The first round of Group G of the U23 Asian Cup Final started with China National Olympic Team facing UAE U23 Team. After an intense confrontation throughout the match, the two teams ended up shaking hands with a score of 0-0, both earning one point. This score is a dilemma for the National Olympic team, if we want to fight for the first place in the group, the only way is to fight for a high score victory over India in the next round, but we are still in an unfavorable position in the schedule!
Group G of the Paris Olympics initially had four teams - Olympics, India, UAE and Maldives. The silver lining for the young U23s was that we were the hosts of the Dalian tournament. However, the Maldives confirmed their retirement before the tournament, meaning that only three teams remain in Group G, meaning that almost every game is a do-or-die battle. Prior to the match against the UAE, public opinion was widespread that "World War I is a duel, and World War I is a dry run." Because of this, this is a game that the Olympic team cannot afford to lose. You know, we are empty in the last round, which is a very unfavorable situation, if you want to turn around, you need to play two games in this group.
The match started with both sides attacking and defending each other. In the 11th minute, UAE organized an attack on the right side. Ameri took a long range shot from outside the box and placed a high shot on the ball, which did not threaten the opponent's goal. In the 23rd minute, the U23 national soccer team had a chance. Liang Shaowen stopped the ball on his chest inside the box before his shot was blocked by the keeper. Efirdin's follow-up shot was blocked by the defense. Duan Dezhi had a chance to shoot on goal but he accidentally flew over. National Olympic Team missed a good chance to score.
In the 45th minute of the first half, the National Olympic team took a corner kick and turned it directly towards the goal, threatening the opponent's keeper to hit the ball into the box. Neither team scored in the first half in the seven minutes of extra time, ending the half with a 0-0 score before the players went into the locker room.
In the 55th minute of the match, the UAE attacked and Mohammed took a shot from inside the box. Three minutes later, the national soccer team counterattacked, Aifeldin sent a wonderful pass, Liu Zhuyun almost formed a one-two, but unfortunately, it was too slow to be caught up by the opponent. Mutalifu broke the ball in the 69th minute, then brought the ball on the side of the counterattack, the opponent player put down, but the referee did not show the yellow card to the UAE players.
The UAE team made a combination in the 78th minute and the opponent's No. 7 player escaped with a left-footed shot from outside the box, which was again high. Then, Sung Yew Tung made a personnel change, Tao Qianglong and Mutarifu left the field and Abraham and Xie Wen came on. In the 86th minute, the National Olympic team missed the chance for a shutout. Xie Wen was able to parry a shot in front of the goal that failed to hit the target. If he had kicked the ball, it would have been an open goal, and arguably a sure-fire scoring chance, but we didn't capitalize on that one chance. The game ended in a draw.
