The national football team made its debut in the final week of the Asian Cup on Saturday (13), facing its first opponent in the group stage, Tajikistan, with the result that Zhu Chenjie's goal was overturned by the VAR in the second half, and only 0-0 match and Tajikistan, which is making its debut in the final week of the Cup.
In the first match, the national football team has sent Wu Lei and Tan Long as the double arrow, Liu Binbin is responsible for the two flanks of the attack, the back of the defense has Jiang Guangtai and Zhu Chenjie guarding the middle, Yan Junling wave guard gate, Hong Kong-born Dai Weijun and six regular players, debut in the Asian Cup final week. The Tajiks, also making their first appearance in the final week, were not shy in the first half, with a clear advantage in possession and creating more offense. 25 minutes in, Dihalilov pushed in a powerful shot, forcing Yan to make a save, and a minute later, the Tajik No.10 had a chance to shoot again, but unfortunately, it was off-target.
The National Football Team relied on Dai Weijun's breakthrough on the left and a long pass to Wu Lei, but most of the National Football Team's attacking players fought alone and did not pose much threat. Tajik gradually stepped up the pressure, which led to a low-level mistake by the national soccer players in controlling the ball and going out of bounds, which attracted a lot of ridicule from the mainland reporters on the sidelines, "How can they get into the national soccer team? According to the statistics, the number of Tajik's shots on goal in the first half was double-digit, and the national football team not only failed to hit the target, but also had difficulties in organizing the passes to the front, and could only rely on individual breakthroughs to force their way forward, and soon broke the cable in the face of the opposing team's clamping.
After the change of sides, the Chinese soccer team's attack did not improve, Tajik continued to have a chance to bury the goal, 56 minutes, Kamolov shot just off the edge of the post and out of bounds. After the change of sides, Tadjik continued to have chances on goal. 56 minutes, Kamolov's shot just went out of bounds, followed by another mistake in the mid-field, Dihalilov, with many teammates around him, hurriedly kicked the ball off the target outside the penalty box. 72 minutes, Dai Weijun entered the penalty box and shot out of bounds, and then along with Wu Lei, who was almost invisible in the game, was transferred, and the situation of the national football team was immediately improved. 79 minutes, Xu Xin, who had entered the game as backup, made an arrow, which the opponent's goalkeeper pounced. 80 minutes, Zhu Chenjie scored a header in front of the goal, but after VAR review, the referee thought that Jiang Guangtai was at the time of the game. However, after a VAR review, the referee decided that Jiang Guangtai was in an offside position and ruled that the goal was disallowed. As a result, the national soccer team and Tajikistan had no record in the whole match and shook hands to make a draw.
Tajik, who had more shots on goal, had a chance to win the match, but manager Sagar was satisfied with his win against China: "I am happy to get Tajik's first ever point in an Asian Cup final week, but the team's failure to win may be due to a lack of experience, as we had chances in the penalty area but couldn't capitalize on them. But today I don't think China is better than Tajikistan."
