Original title: The national football team lost 1:2 to the New Zealand team and the friendly match ended with 1 draw and 1 loss
On the 26th time in Beijing, the Chinese men’s football team and the New Zealand national team had their second friendly match in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Chinese men’s football team is currently ranked 80th in the world, and the New Zealand team is ranked 105th. The strength of the national football team is better, but the overall level of the New Zealand team is good, with many of players playing in European leagues. In the first friendly match, Wu Lei, Wei Shihao and other players created many good chances in the game, but failed to score in the end, and both sides scored a goalless draw.
Compared to the first game, the national football team has adjusted the starting lineup in this campaign, Chen Pu replaced the veteran Tan Long as the starting, Deng Hanwen replaced Liu Binbin as the player right midfield, and Wu Shaocong, who was studying abroad, replaced Wei Zhen as the central defender. National football coach Jankovic expressed the hope that by rotating the line-up, the team will continue to be filled with fresh blood to practice the team’s tactics and discipline.
In the opening period of the game, neither side had too many chances, but the playing style of the New Zealand team has changed a lot compared to the first game, and they fought more aggressively on the offensive end. In the 32nd minute, Wu Shaocong made a dirty tackle in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick. Fortunately, the national football goalkeeper Yan Junling intercepted the opponent’s shot.
However, in the 42nd minute, the New Zealand team had a chance to place the ball in the front court and the national football player Zhu Chenjie accidentally sent an own goal in defense. lead Throughout the first half, the New Zealand team had a possession rate of 64% completing 12 shots, while the national football team had only 2 shots.
After switching sides and fighting again, the offensive of the New Zealand team continued unabated. In the 81st minute, there was a gap in the defense of the national football team. The player from New Zealand managed to shoot in front of the penalty area of the national football team, extending the lead to two goals. In stoppage time in the second half, the Chinese team played a quick counter-attack and Button received a pass from his team-mate and scored a header to get a point back. In the end, the Chinese team lost 1:2 to the New Zealand team.
From the point of view of the game, the national football players showed fatigue, the conversion rate of offense and defense was not high, and the fighting intensity decreased significantly as the game deepened. The new national football team under new coach Jankovic still has a lot to gather and adjust.
In another friendly match earlier, the Asian Games Asian National Men’s Football team also lost to the New Zealand Under-23 Men’s National Football Team with a score of 1:2, suffering a two-match losing streak. In this warm-up game for New Zealand, it is difficult to find victory for the two Chinese national teams.
