13 years ago, the national football team 2-0 Kuwait, the first game of the Asian Cup scored 3 points, and the 14 players played where are they now?
At 21:15 on the evening of January 8, 2011 (Beijing time), the first round of Group A of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup was staged at the Alfa Stadium, and the Chinese men's national football team played against the Kuwait men's football team.
Before this game, the national football team had met Kuwait 16 times, with a record of 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, and met 4 times in the Asian Cup, with a record of 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, and was in a state of parity.
National football coach Gao Hongbo used a 4-2-3-1 formation, and high school striker Yang Xu played as a single arrow, using up 3 substitutions. Take a look at the starting line-ups and bench rosters for both teams.
National Football Team: 1-Yang Zhi, 20-Rong Hao, 4-Zhao Peng (58th minute, 13-Liu Jianye), 5-Du Wei, 17-Zhang Linpeng, 7-Zhao Xuri (77th minute, 15-Yu Tao), 19-Yang Hao, 21-Yu Hai, 10-Deng Zhuoxiang, 11-Qu Bo (46th minute, 8-Hao Junmin), 9-Yang Xu.
Kuwait men's football: 22-Nawaf al-Khalidi, 2-Yakub al-Tahir, 6-Amir Matuk, 4-Hussein Fadil, 13-Mousa Ad al-Nada, 18-Jalah Atigh, 14-Talal Amir, 7-Fahd Nji (84th minute, 16-Hamadi Nayef), 20-Yusuf Nasser (37th minute, 3-Awad), 15- Waleed Ali (72nd minute, 21 Abdul Marshall) and 17 Badr Mutawa.
After the start of the first half, the field was in a state of seesaw. In the 34th minute, Yang Xu was judged to have committed a foul on the right side of the front court, but when both fell to the ground and their legs were entangled, Nada had an obvious kicking action and was sent off by the referee with a red card.
In the second half, Kuwait got consecutive chances after the opening, and a free kick shot was pressed on the goal line by Yang Zhi. Slow motion showed the ball rolling almost entirely across the goal line.
In the 57th minute, the national football team broke the deadlock on the field, Hao Junmin won a corner kick on the right side, Deng Zhuoxiang turned directly to the goal, and Halliday lifted the ball out of the bottom line.
Yang Hao's left corner kick was sent to the back point, the offensive and defensive players scrambled the ball to the front of the penalty area, Zhang Linpeng decisively kicked the goal, and the ball hit the bottom corner of the goal after touching Fadil, and the score was rewritten to 1-0.
After taking the lead, the morale of the national football team was greatly boosted.
In the 66th minute, Yang Zhifei defused the opponent's side cross, the national football team launched a counterattack, Yang Xu took the ball on the left side and accurately divided it into the right wing gap, Hao Junmin was tackled by Ateag when he got rid of the ball, the referee showed a yellow card to Attig, Deng Zhuoxiang took a free kick to the right in front of the penalty area and played a high level, the ball bypassed the human wall and Halidi, who worked hard to save, hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the net, expanding the score to 2-0.
After that, the national football team focused on defending and counterattacking, keeping the score to the midfield, and scored 3 points in the first game of the Asian Cup.
13 years have passed, what are the 14 players who represented the national football team at that time?
Zhang Linpeng plays for Shanghai Port, the new champion of the Chinese Super League, and Zhao Xuri played for Guangxi Pingguo Ha Yi last season, and his whereabouts are undecided after leaving. Rong Hao and Hao Junmin became free agents.
The other players have retired, Qu Bo served as the coach of Qingdao Chasing Wind, Yu Hai served as the assistant coach of Shanghai Port U21 echelon, Yu Tao served as the coach of Shanghai Zhongchen, and Zhao Peng served as the deputy secretary general of Zhengzhou Football Association. Most of the other players are engaged in football-related work such as youth training.