Another good news for the Chinese men's soccer team studying abroad! Since Wu Lei's return to Shanghai Port from Spaniards, it has been hard to hear exciting good news for Chinese men's soccer study abroad players. The ever-popular He Xiaoke recently failed to appear on the team's playing roster due to a transfer. Efirdin, the national youth captain who joined Miyarbi, also failed to make the playing roster because he did not have a work permit. Efirdin finally got his work permit but still failed to appear on Mjallby's recent playing roster. It looks like our national youth captain will have to bide his time to prove himself on his study abroad trip.
While the fans were waiting for the good news from Efirdin, there was a long overdue good news from the Croatian First Division, where 19-year-old Jaboyan, who is on loan from Grasshoppers FC to Dubrava in the Croatian First Division, scored 2 goals to help Dubrava beat third-placed Hibarija 2-0, ending a three-game unbeaten streak. Jaboyan started the match and was not replaced until the 89th minute. From Jaboyan's starts and playing time in recent rounds, we can see that he has gradually won the manager's trust and started to become the team's main player (from substitute to starting three consecutive games, and then playing almost all the games). This is certainly good news for Jaboyan.
After collecting the goal, Jaboyan also ran straight to the head coach on the sidelines and hugged him deeply, thanking him for his trust in him. I'm sure Jia Boyan will get more chances in the upcoming games and even lock down a major position. Looking back at Jaboyan's 1 goal and 1 assist, it's really impressive. Firstly, in the 49th minute of the match, Dubrava launched a quick counterattack by utilizing the opponent's corner kick. Three Dubrava players, including Jaboyan, ran 70 meters from their own box all the way to the edge of the opponent's box. After teammate Petrisko was blocked by the keeper, Jaboyan shot from the arc of the box. As we can see from the replay of the goal, Jaboyan's speed is amazing. In addition, the calmness of the shot has the qualities that a good player should have.
In the 66th minute of the game, Jia Boyan took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and faced a fierce physical confrontation with the defenders. Although Jaboyan fell to the ground, he still protected the ball and eventually won the "physical battle". His teammate Ivor Ljubanovic scored before the defender got up to complete a reverse triangle pass. In the end, it was Dubrava 2-0 Sibalia.
Jaboyan's glittering Grammy Award has undoubtedly injected a stimulant into the sinking Chinese soccer. Let Chinese fans once again see a ray of hope. Come on, Chinese soccer!
