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China and the Socceroos were using this friendly to prepare for the 2007 Asian Cup and the Socceroos should be more than pleased with the way things went in the match. The Socceroos were missing a number of key players including Tim Cahill and Vince Grella but all the same played some decent football for most of the match.
The Chinese team on the other hand had most of its key players in the team including Charlton striker Zheng Zhi but they looked disjointed and lacked ideas in the middle of the park especially in the first half. One key player missing for China though was PSV Eindhoven's Sun Xiang.
I thought Socceroos debuntants Carl Valeri and Shane Stefanutto had good games and should look forward to more Socceroos caps whilst Brett Holman's overall contribution was very good.
This was the kind of international friendly a lot of football fans have been asking for - a
friendly against Asian opposition and in Asia and it was a good preparation for the Asian
Cup and I think one or two more friendlies nearer the time would be also good.