National Football League vs Australia: complex starting lineups and explosive challenges
In a matchup against Australia.
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
The coach finally presented a much-anticipated starting lineup, with four naturalized players - Jiang Guangtai, Luo Guofu, Alan & Ekson - joining forces for the first time.
Despite earning only four points in the first five rounds of the tournament, against the "giant" of Asian soccer, Australia.
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
There is no way back for this Chinese men's national soccer team, and continued defeat will not only eliminate the top two teams in the group, but also widen the gap with the third place. The remaining four games will become a "battle of honor". However, rewrite the history of Chinese soccer "four naturalized debut" did not change the embarrassing situation of China's consecutive losses - with Australia's No. 15 Duke's header in the 37th minute, China's team in all six matches of the 12 games were broken by the opponent! The door. They share this record with Vietnam, who have lost all six of their matches.
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Frustrated, starting center back Jiang Guangtai was subbed off with a strained muscle in the back of his thigh. The starting center back, who has played consistently in all five matches, was a solid link in the Chinese backline, contributing two interceptions, two clearances and two steals in the first 45 minutes of the China-Australia match. With the seventh round of the 12-team tournament against Japan set to take place in late January 2022, the match against the
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For that matter, Jiang Guangtai still had enough time to recover, which was more or less a blessing in misfortune.
Although the four naturalized debut released the offensive signal, Luo Guofu also showed the "bison style" flying clearance, but due to the overall strength of the gap, the first half of the Chinese team did not have a shot on goal within the scope of the goal frame, the possession rate of only 32%, even less than half of the Australian team.
Interestingly, despite the
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For the first time, all naturalized players will start, but to solve the problem of China's attack is two local players: the 25th minute of the second half, Xu Xin free kick caused Australian players in the penalty area handball foul, China was given the opportunity to penalty kicks, playing in the La Liga
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A one-timer tied the game at 1-1.
The future of four naturalized players, Luo Guofu, Alan, Ekson and Jiang Guangtai, also playing for Guangzhou, in the Chinese Super League has become complicated after Golat released his contract with the club to return to Brazil. However, Luo Guofu will miss the next round of China's tournament due to his second yellow card in the group stage. Even if Jiang Guangtai could return from injury, the
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The newly assembled "Four Naturalized Dragons" are also destined not to appear in the Final 12 match against Japan.
For China, the one point from Australia is not enough to quench their thirst, but at the same time, it also slowed down the pace of the opponents, and retained the hope of advancing to the play-offs as the third place in the group - for the Chinese soccer team which is already at the bottom of the valley, what else is more important than to "live"? For Chinese football, which is already at the bottom of the barrel, what is more important than "staying alive"?
