On March 25th, in the midst of the fire, the 12-team tournament was in full swing, and China's men's soccer team staged a thrilling draw on the "away" field in the United Arab Emirates. Relying on a valuable penalty kick, China's team with a score of 1-1 to force a strong Saudi Arabia, the goal is the center back Zhu Chenjie.
Looking back on the game, it was a godsend that our team was able to score a point. Post-match data shows that our team was once passive in the game, and it was even difficult to break through the opponent's half of the field. Possession rate of only 27%, even less than 30%, the whole game is in a tough defensive battle, the formation was compressed extremely flat, which is also the reason why coach Li Xiaopeng activated the three center backs tactics.
Due to the fact that we were busy defending most of the time, our team's offensive statistics were disastrous, and at the end of the first half, the offensive statistics were zero. Throughout the game, our team's first shot on goal was in the 82nd minute, and the penalty kick became the key to our team's draw. The Saudi Arabia team shot 18 times, 9 times more than our team, but the hit rate is not high, only 3 shots on target, missed too many good opportunities.
In terms of the number of passes, our team also lagged behind the Saudi team by a large margin, with only 248 passes, while the Saudi team reached 703 passes, with a pass success rate of 89%. This also reflects that the Saudi team is mainly short pass penetration, midfield organization time is sufficient, and this is precisely because our team is based on defense.
In terms of individual player data, Zhu Chenjie led our team with a high score of 7.6 points, in addition to scoring goals, he also completed 5 clearances, 5 interceptions, all the highest for the team. The lowest rated Liu Binbin only got 5.8 points, in addition to the opening a few times with the ball breakthrough, most of the time are in the invisible state, not much contribution, the second half by Li Xiaopeng coach replaced.
After the loss to Vietnam, our team seemed to find their fighting spirit in this game. Despite the fact that they were completely behind in terms of statistics, the players put their best foot forward on the field. Coach Li Xiaopeng activated players such as Gao Junyi, Liao Lisheng and Xu Xin, and they did play their roles. The Saudi Arabia team failed to take this game because they thought too highly of themselves, and became too relaxed and too gullible after learning that they were already out of the lineup before the game. After our team got this valuable 1 point, fans are looking forward to the final round of the 12-team tournament against Oman. (DD)
