Chinese men's soccer team draws with Saudi Arabia, coach Li Xiaopeng sees first win
According to Beijing time on March 25th evening report, in the just-concluded 12th round of the tournament, the Chinese men's football team to 1-1 score and Saudi Arabia shook hands. In this game, Zhu Chenjie's penalty kick became the key, Li Xiaopeng coach finally harvested the first point of the 12 strong tournament after taking office, this point also gives a lot of
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The fans brought the light to expect a victory in the final round of the tournament.
Facing the powerful Saudi Arabia, coach Li Xiaopeng adopted a solid counter-attacking tactic of three center backs, with Zheng Zheng, Zhang Linpeng and Zhu Chenjie defending in the middle of the field, and Gao Junyi and Liu Yang acting as wingbacks respectively. Despite the pressure on the Chinese team in the opening stages, the final result was remarkable, as the Saudis did not get several chances to score a must-win goal. It was in this war of attrition that the Saudis gradually let their guard down, eventually allowing the
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Seizing the opportunity, Zhu Chenjie scored a penalty kick.
It's worth noting that since the previous World Cup qualifiers out of the
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The undefeated record has been maintained in subsequent matches. Excluding the 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia, all previous matches have been won, which is a puzzling phenomenon.
Looking back at the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, China went out two rounds early in the first stage, but in the final two rounds of the tournament after they went out, China first beat Yemen 1-0, then in the final round it was a 2-1 reversal of the victory over Iraq, and ended the World Qualifying Tournament with two consecutive victories.
And in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, China went out in the early rounds of the 10-team tournament, but in the final round of the tournament, China beat Iraq 2-1 to advance.
As for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China failed to qualify after finishing seventh in the 10-team tournament, but managed to advance in the final round of the tournament with a 2-1 win over Iraq.
