2024-01-06 20:18:57
January 07, 2024 04:18 Source: Guangzhou Daily
A big win in the last warm-up match to regain confidence
The national football team will send troops to Doha today
Zhang Zhe, all-media reporter from Guangzhou Daily
Late at night on January 5th, Beijing time, the national football team held the last warm-up match in preparation for the Asian Cup overseas in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. With Zhang Yuning’s “hat trick”, the national football team finally defeated the local Gulf team in the United Arab Emirates 6-2. United team, this also allowed the national football team to regain some of its confidence before the competition.
In the previous two warm-up matches, the national football team lost to Oman and Hong Kong, China, which put huge psychological pressure on the national football team. Originally, the National Football Team originally planned to face the Indian national team in the last warm-up match on January 5, but because the latter temporarily broke the appointment, the National Football Team might no longer find a suitable national team-level team to warm up, and finally had to compete with a local team. Club competition. It is reported that Gulf United is a mid- to lower-level club team in the UAE domestic league. When Jankovic made an appointment with this team, the result was not the most important thing. He paid more attention to whether the players’ competitive status improved.
In this warm-up match, Jankovic started the 442 formation for the national football team. Less than 1 minute following the start, Li Lei took the lead in breaking the deadlock for the national football team. This fantastic start allowed the national football team to completely let go. In the 33rd minute, the national football team got a right corner kick. Xie Pengfei took the penalty to the near point. Zhang Yuning jumped up and headed the ball over the top, rewriting the score to 2-0. In the 41st minute, Xu Haofeng fouled a Bay United player while returning to defense, and the referee gave the opponent a penalty kick. Gulf United took advantage of this penalty kick and rewritten the score to 1-2 before half-time.
After the change of sides, the national football team continued to have the advantage. In the 56th minute, the national football team played a wonderful combination. Lin Liangming made a cross in the penalty area, and Zhang Yuning, who was unmarked, stepped forward and shot directly. Just 4 minutes later, under the high pressure of the frontcourt, the national football team forced the opponent’s defender to pass back to the goalkeeper. Zhang Yuning followed up in time to press, causing the opponent’s goalkeeper to make a mistake. Zhang Yuning successfully intercepted the ball and hit the empty goal. He performed a “hat trick” in this game.
In the 80th minute, the referee whistled another penalty kick, and Gulf United tied the score at 2-4. In the 89th minute, Xie Pengfei dribbled the ball from the right and passed in. Wei Shihao, who was outflanking, got the ball on the right rib in front of the small penalty area and then passed the opponent’s defender and broke the net. Two minutes later, Xie Pengfei broke through with the ball from the right and passed in. Wu Lei, who came on as a substitute, shot successfully in the middle. In the end, the national football team locked the score at 6-2. In this warm-up match, 17 players from the national football team played.
After suffering a losing streak in the first two warm-up matches, the national football team’s mental state and competitive state have been actively improved in this game. Especially on the offensive end, set pieces and sports battles have achieved results, and many main players have made progress. The ball or assists. The national football team finally ended the Abu Dhabi training camp with a big victory, which boosted their confidence in time. Jankovic believed following the game that the team’s physical, mental and technical and tactical preparations were on track before the start of the game.
After the warm-up match that day, head coach Jankovic announced that he would give the players a holiday and no more training would be arranged before the team left for Doha. According to the arrangement, the national football team will move to Doha at noon on January 7, local time. After arriving in Doha, the team will go to the exclusive training venue of Qatar University to resume training for the first Asian Cup group match once morest Tajikistan on January 13. Prepare for the final sprint.
(Source: Guangzhou Daily)
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