Sports: U23 national football team received an invitation to participate in the Dubai Cup, whether it can participate is yet to be approved

According to the "Sports Weekly" news, the Chinese U23 men's football team received an invitation to participate in the Dubai Cup, but whether it can participate has yet to be approved.

The Dubai Cup is an international youth invitational tournament founded by the UAE Football Association in 2017, which is played in late March every year using the international match day window, and the Chinese U23 national football team participated in the inaugural tournament in 2017 and won the runner-up. The event will be suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and will be restarted this year.

This year, the UAE Football Association plans to invite 8 teams to participate, namely China, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Vietnam, the host UAE and the only European team Croatia, the tournament is scheduled to be held in Dubai from March 20 to 28, the specific format is still uncertain, but the Chinese U23 national football team will play at least 3 matches if it participates.

For the Chinese 99 age group U23 national football team, this is a rare opportunity to exercise, the team has not participated in international competitions for 2 years, and in September this year, they will participate in the Asian Games, if the game does not arrange a warm-up before the game to play the Asian Games, the result may not be ideal, then I am afraid it will cause more intense shocks.

Now the invitation to participate in the Dubai Cup, for the U23 national football team more than the disadvantages, while the participating teams are mostly the U23 Asian Cup participating teams, but also the Asian Games age-appropriate team, which allows the U23 national football team to fully assess the more realistic level and level in Asia. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the national team going out to play is not a decision at the level of the Football Association, and whether the Chinese team can make the trip still needs to wait for the approval of the relevant parties.

(Luke)