2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group B Round 9 Highlights
On the night of March 24, at 23:00 GMT, the 2022 Qatar
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In the 9th round of Group B of the third stage of Asian qualifying (Round of 12), China welcomed a match with Saudi Arabia at the Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah, UAE. After a fierce battle, the two sides finally shook hands 1-1. The match.
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Manager Li Xiaopeng made seven changes to the starting lineup, with only Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie, and Xu Xin continuing from the previous match against Vietnam. Facing a one-goal deficit in the first half, Li Xiaopeng also made targeted substitutions, and finally Zhu Chenjie's penalty kick helped the team to win.
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drew with the mighty Saudi Arabia to set up a crushing defeat to Vietnam in the previous game
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A shred of dignity was salvaged.
In the last round of the World Preliminary 12 matches
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Having already lost their chances of qualifying early after losing to Vietnam, the contest also saw the
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The top and bottom have been heavily criticized. The next two matches against Saudi Arabia and Oman will be played for the honor of
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Manager Li Xiaopeng said in a pre-match press conference that despite losing out on promotion to the
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chances, but all the players for
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This is the most recently emphasized with the players. As for the principle of this game, Coach Li emphasized the word "strangle", this game must use hard, bold and want to fight players to compete, at least to show that the team is tough, have the will to quality.
In this game, Li Xiaopeng used a 5-3-2 formation, in which Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie, Zheng Zheng formed three center backs; Gao Junyi and Liu Yang appeared in the wingback position; Liao Lisheng, Artemisia Junmin, Xu Xin; the midfield in a parallel position; and on the front line is Zhang Yuning partner Liu Binbin. Compared to the last match against Vietnam, Li Xiaopeng made seven adjustments to the starting lineup, with only Yan Junling, Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie, and Xu Xin making their debuts in the last match against Vietnam. Only Jiang Guangtai, a naturalized player, made the bench, while the forward line featured a new partnership of Zhang Yuning as well as Liu Binbin. Interestingly, there are many Shandong players in this starting lineup, which is a bit like Li Xiaopeng's feeling of sending his own Shandong sons and daughters in hard battles.
In the first half of the game.
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Still based on defense. In addition to controlling the strength of the other side of Zhang Yuning, in the face of Saudi Arabia's attack, basically shorten the entire line of defense, greatly restricting the opponent's space to move. For this set of starting lineup, Li Xiaopeng can be said to be a balance of defensive and mobility, and not just die defending, once there is an opportunity to attack decisively counterattack. But unfortunately.
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The goal was breached by Saudi Arabia in the first half extra time. In the first minute of the first half extra time, Faraj's corner kick from the right was delivered to the front point and Shehri headed in from the right corner of the penalty area.
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Had to go into the second half with a one goal deficit.
The first thing Li Xiaopeng did was to use the more mobile Dai Weijun to replace Artemisia Junmin to continue to strengthen the attack. In the case of not being able to open the situation, and in the 76th minute, respectively, sent Yu Dabao and Jin Jingdao to strengthen the attack. It is important to know that counting Gao Tianyi, who replaced Liu Binbin in the 59th minute, Coach Li has replaced four players in the second half to strengthen the attack, which can be seen in his determination to break the situation in the offensive end. Continue to attack the
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Finally, the 81st minute, Gao Junyi right pass, Jin Jingdao back to the goal, Amri handball foul, referee Hassan awarded a penalty kick. 1 minute later, Zhu Chenjie play the penalty kick shot. With this valuable goal, the
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A draw against the mighty Saudi Arabia salvaged a sliver of honor.
It is worth mentioning that although Coach Li Xiaopeng for
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The tactics took a lot of effort, but embarrassingly, Zhu Chenjie's penalty kick break was then China's first shot on goal of the game, which also showed the side of the
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Weakness on the offensive end. This shows that despite the game
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Trying hard to prove themselves and getting a 100% attitude to the game, but there is still too much of a power gap compared to the strong Saudi Arabia team that has already made it out of the tournament early ......
