On December 29, local time in the United Arab Emirates, the national football team trained in Abu Dhabi played a warm-up match with the Oman team. In the first half of the game, the two teams failed to score, and in the second half, the national football team conceded two goals in a row, and finally lost 0-2. On January 1, the national football team will play the third warm-up match with Hong Kong, China to prepare for the Asian Cup.
The national football team assembled on the 18th and went straight from Shanghai to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where it will train in Abu Dhabi until early January, and then go to Doha to make final preparations for the Asian Cup. After training in Abu Dhabi for almost a week, the national football team played a warm-up match against a local second division team (third division), and won 5-1 thanks to goals from Lin Liangming, Zhang Yuning, Wu Lei and Jiang Shenglong.
Different from the previous warm-up matches, the game with Oman, including Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Dai Weijun and other players all started the game, but in the first half of the game, both teams did not make achievements and entered the second half with a score of 0-0.
It is worth mentioning that the national football team met the Oman team twice in the top 12 of the Asian zone of the last World Preliminary Championship, and the result was 1 draw and 1 loss. Just four minutes into the second half, Al Shad Allawi broke the deadlock and Oman took a 1-0 lead.
In the 65th minute, Mohsen Ghassani's goal helped Oman take a 2-0 lead.
In the ensuing game, both teams did not make any achievements, and in the end, the national football team lost 0-2. According to the arrangement, the national football team will play the third warm-up match of the Abu Dhabi training camp with Hong Kong, China on January 1.