On March 24th in Beijing, China's footballers kicked off the final round of the 12-team tournament at home in Sharjah, facing the Saudi Arabia powerhouse. After a fierce battle, Zhu Chenjie's penalty kick helped the Chinese team draw 1-1 with Saudi Arabia, continuing the undefeated saga at home in Sharjah. After the match, Zhu Chenjie revealed in front of the media that the penalty kick was carefully planned by the manager Li Xiaopeng.
Talking about his goal, Zhu Chenjie said, "Li guide has a lot of trust in me, usually penalty kicks are taken by me, and I often practice penalty kicks in training."
For the team's spirit in the game, Zhu Chenjie said: "Today's game, we first want to show a good state of mind, carry forward the spirit of hard work, according to the coach's tactical arrangements, the usual training content to play more fully. Through this game, I think we did it. I also hope that we can have a better performance in the next game."
Zhu Chenjie also talked about the process and the result of the game, "First of all, the whole team played very hard, the pre-match training was played on the field as much as possible, we were united and everyone on the field went all out for this goal."
When asked about the gap between the Chinese team and a team like Saudi Arabia, which is expected to advance to the World Cup, Zhu Chenjie said, "We usually watch some game videos, and the gap we will further analyze by summarizing after the game." (Sohu Sports Pei Li)
