On January 23, Beijing time, in the third round of the group stage of the Asian Cup, the national football team qualified for the life-and-death battle against the host Qatar. Before this game, the Chinese team faced Tajikistan and Lebanon to play 0-0 in a row, and encountered the strongest Qatar in the same group in the final round.
At present, the national football team is temporarily second in the group with 2 points, Lebanon and Tajikistan are both 1 point, but as long as they divide the winners and losers in the final round, the points of one of the teams will come to 4 points, which means that as long as the Chinese team does not beat Qatar, it is destined to not be among the top two, and at the same time, we will be in an extremely disadvantageous position in the competition for the third place in the best result. Therefore, in this battle, the Chinese team can only grasp the initiative by striving to win.
In the starting lineup, Jankovic made a very big adjustment, Wu Xi made his debut as the captain, Lin Liangming also entered the starting list, Wu Lei, who had nothing to do in the first two games, was reduced to a substitute, and the highly anticipated Wei Shihao returned from injury, partnering Zhang Yuning to form a double striker.
After the start of the game, the Chinese team created many chances, Zhang Yuning passed, Wei Shihao pushed, full of strength, but unfortunately the angle was a little off. In the 35th minute, Wei Shihao stepped forward again smartly, but unfortunately his close shot was blocked by the Qatari goalkeeper bravely, and then Zhang Yuning also jumped in front of the goal with a header and almost broke the deadlock. Qatar also has many threatening opportunities, thanks to Jiang Guangtai's steady defense, many times to defuse the danger.
Yibian had an accident on the battlefield again, the Qatari substitute goalkeeper's eye was swollen, and he was replaced again, and the host had to be replaced with a third goalkeeper, at the same time, many Qatari main players also appeared, and as a result, in a corner kick cooperation, Haydos shot into the net with a kick at the top of the arc of the penalty area, Yan Junling had no choice, and the Chinese team fell behind 0-1.
At the same time, Lebanon scored in another field, according to such a score, the national football team is about to be out, and then, the tenacious Tajikistan equalized, the two teams fought 1-1, and at this time the timely ranking, 3 teams with 2 points, but the national football team is even worse, because of the disadvantage in the number of goals, has fallen to the bottom of the group!