The world ranking is 195, with a national population of 1.4 million, Timor-Leste U22 almost overturned the Chinese men s football team

Amid the expectations of countless fans, the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers officially started. In the first game, the Chinese team, who played at home, ushered in the challenge of East Timor. However, no one expected that this seemingly disparate duel was extremely difficult to play. The Chinese team finally defeated the opponent with a score of 2-1 and took away 3 points without any danger.

As the traditional "bottom team" of Asian football, the total population of East Timor is only 1.4 million. Their adult national team's latest ranking in FIFA is 195, which is 100 different from the 94th Chinese men's football team. Therefore, countless fans believed that the Chinese team would easily defeat their opponents. The only suspense is that the Chinese U22 men's football team can score several goals in the game. However, the game scene surprised everyone.

Although the Chinese team controlled the ball as soon as they came up, facing the iron barrel formation set up by their opponents, this young national team could not find a good way to score, and the game was once deadlocked. Fortunately, in the 41st minute, the East Timor players made a mistake. They cleared the ball not far from the penalty area and actually topped the ball to the Chinese striker Baihe Lamu who was surrounded by the back point. The latter easily accepted a big gift and sent the ball into the net, helping the Chinese team to break the deadlock first and take a 1-0 lead. Before the end of the half, Wang Yudong scored another goal using his personal ability to expand the score to 2-0, and the Chinese team was able to return to the locker room with the advantage of two goals.

The strength was dominant and the score was ahead. Originally, everyone thought that the victory of the Chinese team was a foregone conclusion, but no one expected that the counterattack of the East Timor team would soon receive results. In the 52nd minute, Freitas scored a goal from a small angle and tied the score to 1-2, and East Timor also saw hope of scoring again. In the 63rd minute, East Timor made a comeback. If goalkeeper Li Hao had not performed well and saved the opponent's shot, that super upset game might have been staged in the first round. Affected by the decline in physical fitness, East Timor did not create any good scoring opportunities in the subsequent games, and the 2-1 score was maintained until the end of the game. In the end, the Chinese team narrowly defeated their opponent 2-1 and successfully won the first victory of this qualifier.

Although the Chinese team won the opponent, their performance has been criticized by countless fans. You should know that our opponents are not first-class Asian teams like Australia, Japan, and South Korea, but the "bottom of the fish" East Timor. However, even when facing such a team, the Chinese men's football team is still in a hard battle. After witnessing the first disaster-like performance of the Chinese team, many fans have already expressed pessimistically that although they are fighting at home, the Chinese U22 men's football team may have to stop early in the qualifiers!

According to the schedule, in the next round of the game, the Chinese team will face the weakest Northern Mariana Islands team in the group. In the game that ended earlier, the Australian team defeated this weak team 14-0. I wonder what kind of answer the Chinese team will give in the face of them?