After the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, from the players who were "shot", up to the General Administration of Sports, down to the Football Association, and then to the current situation of Chinese football, there are insults and in fact, there are reflections. Wu Xi's eating of sea cucumbers has been further amplified and has become an outlet for Chinese fans and the media. The Chinese women's Asian Cup victory and the national football team's loss to Vietnam have formed a particularly sharp contrast, leading many people to start shouting that women's football and men's football should be paid equally for equal work. In fact, this is unrealistic, because as the world's first sport, the influence of men's and women's football itself has a big gap. So, don't expect the women's soccer team to save Chinese football, that's impossible. But now, the national football team U23 has ushered in a chance to avenge the Vietnamese team, that is, the UAE Junior Invitational Tournament.
According to the news released by Ma Dexing, the UAE set up the "Youth Football Invitational Tournament" in 2017, once again inviting the national football team U23 to participate. There are 8 teams in total, namely China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iraq, Uzbekistan and Croatia.
Judging from the strength of the above 8 teams, it seems that the strength of the Chinese team is now the worst. At present, whether the national football team U23 will participate in this event is still waiting for the approval of the relevant departments. Previously, in the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, the national football team U23 gave up this event, the reason for which was the need for epidemic prevention and control. However, the national football team also went to West Asia to play the round of 12, so this reason is a bit far-fetched. Looking at the players in the 1999 age group, there are very few outstanding players, so if the players in this age group go to play the U23 Asian Cup, it is estimated that the results will not be good. Therefore, this time the relevant departments can approve this event, my heart is not very big.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the Chinese team and Croatia, in fact, the six teams are participating in the final round of the Asian Cup, and the competition that began in late March has great value for the above six teams. Of course, the training value of the Chinese team is also very large, because the national football team U23 is currently making full preparations for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, so this event has great training value for this team. However, it is uncertain whether the relevant departments will consider this.
If the national football team U23 participates in this event, they will have a great chance to meet the Vietnamese team, which is also the best time to avenge the Chinese adult national team. However, from the perspective of the strength of the two teams, also considering that Vietnam's U23 is the U20 three years ago, almost in the Asian Championships to make many people shine, so the national football U23 wants to play to win this team, its difficulty is even more difficult than the national football team to defeat the Vietnamese adult national team.