Beijing time on March 24, 00:00, U23 national football team as scheduled to open the Dubai Cup match, the first round of opponents is the host UAE U23, after 90 minutes of competition, U23 national football failed to defeat the opponent, to 0-1 score to lose the game, the game process let people see some hope, the mental outlook is also very good, all the staff are scrappy, they did their best, but failed to make up for the technical deficiencies, this is also the status quo of the Chinese men's football team, people feel helpless.
Coach Jankovic did not send the strongest team, it seems that he is still testing the lineup system, promoting reserve forces, and the formation is 352, which is consistent with Li Xiaopeng's strategy of leading the national football team, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Shenglong, Fang Hao, Chen Guokang and others lead the starting lineup, and Tao Qianglong, Cai Mingmin, Ye Lijiang and others are sitting on the bench. Therefore, a small loss in this game is acceptable, after all, Guo Tianyu, Shan Huanhuan, Liu Ruovan, Zhu Chenjie, Dai Weijun and other stronger offensive and defensive players have not yet joined the team.
In the game, the U23 national football team has a ball control rate of 45%, 5 shots on goal, 1 shot on target, and the scene of the UAE U23 is close to five or five, the UAE U239 shots on goal 1 shot, the U23 national football team at both ends of the attack and defense kicked out the due tenacity and competitive level, let people see a lot of future hope. On the offensive end, the U23 national football team almost overturned, and won 3 excellent opportunities in a row in the final stage of the game, but unfortunately all of them regrettably missed.
In the 71st minute of the game, the U23 national football team completed the midfield steal, Fang Hao directly touched the ball and sent a precise straight plug, Chen Guokang inserted the ball into the penalty area to form a semi-single knife, but unfortunately the final small angle burst was slightly higher than the crossbar; in the 82nd minute of the game, the substitute Cai Mingmin crossed, Wu Shaocong's close-range header attacked the goal and deflected out of the goal again; in the 90th + 3rd minute of the game, Wu Shaocong crossed the ball in the penalty area, Mo Xuchen grabbed the point to see that he wanted to complete the chest stop ball and hit the goal, but was directly kicked to the ground by the opponent. From a slow motion point of view, it should have been a penalty, but unfortunately it was missed and the referee did not show any indication.
Defensively, the U23 national football team also kicked out the proper level, although in the 30th minute of the game by Ed Ed Ed using a corner kick to score a goal, but goalkeeper Han Jiaqi kicked out the potential of the future national football team, the two divine pounces refused to defeat 0-3, the 26th minute of the game, Jiang Shenglong blocked the eye and almost swung himself, Han Jiaqi reacted quickly to save the change of line ball; in the 41st minute of the game, Han Jiaqi completed the divine pounce outside the small penalty area, directly saved Obeid's close-range strong shot, and finally the U23 national football team lost to the UAE U23.
According to the historical results of the confrontation, the U23 national football team set a record of 6 years in the warm-up competition, losing 3 consecutively. From the 0-2 loss to the UAE U23 in 2016, until the 0-1 small loss to the UAE U23 in this game, it suffered the embarrassment of losing one defeat and three defeats against the UAE in the informal game, and in the middle of 2019, it lost 1-2 to the UAE U23, so the record of three consecutive defeats, the UAE can also be regarded as a major bitter owner of the U23 national football team. Considering that the Dubai Cup is a warm-up match, Jankovic values not the result, and the game process, from this point of view, the U23 national football team has achieved the purpose of training, and the real result is the Asian Games in September, when the strongest U23 national football team has the conditions to bring surprises.