At 19:30 on January 17, Beijing time, Lebanon played against the Chinese team in the second round of Group A of the Qatar Asian Cup group stage. Before the game, the starting lineups of the two teams were released.
In the competition order book of the Asian Cup, the national football team is the away team, and Lebanon is the home team, and there is a large gap between the two teams in the FIFA rankings, and the national football team is far ahead of the opponent. And in the historical encounters, the national football team has achieved an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 games (there is also a statistic, the national football team has played 5 wins and 1 draw with opponents 6 times), and in the last 4 meetings with Tajikistan, the national football team has all achieved clean sheets, including a 0-0.
The national football team was forced to draw 0-0 by Tajikistan in the first round, while Lebanon was defeated 0-3 at the feet of the host Qatar, and the matchup between the two teams in the second round became a life-and-death battle.
In the first round, facing Wei Shihao, who was exempted from Tajikistan, he continued to train alone before the game, while Zhang Linpeng and Wu Xi were also rumored to be injured. However, Wei Shihao, Gao Tianyi and Jian Tao missed the 23-man list, and Wu Xi came back to be on standby.
It was the first time that the national football team and Lebanon met in the Asian Cup finals, and it was a game that could not be lost for either team.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team: 1-Yan Junling, 2-Jiang Guangtai, 3-Zhu Chenjie, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 6-Wang Shangyuan, 7-Wu Lei, 8-Xu Xin, 9-Zhang Yuning, 18-Dai Weijun, 19-Liu Yang, 21-Liu Binbin
Subs: 4-Li Lei, 10-Xie Pengfei, 11-Tan Long, 13-Xu Haofeng, 14-Wang Dalei, 15-Wu Xi, 17-Chen Pu, 22-Wu Shaocong, 23-Lin Liangming, 24-Jiang Shenglong, 25-Liu Dianzuo, 26-Wang Qiuming