Time of National Football Team's Warm-up Match against Oman is December 29, 2023 night.
China's men's national team, which is preparing for the 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar, has a warm-up match against West Asian side Oman Men's Football Team at the Baniyas Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on the night of Dec. 29 at 23:15 GMT, which is the last match Chinese soccer will play in 2023.
The national soccer team is ranked 79th and the Omani men's soccer team is ranked 74th in the latest FIFA national team standings. Both teams have been shortlisted for the main round of the Asian Cup, with the national soccer team landing in Group A and the Omani men's team being placed in Group F.
This was the second warm-up match for the national soccer team before the start of the Asian Cup, after it played its first warm-up match since the build-up against UAE's third-tier league team, Regional Sports, at the training ground inside its resident hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Beijing Guoan striker Zhang Yuning, who has been out of action for a long time due to injury, broke the deadlock in the 14th minute. Lin Liangming, who plays for Dalian Ren Professional Football Club, scored twice in short spells in the 21st and 22nd minutes, and Shanghai Seaport striker Wu Lei extended the lead to 4-0 in the 31st minute.
Results of the match
The two sides exchanged scores at 0-0 in the first half, and Oman opened the second with a goal from Arshad Alawi in the opening stages. Alawi's long-distance shot to break the deadlock. Ghassani added a second in the 65th minute to make it 2-0.
Despite five substitutions in the second half, with Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming, Wang Qiuming, Xie Pengfei and Xu Xin coming on as substitutes, the national soccer team was unable to change the passive situation, and ultimately lost by two goals, ending the 2023 tournament with a loss. In 11 international A-level matches played this year, Jankovic led his team to four wins, two draws and five losses.
Because they are in the middle of a physical reserve period, the national soccer team has been training a lot at this stage, and the team is in a fatigue stage, so a poor performance against Oman is considered to be expected. With the team's only overseas player Wu Shaocong returned to the team on the 29th local time, the national football team to prepare for the Asian Cup, all 26 players, training content will be from physical reserves to technical and tactical exercises.