On January 14, Beijing time, in the first round of Group A of the Qatar Asian Cup, the national football team faced the new army Tajikistan. In the first half of the game, the national football team was completely passive, and the opponent repeatedly created threats, but it was a fraction away from the goal; in the second half, Zhu Chenjie's goal was blown away and caused controversy, and the national football team finally regretted a 0-0 draw with the opponent, and the record of four consecutive Asian Cup openings was ended.
And since 2007, the national football team has made a good start in 4 consecutive Asian Cups. In the previous 5 meetings with Tajikistan, the national football team remained unbeaten with 4 wins and 1 draw.
In the 4th minute, Soylov's cross from the left was a threat, but fortunately the defender cleared the ball and destroyed it, and Kamolov's volley from a tight angle was also missed.
In the 12th minute, Pan Shangbei made a cross after adjusting on the left, but it went directly out of the bottom line.
In the 15th minute, Tajikistan's attack was sent to the penalty area, and Kamolov stepped forward to shoot from a small angle, but directly put the anti-aircraft gun.
In the 19th minute, Tajikistan sent a free kick into the penalty area, Yan Junling attacked to destroy the ball to the front of the penalty area, and the opponent met the ball and shot, but failed to hit the target.
In the 25th minute, Jalilov played a one-two with his teammates at the front of the penalty area, and finally shook off the defense and shot hard, but Yan Junling flew to hold the ball out.
In the 26th minute, the front of the Tajikistan penalty area sent a straight stopper, Jalilov took the ball near the penalty spot and turned and swept away, the ball grazed the post, and the national football team escaped.
In the 32nd minute, Jalilov once again created a threatening attack, and shot from a small angle in the penalty area, which was saved by Yan Junling.
In the 35th minute, the national football team used a corner kick to create a threat, Wang Qiuming grabbed the second drop point, and the volley was blocked by the opponent's defender, and the national football team missed a good opportunity.
In the 45th minute, Safarov met the ball in the front of the penalty area and volleyed, but the ball failed to hit the target.
In the ensuing game, both teams were scoreless and went into the second half 0-0.
In the 48th minute, Tajikistan took the ball on the left side and shook off the defense and then made an inverted triangle cross, and Jalilov shot sideways near the penalty spot, but the ball hit the defender of the Chinese football team and missed the bottom line, and the national football team escaped again.
In the 56th minute, Tajikistan took a tactical corner kick from the left side and skillfully matched it into the penalty area, and Pan Shanbe took the ball and pushed it into the far corner from close range, but it was slightly off.
In the 64th minute, Tajikistan's attack made the national football defenders scramble, but fortunately, Shukurov's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blown away in the end, which resolved the danger in front of the national football team's goal.
In the 72nd minute, Dai Weijun forced a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, but failed to hit the target.
In the 78th minute, the national football team created the most threatening attack of the game, but Liu Binbin took the ball at a small angle and was blocked by the goalkeeper, and then the national football team's shot was too positive and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 79th minute, Xu Xin shook off the defense at the front of the penalty area, and the last long-range shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Subsequently, Xie Pengfei took a corner kick on the right side, and Zhu Chenjie grabbed the landing point and scored with a close-range header, but then because of Jiang Guangtai's offside position interference in front of the goal, the goal was blown away, and the national football team missed a good opportunity.
In the 86th minute, Lin Liangming picked up a pass in front of the goal, and Xie Pengfei stepped forward to hit the top of the goal with a close-range header.
In the subsequent game, both teams made no achievements, and the national football team unfortunately missed a good start.
China's lineup: 1-Yan Junling, 2-Jiang Guangtai, 3-Zhu Chenjie, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 6-Wang Shangyuan (28' yellow card), 7-Wu Lei (72 mins 10-Xie Pengfei), 11-Tan Long (58 mins 9-Zhang Yuning), 18-Dai Weijun (72 mins 23-Lin Liangming), 19-Liu Yang, 21-Liu Binbin, 26-Wang Qiuming (58 mins 8-Xu Xin)
Tajikistan line-up: 1-Yadimov, 2-Zhuraboyev, 5-Safarov, 6-Hanonov, 19-Akhtam Nazarov, 7-Omarbayev (74' yellow card), 10-Jalilov, 13-Kamolov, 14-Shukurov, 17-Panshanbe, 9-Soylov