On September 9, Beijing time, the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers continued to be contested, with China playing India. We played 0-0 against UAE in the first leg and it was a crucial victory and you had to fight to win and have more goal difference to qualify, so let's see what happened.
China starting lineup: 1-Jia Tao, 16-Yang Zihao, 3-Liu Haofan, 4-Liang Shaowen, 5-Zhu Yue, 10-Jia Fanfan, 19-Duan Dezhi, 7-Tao Qianglong, 22-Mu Taolifu, 2-Hu Hetao, 14-Eiffelding.
In the opening 8 minutes, Mutalay was injured and could not be substituted, and Xie Wen was able to come on. Both teams struggled to find opportunities in attack, and neither shot created much of a threat.
The Chinese team's attack near the midfield intensified, but it was still unable to break the deadlock, and in the 45th minute, the Indian player was suspected of having a handball but the referee signaled that there was no problem, and the two sides temporarily exchanged 0-0 at half-time.
Back in the second half, the national team's attack became stronger and stronger, Tao Qianglong's long-range shot was confiscated by the goalkeeper, and then he complained about the opponent's handball foul, but the referee said nothing.
Eiffelding's volley from the left was parried, and finally in the 68th minute, Xie Wenneng was brought down with the ball in the penalty area, the referee signaled a foul to award a penalty, Tao Qianglong took the penalty overnight, and the Chinese men's team took a 1-0 lead.
As time slowly passed, I thought that the victory was already in my pocket, but I did not expect that in the 93rd minute of stoppage time, the Indian cross created a threat, the goalkeeper saved and failed to hold the ball, and the player in front of the goal actually kicked into his own goal to help the opponent score the decisive goal.
What was even more unexpected was that in the 96th minute, Nabijiang scored from the back of the penalty area, and China's 2-1 victory over India temporarily ranked first in the group, and whether we can qualify depends on the result of the match between India and the United Arab Emirates.