On the evening of February 6th, Beijing time, the China national team kicked off the top 20 World Cup qualifiers on the eve of the traditional Chinese festival and challenged the Asian Cup champion Iraqi team at Rashid Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iraq's top star Younis was injured at the beginning, but in the 49th minute, Havard took the lead in scoring in Iraq. In the 70th minute, another key Iraqi player Akram was sent off with two yellow cards. In the 75th minute, China equalized with a header from Zheng Zhi, and the two sides finally shook hands with 1- 1. In another match in the same group, Australia beat Qatar 3-0 at home.
Video-the national football team equalized the score. Zheng Zhi Taishan headed the goal.
Video-Iraq 1-0 national football spoon penalty kick is beyond the reach of the home base.
The grouping situation of the Chinese team in the top 20 qualifiers is extremely severe, and the significance of the first game can be said to be directed at advancing to the future. The competition coincided with the festival to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the pressure was amplified. Head coach Dewey and executive coach Folado set the bottom line goal of "away draw" for China before the game. The national football team is also a 5-3-2 system with the word "shou" as the head. Li Weifeng, Xu Yunlong and Feng Xiaoting all made their debut, with Zheng Zhi leading the center and frontcourt. Although Iraq is playing at home, it is confident of "winning at home" and announced its starting lineup the day before the game. Judging from the game odds provided by major gaming companies, Iraq is also optimistic.
There was an accident at the beginning of the game-Iraq's backcourt prequel, and its leader Younis was sentenced to offside, but he insisted on completing the shooting action, but accidentally pulled his thigh. Although he was treated urgently on the sidelines, he could not persist and could only be replaced. China tried to control it, but made a mistake in the 3rd minute. Zheng Zhi retreated and passed the ball incorrectly. Iraqi right wing Kerim made a quick dash, and Li Weifeng was forced to fall to the ground and get a yellow card for a foul interception. After China resolved the Iraqi free kick, it formed a counterattack. Zheng Zhi's left-wing transfer route is accurate, but the right-wing curve wave is intercepted when trying to pass. In the 7th minute, the Iraqi backcourt long pass posed a threat, and China failed to control the landing point. Mustafa, who replaced Younis, stopped the ball in the middle of the penalty area and was blocked face to face by Zong Lei who abandoned the door.
The midfield competition between the two sides is fierce. Zheng Zhi and Akram had a slight friction, and Li Weifeng caught caral, and both of them fell. 13 minutes, China got a free kick in the middle of the frontcourt, but did not form an offensive. The two sides formed a long-term hand-to-hand confrontation. In the first17th minute, Qu Bo got the ball from the right and got rid of the penetration. Iraq intercepted it unfavorably. Zhu Ting takes the ball from the right wing and passes it directly to the opposing goalkeeper Noel. Two minutes later, Li Weifeng inserted into the frontcourt to participate in the attack, and caral got a yellow card for pestering and intercepting too much. Zheng Zhi left-wing free kick, pass back. Noel confiscated the ball. A moment later, Akram intercepted Zheng Zhi for a foul and got a yellow card.
In the 22nd minute, the China team formed its first threatening offensive-Qu Bo's right pass was intercepted, and then he actively fought for the ball and then broke it. Zheng Zhi crosses from the left in front of the penalty area, and Sun Xiang picks the ball behind the penalty area. Qu Bo's shot at the ball was blocked by Noel. At the present stage, most Iraqi attacks are carried out in the form of rushing and hanging, which is difficult to pose a threat to China's defense. In the 25th minute, the Iraqi right-wing corner was destroyed and obliquely passed to the restricted area. Zong Lei attacked and confiscated the ball. Two minutes later, anti-aircraft guns rang out from the siege gate outside Qusai. In the 32nd minute, Li Weifeng inserted the ball forward and won a free kick on the left wing. Later, Sun Xianghe and Qu Bo infiltrated in front of the right baseline, but Qu Bo's cross failed to find a teammate.
In the 35th minute, Iraqis made mistakes around Akram. After China steals the ball, Zheng Zhi crosses directly behind the opponent's defense, and Qu Bo is offside when he inserts it. The two sides then formed a tackle-and-tackle melee in midfield, and Sun Xiang got a yellow card for tackle. In the 38th minute, after Zheng Zhi controlled the midfield, he instigated the right-wing attack. Zhu Ting crosses the bottom line, and Zhou Haibin follows up to the center of the penalty area, heading wide. In the second half, the midfield of both sides continued to struggle, and the ball changed hands frequently. In the 44th minute, after controlling the ball in the middle, Yiren was cleared by caral's long-range hanging door. At halftime, China's defense was a false alarm-Harvald sent a long pass from the left wing in the backcourt, Feng Xiaoting headed the ball back to the goalkeeper, and caral followed quickly. The referee ruled that it collided with the goalkeeper and the goal was invalid.
