On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, in the third round of Group B of the U23 Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese Olympic Games defeated the United Arab Emirates Olympic Games 2-1. In the opening 7 minutes, Jia Feifei cleared the siege and set himself up for an own goal, because the UAE player was offside, and the score remained unchanged. Next, the National Olympic attack was very fierce, from Xie Wenneng to Liu Zhurun, he scored 2 goals in just 25 minutes, which also broke the 2289-day goal drought.
In the qualifying stage last year, the two teams were in the same group, the two sides drawn, and finally due to different goal difference, the UAE topped the qualification, and the National Olympic Games advanced with a better group second. However, the two teams were both divided into a group of death, playing against Japan and South Korea, the two favorites to win the championship, and in the end they all lost and swallowed 3 goals, accumulating 0 points and on the verge of being at the bottom of the group, and they were also out of the tournament together in the first round.
Now the final round of direct encounters has become a battle of honor, and whoever loses is reduced to the bottom of the list. If the two sides draw after 90 minutes, a penalty kick will be added and the winning team will be in third place and the losing team will be in fourth place.
In this game, the National Olympic Games made adjustments in the starters, Liu Zhurun and Li Hao got the opportunity to play, and Tao Qianglong, Bai Helamu, and Xie Wenneng continued to play.
In the 7th minute, the UAE counterattacked the opportunity, Harib crossed the goal, Jia Feifei cleared the siege and turned into a self-imposed own, and then the referee confirmed through VAR, signaling that the UAE player was offside, the goal was invalid, and the national Olympic team escaped.
In the 24th minute, Guoao completed a tactical corner kick attack, a cross to the penalty area was cleared by the opposing player, Xie Wenneng directly volleyed the goal, the score became 1-0, and the whole Guoao team celebrated wildly.
This goal is the first goal of the national Olympic team in this tournament, avoiding the embarrassment of replicating the national football team in the three rounds of the group stage in the Asian Cup.
In addition, this goal also broke the 2,289-day U23 Asian Cup goal drought for the Olympic team, and the last goal was back on January 15, 2018, when Yao Junsheng scored against Qatar.
In stoppage time of the first half, the national Olympic team expanded the score. In the 45+4th minute, the UAE made a mistake in the backfield, and Liu Zhurun made a steal and scored to help the National Olympic Games lead 2-0.
In the face of this low-level mistake, the UAE goalkeeper also had a helpless expression.
In the second half, the United Arab Emirates pulled one back, but the National Olympic backline did not give another chance, and finally maintained 2-1 until the end of the game, successfully sending the UAE team to the bottom of the group with 3 consecutive defeats and 0 points. In addition, the National Olympic Games also ended the 7-game losing streak in the U23 Asian Cup and won the second victory in team history.