09 National Junior Four Nations Tournament is off to a good start: this time, kill Saudi Arabia!

Reporter Chen Yong reports On the evening of the 28th, in the first round of the Hohhot Four Nations Tournament, the Chinese men's football team U16 (09 national youth) defeated the Saudi Arabian men's football team U16 2-1, while making a good start to the four-nation competition, it also ended the four consecutive defeats of the national football team, 05 national youth and 08 national youth against Saudi Arabian national teams at all levels in the previous year.

The participating teams of the Hohhot Four Nations Tournament are China U16, Saudi Arabia U16, Vietnam U16 and Australia U16, according to the schedule 09 national youth on the 28th, 30th and June 1st. There is no doubt that the quality of this tournament is very high, basically similar to the group stage of the U17 Asian Cup, and it is still a strong group.

In the first game with Saudi Arabia, the starting lineup of 08 Guoshao was: goalkeeper Xu Zengfu, defenders Zhang Xuyao, Lu Qizheng, Li Junpeng and Zhang Junhao, left and right wings Liang Shiyu and Kuang Zhaolei, midfielders Zhou Yunuo and Xu Zhengpeng, Wan Xiang is the front waist, He Sifan burst forward, and the national youth still follows the 4231 formation that the team is used to.

09 Guoshao entered the state very quickly, creating a great opportunity in just 4 minutes of the opening game, Liang Shiyu missed a good opportunity, but then the ball returned to the goal, and Wanxiang's rush hit the post again. In the 7th minute of the game, goalkeeper Xu Zengfu kicked the ball to the front, Kuang Zhaolei's header ferried, striker He Sifan headed a little, broke through and scored a goal, 08 Guoshao achieved a 1-0 advantage, only three people participated in this goal process, and there were only 4 touches in the whole process.

After that, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and after more than half of the first half, the Saudi team began to have an advantage, and the Saudi team still had a certain advantage in the second half, and equalized in the 67th minute of the game.

In the 70th minute, the national youth team replaced Xie Jin, Zhang Bolin and Xiao Chenxi three attackers in one go, which also became the turning point of the game: in the 78th minute, Xie Jin's side shot hit the side netting, in the 90th minute, Zhang Bolin's header hit the crossbar, in the 92nd minute, Xie Jin sent an assist, and the left forward forward Shuai Weihao, who came on as a substitute at the beginning of the second half, scored with a header.

As far as the whole game is concerned, the Saudi team still has some advantages, and the national junior team's control of the game still has certain deficiencies. But on the whole, the defensive organization of the 09 national youth is not bad, the offense has cooperation and counterattacks, and the two goalposts and two goals also show that the overall attack power of the 09 national youth is still good.

It is worth noting that the accuracy of the long passes of the goalkeepers and central defenders of the 09 national youth is very good, and the quality of the counterattack has also been greatly improved. In addition, the difference between the 09 national youth and the 08 national youth is that the 09 national youth has more players to choose from, and more players have entered the rotation lineup, especially the front court is quite rich.

After the game, 09 national coach Toshitoshi Ukishima said: "Saudi Arabia is a very strong team, my players showed the content of training into the game, and they performed very well. There are a lot of players who have great individual qualities and we have similar players who can show their quality on the pitch. ”

Regarding the selection of midfielders, Ukishima said: "We did have a disjointed scene, a very important reason is that the opponent has a lot of players with excellent individual ability, our defenders are scared, the defense is deeper, and when we counterattack, the defenders are still dragging behind, which leads to the disconnect and the drop in the success rate of the midfielders' passes, and it is gratifying that we bit the game and finally win the opponent. ”

In less than a year before, China's national teams at all levels have lost four consecutive defeats against Saudi Arabian national teams at all levels, including two consecutive defeats of the national football team, as well as two defeats of the 05 national youth and 08 national youth.

The two consecutive defeats of the national football team against Saudi Arabia were the first round of the round of 18, when the national football team led 1-0 at home and played one more player, but finally lost 1-2; In the second round, it was a 1-0 defeat away. The match between the 05 national youth and the Saudi Arabian team was in the U20 Asian Cup 1/4 finals, in the game, the 05 national youth missed a penalty, and was scored by the Saudi Arabian team at the last moment, losing 0-1 and missing the World Youth Championship, which is also the most regrettable foreign war loss of Chinese football this year. The national junior team lost 1-2 to the host Saudi Arabia in the first match of the U17 Asian Cup.

In the Montague Cup, the national youth drew 0-0 with the French U16 team in the first game, defeated the Cameroon U16 team 1-0 in the second game, defeated the Vendée U17 team 2-1 in the last game, and entered the final three or four finals with a disadvantage of 2 wins and 1 draw but goal difference, and lost 0-2 to the Mexican U16 team in the third and fourth finals. It should be said that the outstanding performance of the 09 national youth in the Montague Cup has also attracted more attention to the Hohhot Four Nations Tournament.

In this game, as many as 11,756 fans watched the game, and also witnessed the enthusiasm of Hohhot fans. During the U21 league last year, Hohhot fans showed a very high level of enthusiasm.