China News Service, Beijing, January 23. On the 22nd local time, the Chinese men's football team lost 0:1 to the host Qatar team in the final group match of the Asian Cup, while the Tajikistan team in the same group defeated them 2:1. Lebanese team.

In the end, the Chinese team did not win a game or score a goal in the group stage, ranking third in the group. Whether they can qualify still needs to wait for the results of other group matches.

　　In the previous two rounds of group matches, the national football team drew 0:0 with Tajikistan and Lebanon. The qualifying situation was already very serious. In the last round, Wei Shihao and Zhang Yuning were sent to lead the forwards. Wu Lei, who had been controversial before, appeared in the substitute lineup. ; The Qatar team, which has won consecutive games in the first two games, has qualified ahead of schedule. This game has rotated as many as 9 main players in the starting lineup.

　　Facing the non-main lineup Qatar team, the national football team once played exquisite cooperation.

In the 7th minute, Wei Shihao received a pass from Zhang Yuning and shot in the penalty area, and the ball slid past; then the national football team continued to put pressure on the midfield and created opportunities many times. In the 36th minute, Wei Shihao received a pass from Wu Xi and formed a single shot, but the shot was blocked. The goalkeeper saved; in the 2nd minute of stoppage time in the first half, Wei Shihao swept the ball to the goal from the left, but Zhang Yuning, who faced the empty goal, failed to kick the ball.

　　After changing sides, the Qatar team gradually controlled the rhythm of the game.

In the 52nd minute, Qatar player Mazid's long-range shot missed the baseline; in the 66th minute, Qatar took a corner kick, and Haydos, who had just been replaced, scored with a volley to help Qatar gain 1:0. lead.

　　The Chinese team, which was lagging behind, made substitution adjustments, with Wu Lei, Xu Xin, Tan Long and Jiang Shenglong all on the field.

In the 87th minute, Jiang Shenglong scored with a shot from the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball went out of bounds before passing the ball and the goal was ruled invalid. Then the national football team pressed forward heavily and used long passes to threaten the opponent's goal, but they never scored.

In the end, the Chinese team lost 0:1.

　　Wei Shihao, who returned from injury in this game, said after the game that the Chinese team created some opportunities but failed to seize them. At the same time, he did not expect that the opponent would make substitutions and adjustments in the second half. The Qatar team's goal was very beautiful.

　　In another match in Group A at the same time, the Tajikistan team relied on a stoppage time winner to defeat the Lebanese team 2:1.

After the group stage, Qatar, which had won all three games, and Tajikistan, which had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranked as the top two teams in the group and qualified together. Lebanon, which had 1 draw and 2 losses, ranked at the bottom and China, which had 2 draws and 1 loss. The team ranked third.

　　According to the qualifying rules of this Asian Cup, the top two teams in the six groups will qualify directly, and the third-placed teams in the four best-performing groups will also qualify.

The Chinese team, ranked third in Group A, needs to wait for the results of other groups to determine whether it can qualify.

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