Saudi Arabia 2-1 China (10 Sep, 2024) Final Score

Saudi Arabia

After years in the doldrums, Chinese football shows hint of life in AFC Champions League Elite

Football Australia back Graham Arnold for Socceroos WCQs

What we learned as the third round of Asian qualifiers for the World Cup got underway

China

Saudi Arabia

After years in the doldrums, Chinese football shows hint of life in AFC Champions League Elite

Football Australia back Graham Arnold for Socceroos WCQs

What we learned as the third round of Asian qualifiers for the World Cup got underway

Match Formations

Game Information

Match Timeline

Match Commentary

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

1-1-0, 4 PTS

Ali Lajami - 14' OG

Hassan Kadesh - 39', 90'

Mohamed Kanno - 19'

14
Dalei
4
Lei
5
Chenjie
2
Guangtai
3
Zhunyi
20
Xie
16
Shenglong
21
Yuanyi
23
Abduweli
7
Lei
17
Fernandinho

No.Name
14Wang Dalei
5Zhu Chenjie
2Jiang Guangtai 6Wang Shangyuan
4Li Lei
3Gao Zhunyi
16Jiang Shenglong
21Li Yuanyi 11Liangming Lin
20Xie Wenneng 8Huang Zhengyu
23Behram Abduweli
7Wu Lei 9Yuning Zhang
17Fernandinho 22Alan

Substitutes
19Jin Cheng
10Xie Pengfei
12Liu Dianzuo
13Xu Haoyang
18Han Pengfei
1Yan Junling
15Yang Zexiang

Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium

1:00 PM, 10 September 2024

Dalian, China PR

Attendance: 48,628

Referees:
Nasrullo Kabirov

China

Saudi Arabia

6
9
14
19
36
39
45
45
45+7
59
70
72
81
82
87
90
90+3
90+3

90'+3' Alan (China) Substitution at 93'
90'+3' Liangming Lin (China) Substitution at 93'
90'+3' Faisal Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 93'

Match Stats

CHN

KSA

Possession

42.6%

57.4%

Shots on Goal

Shot Attempts

Yellow Cards

Corner Kicks

Saves

Chinese football looked to have hit an all-time low but a glimmer of hope was offered in Tuesday's ACL Elite action.

Football Australia chief executive James Johnson has backed Socceroos boss Graham Arnold to rebound from a winless start to the third phase of Asian qualification, saying the organisation would "put our faith" in the coach to engineer a turnaround.

From the Japanese juggernaut to numerical deficits not mattering, here's what we learnt from the third round of Asian qualifiers.

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