On April 21, 2024, Beijing time, the national football U23 team welcomed the United Arab Emirates U23 in the last game of this Asian Cup. In the first half, Xie Wenneng and Liu Zhurun scored, and China U23 led 2-0. Just after the start of the second half, the UAE pulled a goal back. The rest of the time, both teams had chances, but the UAE team had significantly more chances than the Chinese team. In the end, the national football team withstood the pressure and defeated the UAE team 2-1 to achieve the first victory in this tournament.
The UAE U23 team was placed in the same group of death as the national football team, and it was a surprise that they were beaten 2-0 by the national football team in the first half. In fact, the UAE U23s were not as bad as the score in the first half, and although the defense was really bad, we believe that the UAE U23s did not seem to be interested in this game.
In the first 20 minutes of the first half, the UAE U23 kept pressing the national football team, but after 20 minutes, the start was unsuccessful, probably because there were some physical problems. At this time, the national football team began to exert its strength, launching one after another, and in the 24th minute, the first goal of the national football U23 tournament was born. At that time, Xie Wen was able to rely on the corner kick he sent to shoot head-on, and it was a very good goal.
The second goal occurred 2 minutes before the end of the first half, the UAE U23 defender played with fire in his own backfield, resulting in the ball being cut off by Liu Zhurun, when he broke through quickly with the ball, the UAE goalkeeper hurriedly ran to the goal, but it was too late, looking at his helpless eyes, this look seemed to be somewhat similar to the goalkeeper of the national football team.
In fact, in the first half, the national football team U23 had another attack on the arm of the UAE player, but the referee did not award a penalty.
Just two minutes into the second half, the UAE pulled one point back. This conceded goal reflects the poor defense of the national football team U23, which was just a high and floating high-altitude ball, and at this time, there were two Chinese players in the bag, and they were stunned to let the family get the ball and hit the goal.
In the rest of the time, the national football team U23 also raised some spirit in the face of the attack of the UAE team, and at the same time, there was also an offensive battle between the two. It should be said that although the national football team U23 led 2-1 at this time, their performance made people feel a little calm from beginning to end. And this kind of calmness mainly makes us feel that they have no psychological pressure. Perhaps, this is the main difference between Chinese football and West Asian teams.
In the end, the national football team defeated the UAE team 2-1 and won the first victory in the U23 Asian Cup, and the goal in this game was also the first goal of the Chinese football team U23 in this tournament.
Judging from the second half of the game, the UAE team did not mention the excitement of the game in the first half, and played a little "sloppy". Perhaps, in their opinion, beating the Chinese team is a matter of handicap.