In the 49th minute, Mustafa was forced to the left, but Liu Jian and Zhang Shuai's double interception still failed to stop his opponent from rushing into the restricted area. Liu Jian even tripped Mustafa, and the referee decided to award a penalty. Haward took the knife and shot the ball into the net with a spoon. Iraq 1-0 led. In the 52nd minute, China got a right corner kick, but Zheng Zhi's pass was destroyed by his opponent. In the backward situation, China's attack didn't improve. Although he won the left-wing corner kick in the 60th minute, he was controlled by his opponent. The Iraqi team quickly counterattacked and caral missed the outside shot. After Zhu Ting was dissatisfied with the referee's offside penalty and got a yellow card, China changed its formation and replaced Sun Xiang with Du Zhenyu.
In the 62nd minute, Zhu Ting got the right corner kick, but it was resolved by the Iraqi army, forming a quick counterattack. Mustafa crosses from the left to the backcourt. Kerim spiked in the center of the penalty area and then attacked the goal. Zong Lei saves brilliantly and presses the ball sideways. In the 64th minute, the China team rushed to attack and welcomed the opportunity. Du Zhenyu stopped the ball slightly in the right chest of the penalty area, but Zalimei lifted his leg too high in the fight, and the referee decided that it was a dangerous move. China won an indirect free kick in the penalty area and Zheng Zhi headed it out. Du Zhenyu shot low through the dense crowd and was blocked by Zalem. China headed the goal again and failed to push it. Noel confiscated the ball.
In the 70th minute, China got a good harvest-Liu Jian was pulled down by Akram in the frontcourt. Although the latter fell to the ground for a long time and tried to avoid the yellow card, the referee waited patiently and gave him a second yellow card after Akram got up. Akram was sent off and China beat 1 10. Liu Jian was injured and replaced by Dong Wang. In the 74th minute, Du Zhenyu made a cross attack from the left and won a corner kick for China. Dong Wang's first penalty was destroyed by his opponent, and Dong Wang's second penalty was passed to Zheng Zhi in the center of the penalty area! After the ball bounced to the ground and hit the net, China tied the score to 1- 1.
Iraq is obviously not satisfied with the result of the lottery. After that, the continuous impact continued to put pressure on the restricted area in China. In the 8th1minute, Sun Jihai replaced Zhou Haibin who had already cramped. In the 84th minute, Sun Jihai intercepted Harvald in front of the restricted area and was convicted of a foul. The Iraqi team's attack was steadily intercepted by Zong Lei. Three minutes later, Sun Jihai got a yellow card for a tackle in the frontcourt, and Coussa got a yellow card for revenge. In the 89th minute, China missed an excellent overtaking opportunity. Qu Bo took advantage of his opponent's mistake to cross the right wing, but Du Zhenyu ran a little wide and failed to complete the attack in front of the door. After that, Zhu Tinglian had an opportunity. First, the right wing was inserted in response to Sun Jihai's cross, but the cross missed directly. In the 9th1minute, Zhu Ting shoots in front of the penalty area and then goes over. At the last minute of 4 minutes stoppage time, the curveball striker was ruled offside. In the end, the two sides shook hands with 1- 1.
China's appearance lineup: 1- Zong Lei; 3- Sun Xiang (60 minutes, 8- Du Zhenyu), 18- Xu Yunlong, 4- Feng Xiaoting, 5- Li Weifeng, 2- Zhang Shuai; 16- Zhou Haibin (8 1 min, 17- Sun Jihai), 15- Liu Jian (70 min, 6- Dong Wang), 10- Zheng Zhi; 1 1- Zhu Ting, 7- curveball
Iraq appearance lineup: 12- Sabri; 14- Abdul-Amir (90 minutes, 17- Jassim), 2- Zalem, 4- Shaker, 3- Abbas; 18- Kerim (74 minutes, 8- Munir), 5- Akram, 9- Qusai, 1 1- Haward; 10- Younis (3 minutes, 16- Mustafa), 13- caral.