China Lost Opener to Spain's Osasuna
Posted at 2:05 PM, January 25, 2006
The national soccer team lost their opening match of the current overseas trip in Spain.In a match held early Tuesday morning (Beijing Time), China took on the Spanish La Liga side Osasuna, second on the League rankings.
China opened strong and made their first attempt just two minutes into the game. However, the shot was blocked by the Spanish goal keeper.
Osasuna returned a strong shot two minutes later. The shot was also blocked by the Chinese goalie.
A freezing weather has made the pitch very hard, causing much trouble to the Chinese players. They missed several chances because of the poor pitch condition.
Meanwhile, the Spaniards were too strong to handle as they launched successive attacks.
China tumbled to wade off the attacks and kept the net clear at half time.
In the middle of the second half, the Spaniards finally got their chance and hit the Chinese net at 65 minutes.
1-0, the score was kept until the end of the game.
China are expected to take on Angola during New Year's holidays.