At 20 o'clock on September 10, in the top 18 of the Asian region of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese men's football team faced Saudi Arabia at the Barracuda Bay Football Stadium in Dalian. 48,628 fans came to watch the game, Jiang Shenglong made the opponent's Wu Oolong, the national football team led 1-0 and played 10 for a long time, the national football team conceded 2 goals in a row and was killed in 90 minutes!
In the latest FIFA rankings, the national football team is ranked 87th and Saudi Arabia is ranked 56th. In the first round of the round of 18, the national football team lost 0-7 to Japan, while Saudi Arabia drew 1-1 with Indonesia. For the coaches of both sides, this game is a "must-win battle", and neither the national football team nor Saudi Arabia can afford to lose.
Wu Lei and Fernando led the national football team's forwards, and Bai Helamu and Xie Wen were able to impact on both wings. Compared to 5 days ago (0-7 Japan), the national football team played more mentally and focused in this game. In the cheers of the home fans, the national football team got off to a dream start:
In the 14th minute, Fernando took a corner kick, Jiang Shenglong headed the ball, the ball hit Ojami and deflected into the net, and the national football team led 1-0! This ball is marked as Ojami's own goal.
In the 17th minute, when Saudi Arabian player Kano fell to the ground, his right foot was raised high and kicked directly to Jiang Shenglong's chest! Kano's "heartwarming feet" are additional moves, and they are extremely bad. VAR intervened, and after the referee watched the video replay, the red card sent off Kano, and the national football team played 11 and 10!
Although Saudi Arabia is outnumbered, they have the advantage of possession and can organize a threatening attack. In the 39th minute, Saudi Arabia equalized:
Al-Dosari headed in a corner and Kadish headed home to make it 1-1 and the two teams were back on the same page.
In the 6th minute of stoppage time of the half, the national football team got a great opportunity, and Wu Lei's header was slightly off!
Judging from the half-time data, the national football team has 5 shots on goal and 0 shots on target, with a possession rate of 32% and a pass success rate of 60%. The national football team has a high error rate, especially long passes, with only 9 of the 29 long passes successful. As the captain of the national football team, Wu Lei only had 8 touches of the ball in the half.
Yibian fought again, the injured Jiang Guangtai could not continue to insist, and Wang Shangyuan came off the bench. The national football team also made adjustments, Jiang Shenglong returned to the central defender position, and Wang Shangyuan and Li Yuanyi partnered with double backs.
In the 54th minute, the national football team took the lead again:
Li Yuan's corner cross, the national football team's header in front of the goal, Wu Lei's header was topped, and Wang Shangyuan's close-range header was successful. Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium was jubilant, VAR intervened, determined that Wang Shangyuan was offside, and the goal was invalid.
In the 63rd minute, Saudi Arabia counterattacked, Al-Dosari shot hard, and the ball hit the crossbar and popped up!
The national football team is still an old problem: the passing ability is too weak, and it is not even possible to pass more than 3 feet in a row. In the 70th minute, the national football team replaced Wu Lei and replaced Zhang Yuning. In this game, Wu Lei only had 10 touches of the ball and hit the crossbar with one header.
Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium came to 48,628 spectators, the vast majority of whom were national football fans. At the last moment, the national football team was besieged, Zhu Chenjie and Xie Wenneng both fell, and Huang Zhenyu replaced Xie Wenneng. In the 90th minute, Saudi Arabia scored a stunning goal:
This is a Saudi Arabian corner cross, Kadish scored with a header, and the national football team fell behind 1-2! The 40,000 football fans at the scene were all silent......