On the evening of September 9, the second round of Qatar's U23 Asian Cup qualifiers Group G was played, and the Chinese Olympic team narrowly defeated India 2-1 at the Barracuda Bay Stadium in Dalian, without enough goal difference, and in order to advance to the main stage of the Asian Cup, we can only hope that the UAE will not win in the next round.
After the start of the game, in the 6th minute, Mu Talipu fell to the ground injured during the scramble, and when he could not stick to the game, the Chinese Olympic team took the lead in making substitutions. In the 15th minute, Starling attempted a long-range shot from outside the box to deflect the ball. In the 17th minute, the Chinese Olympic team won a free kick opportunity on the left side of the front court, and Tao Qianglong took a free kick to shoot the ball directly. In the 21st minute, after winning the ball in front, Hu Hetao broke away from the Indian player's defense and shot from distance outside the box to deflect the ball. In the 30th minute, India's attack on the right flank was cleared by a Chinese Olympic defender, and Bart fired a long-range shot from outside the box that deflected the ball slightly off the left upright. In the 42nd minute, the Indian defender made a mistake and Shewen was able to volley the ball wide. At half-time, the two teams drew 0-0.
In the second half of the game, the Chinese Olympic team stepped up its attack, and Jia Weiwei and Tao Qianglong missed the opportunity to score. In the 52nd minute, India attacked with Gogoy crossing from the right and Moirassem shooting high at the back post. In the 66th minute, after receiving the ball on the right and entering the box, Xie Wenneng was tripped by an Indian defender with an extended leg, and the referee awarded a penalty, and Tao Qianglong scored the ball with a penalty. After that, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and in the 92nd minute of injury time, the Indian team won a free kick opportunity on the left side of the front, and the goalkeeper Ji Tao saved the ball, and in the scuffle, Hu Hetao's goal line was accidentally blocked by Duan Dezhi into his own goal, and the score became 1-1. In the 95th minute, Nabijiang received a cross at the back post and scored with a volley. The Chinese Olympic team eventually defeated India 2-1 and temporarily ranked first in G.
Due to the withdrawal of the Maldives, the Chinese Olympic team will be vacated in the final round of the group stage, and after drawing with the United Arab Emirates in the first round, it can only brush more goal difference in this match against India, overwhelm the UAE with goal difference in the same number of points, or finish the fourth best group second. However, a game with a goal difference turned into a final victory, and the Chinese Olympic team only held the lower limit.
At present, in the U23 Asian Cup group qualifiers, after 2 rounds, the Chinese Olympic team has 4 points and 1 goal difference, whether it can beat the United Arab Emirates. From the perspective of this group, it is hoped that the UAE will be as poor in shooting as the one against the Chinese Olympic team in the next match, and only one of the six shots on goal is within the goal. In addition, it is necessary to wait for the final round of the group qualifier to occupy the 4 best group second places against the last team in the group. Not counting the record of the fourth-place team in the group, the biggest disadvantage of the Chinese Olympic team in advancing is the problem of only one goal difference.