1-0! The national football team scored a goal, the Chinese team's hope of qualifying was shattered, and the group stage of the Asian Cup was officially out
Qatar Asian Cup Group B, India and Syria in the final round of the group stage matchup, this game is related to the fate of the third place national football team in Group A: once the game produces a goal, or 0-0 ends in the case of Syria does not eat a card, the national football team will be eliminated, missing the fourth best group third chance to qualify. The first half was 0-0 and Syria also received a yellow card, which was beneficial for the national football team. However, in the 76th minute of the second half, the national football team scored a goal, and the Chinese team's hopes of qualifying were dashed, and the group stage of the Asian Cup was officially out!
In this game, both teams are 4-4 back configurations, Syria 4-4-2, India 4-3-3, Syria has a lot of Argentine naturalized players, including starting striker Jesar and No. 4 Alessio are from Argentina, because there are many Syrian descendants in Argentina. However, Syria failed to score in the first two rounds, and of course Syria's opponents in the first two rounds were relatively strong, Australia and Uzbekistan. On the Indian side, the first two rounds against Australia and Uzbekistan also scored 0 goals. In the first two rounds of points, Syria got a draw against Uzbekistan, and the Indian team lost all 2 games, Syria ranked third with 1 point, and the Indian team was at the bottom with 0 points.
Comparatively speaking, Syria's overall strength is still significantly stronger than the Indian team, although the historical record in the Asian Cup is not good, but Syria has twice reached the top 12 of the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, and the national football team has also had a very painful defeat in the face of Syria, which directly led to the resignation of Gao Hongbo and Lippi two coaches, and Syria is also one of the sufferers of the national football team in Asia. In this Asian Cup, although Syria did not score in the first two rounds, they conceded only 1 goal, and the defense is relatively solid.
After the opening, although the Indian team Singh took the lead in completing the first shot at a small angle, Syria quickly took the initiative on the field, and in the 7th minute, taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Syria's continuous headers on the goal were very close to the goal, and the Indian goalkeeper made a wonderful save. Subsequently, Syria's multiple long-range shots were also threatening. After 20 minutes, the game was confrontational, with Syria causing chaos in the Indian penalty area. In the first 30 minutes, Syria had nine shots on goal, well ahead of India. In the 39th minute, Syria shot from a distance, and the Indian goalkeeper made another wonderful save. Throughout the first half, India's goalkeeper Sandhu was definitely the busiest player on the pitch, keeping the goal clean and holding on to a 0-0 draw.
In the rematch, both the Indian team and Syria made substitutions, and the Syrian side was replaced by the naturalized center Pablo by the 2017 Asian Footballer of the Year Khribin. It was Khribin who broke the deadlock for Syria in the 76th minute of the game, which meant that the national football team was officially eliminated from the group of this Asian Cup.
The third place in Group D Indonesia and the third place in Group E Bahrain have already held three points, higher than the national football team; in the final round of Group F, Oman vs Kyrgyzstan, no matter what the result, there will be a team higher than the national football team in the third ranking of the group; now, the third place in Group B will be confirmed to be ranked ahead of the national football team, so the national football team has no chance to get the third right to qualify for the group with the best results.