qualifying. Previously, team leader Shao Jiayi also publicly said that in terms of paper strength, the probability of success is 20%. But the whole team will not give up and give 100% effort for 20% of the hope. Head coach Antonio also believes that the grouping situation is quite unfavorable for the Chinese team and hopes that the team can play well.
In the first round of the group stage, the U20 national team lost to Japan, which also made people see a clear gap. In the second round against Saudi Arabia, the U20 national team is still not favored. However, they showed high fighting spirit during the game, deployed their tactics well, and managed their chances well. Within seven minutes, Mutalif and Xu Bin scored two consecutive cities, and the U20 national team won 2-0 with less than 30% possession and half the number of shots on goal.
After the game, head coach Antonio said that he was happy for his boys, who gave their all to every ball and played a particularly good game as a team. It is worth mentioning that the match day also happened to be the 19th birthday of Li Hao, the best goalkeeper of the game, and he used the victory to give himself a precious gift.
The final battle will still be tough
After this game, the hopes of qualifying for the originally unpromising U20 national team increased greatly. At present, the Japanese team has 6 points from 2 wins, China and Saudi Arabia have 1 win, 1 loss and 3 points, and the Chinese team has the initiative in the process of competing for the right to qualify by virtue of the win-loss relationship and goal difference. In the final round, the U20 national team only needs to defeat the relatively weak Kyrgyzstan team to ensure qualification. If Saudi Arabia wins against Japan, China will also take top spot in the group.
In theory, the U20 national team may also qualify for a draw or even loss in the final round, but that depends on the result of another game, which is equivalent to putting fate in the hands of others.
Overall, the qualifying situation is good. However, Antonio stressed that it is necessary to prepare game by game, "that's our attitude. He doesn't think Kyrgyzstan, who have lost two straight games, to deal with: "The next game is going to be tough. Their players are physically strong and have a thorough understanding of the 532 formation. They defend very well and I think Kyrgyzstan is a very strong team. ”
At 20 o'clock Beijing time on the 9th, the U20 national team will usher in this key battle to determine whether it can qualify.
