Upcoming friendlies : 10 January UAE - China in Dubai Challenge Cup 12 January China - Hamburg SV (Germany) in Dubai Challenge Cup 20 or 22 (?) January China - Lebanon 28 January China - Syria Is it confirmed when and where China will play the last two friendlies ?
the friendly vs UAE and Hamburg r going to be broadcast on Guangdong sports and Shanghai Sports UAE vs China 23.30 (beijing time) Hamburg SV vs China 21.00 (beijing time)
I hope they don't call the likes of Sun Jihai and Zheng Zhi back for stupid matches like these, even though Sun Jihai is not even playing in Man City.
nope the overseas r not called back coz this is not official game date for international games. and i think its better to leave them play in their club than call them for meaningless match like that. But i really hope ZZ and Sun will be call by petrovic for the WCQ games
WCQ games are a different story. Seriously, how are we going to solve the Iraq and Australia puzzel? I don't think we'll be inthe next round. Iraq is on the rise and China is on the fall. 5 years ago we would have owned Iraq, now it's a different story.
Iraq in group is like having iran, probably worse. Dont forget Qatar...they are pretty good too think about the good side is that the qualification group will give china more playing time against strong opponents (more so than the past few years, asian cup included) .. ...this qualification experience is a mini world cup for china. i think china will finish last in group lol
5 U23 players, namely Shen Longyuan, Zhou Haibin, Yu Hai, Lu Lin and Zhu Ting, to the NT! http://sports.sohu.com/20080109/n254546037.shtml
I'm rooting for Iraq now... I want to see them make it to the World Cup, it will do far more good than if China makes it, not to mention save the hair that i will pull out watching China and the rise in blood pressure... Call Sun Jihai... hes rotting away on the bench at City, at least this gets him some games in cuz he aint playing for City this season, might as well just use him for Qualifiers since his City career is all but over, hes simply not good enough for a top 6 club.
Why is nobody talking about the UAE friendly? http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2008-01-11/01153409742.shtml anyone saw the match? It was our B- team and from the report it says we were very lucky to get a draw. Comments?
A poor match. We failed to create any chance. The midfielders could not give enough support to the striker.
Did UAE have its full A squad? If this is our B- squad, that means we're playing mostly full time subs and reserve players. but it doesn't matter, our A squad isn't that much better. The only difference is Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi, Dong Fangzhuo, and Yu Hai. Does Shi Jun count?????
did Mao Jianqing play in this match against Qatar?? Also why hasn't Chen Tao been added to the NT along with is U23 teammates?
Starting lineup for China tonite vs HSV GK :Yang Zhi (Beijing guoan) DEF : Li Jianhua (Shenzhen), Du Wei (Shanghai), Wang Xiao (Tianjin), Zhang Shuai (Beijing) MF : Wang Dong (Changchun), Liu Jian (Qingdao), Zheng Bin (Wuhan), Zhai Yanpeng (Dalian), Hao Junmin (Tianjin) FW : Qu Bo (Qingdao) predicted score China 0 HSV 3
China is hopeless. With mediocre old guards like Zhao Junzhe still in the NT, it shows there's is a severe lack of new talents in China football these days. btw I betted on Hamburg to win at 1.28 which is pretty good odds i think.
It's not only that. His passing is horrible, is too negative (i.e. always passing either backwards or horizontally), and his marking is not close enough when on defence.