At 02:15 a.m. on March 21, Beijing time, in the 7th round of Group C of the third stage of the Asian region of the World Preliminary Championship (round of 18), the national football team challenged Saudi Arabia away.
In the first half, Wang Shangyuan was suspended for the next round, Nawaf shot at the post, Ghamdi broke the goal due to handball in the first invalid, Jiang Guangtai retired injured, Han Pengfei came off the bench, in stoppage time, Lin Liangmingfei kicked red, the national football team played 10 to 11, and drew 0-0 at halftime; In the second half, Al-Dosari broke the deadlock on the pitch and Serginho was on the bench and missed the start.
In the end, the 10-man national football team was killed by Saudi Arabia 0-1, with 6 points and 11 goal difference in 7 rounds; Saudi Arabia moved up to third in Group C with nine points.
Saudi Arabia vs national football team, Renard discharged 442 formations, starting at 20.93 million euros;The national football team discharged a 4231 formation, Lin Liangming and Zhang Yuning partnered with double strikers, Wei Shihao served as the front midfielder, Xie Wenneng, Wang Shangyuan, and Cao Yongjing formed three midfielders, Li Lei, Jiang Shenglong, Jiang Guangtai, and Gao Zhunyi formed four defenders, and Wang Dalei guarded the goal, with a starting value of 6.18 million euros。
In this campaign, the national football team was very passive, and even broke the dreams of fans one by one. Basically, the national football team is in a situation of being passively beaten, and the national football team also suffered a tragic episode of Jiang Guangtai's injury and retreat, and Lin Liangming's reckless flying kick and dyed red. After the national football team played 10 and 11, it was even more passive, and the newly naturalized player Serginho did not get the opportunity to play. In the 50th minute of the game,Abdulhamid set up Salim al-Dosari for the only goal of the game。 In the end, the national football team lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia & double kill. Losing this battle, the dream of the national football team in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be difficult, with 6 points in 7 rounds, continuing to be at the bottom, and Saudi Arabia has 9 points and rises to third.
Full game,Saudi Arabia had 80% possession and had 19 shots, seven of which were on target; The national football team had a total of 3 shots on goal with 0 on target in the whole gameAppalling.