At half past eight o'clock in the evening of March 21, Beijing time, the national football team continued its journey of the World Preliminaries, this time visiting the "Lion City" to challenge the third opponent of the group stage - Singapore. It is worth mentioning that this game is the first official game coached by the new national football coach Ivankovic after taking office, and the national football team vows to take all three points to give Ishuai a big gift!
The starting lineup of the national football team is as follows (433): 1-Yan Junling, 19-Liu Yang, 2-Jiang Guangtai, 16-Zhu Chenjie, 5-Zhang Linpeng (captain), 6-Wang Shangyuan, 8-Li Yuanyi, 10-Xie Pengfei, 17-Fernando, 7-Wu Lei, 9-Zhang Yuning.
As soon as the game began, the national football team, which had the upper hand in strength, immediately took the lead in the game and formed waves of offensive against Singapore's defense zone. In the 10th minute of the game, the national football team formed an attack on the right side, Wang Shangyuan "45 degrees bombed" diagonal pass to the penalty area, Wu Lei cleverly intervened in the header to break the goal, and the national football team successfully achieved a 1-0 lead, which can be said to be a perfect start!
In the 31st minute, the right side of the national football team once again formed a delicate cooperation, Wu Lei scored the ball in the penalty area and directly shot a beautiful volley, which was blocked by the Singapore player with his hand, and the referee awarded a penalty, but unfortunately Wu Lei's penalty angle was not tricky and was directly obtained by the opponent's goalkeeper.
Wu Lei, who missed the penalty opportunity, quickly made up for it in the first half of stoppage time, and the offensive formed on the right side of the national football team developed to the middle, Xie Pengfei's long shot was saved by the Singapore goalkeeper, but then Wu Lei made up for the success of the shot, and the national football team expanded the score 2-0!
After 2-0, the national football team was a little slack, and was chased back by Singapore in the opening stages of the second half, and the score became 2-1. After conceding the goal, the mentality of the national football team became more impatient, Ivankovic waved his hand, removed two midfielders and replaced them with Wei Shihao and Lin Liangming, and then Aikesen also put on the field, and the national football team formed a strange formation of 4 defenders, 1 midfielder, and 5 forwards.
Soon the national football team was hit again, Singapore formed a wave of offensive, the national football players did not clear the defense in time, and the Singapore players seized the opportunity to shoot at close range, and the goalkeeper Yan Junling could not save and could only watch the football enter the net, and the score was chased to 2-2.
After this battle, the national football team temporarily accumulated 4 points behind South Korea and Thailand to rank third in the group, and still has the opportunity to qualify.