On February 15, the 2022 Asian Badminton Team Championships will officially kick off in Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor, Malaysia. As the intercontinental qualifier of this year's Tangyou Cup, it has received the attention and attention of many teams, especially the host Malaysian team, who played in the main force and looked forward to winning the championship at home. The traditional strong team China is absent due to the epidemic, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and other teams, have not sent the main team members to participate, with the second team to play their purpose is very clear, that is, the use of international competitions to train troops.
As the leader of the host Malaysia, Li Zijia, who is known as Li Zongwei's successor, made remarks before the game, which caused heated discussion about him from the outside world. Previously, because he wanted to fly alone, he became a free man from the national team, and was banned for two years by the malaysian feather general, but after many communications between the two sides, the ban was lifted, and the official expressed his understanding and support, and Li Zijia did not forget the kindness, this Asian group competition, he returned to the national team, trained and prepared together, and strived to help Malaysia achieve good results at the doorstep.
Since the results of the pre-match draw group came out, the Malaysian men's team was divided into Group B with Japan, Singapore and Kazakhstan, so a new topic was born, Li Zijia revenge the new world championship champion Luo Jianyou! At the World Championships at the end of last year, Luo Jianyou soared into the sky and won the men's singles championship of the World Badminton Championships, creating a new history of badminton in Singapore. In the second half of last year, Li Zijia and Luo Jianyou fought twice, and the result was that Li Zijia lost without exception. Now the two have the opportunity to meet in the first game of the New Year, each other as the number one men's singles of each team, the game is bound to take the lead, so Li Zijia is full of confidence, "Of course, I want revenge, and Jianyou is very eager to defend his world championship status, we both don't want to lose this game." Li Zijia hopes that through victory, self-confidence can be enhanced.
For the results and goals of the Asian team competition, Li Zijia was even more ambitious, saying that "not reaching the final is failure!" "In his opinion, because many teams have not sent the main force to participate, so for Malaysia, the difficulty is not so big, the team can at least advance to the final, or even win the championship, is the most basic goal." If we fail to qualify for the final, then our journey can be seen as a failure and my mission is a failure, after all, I think our squad is the strongest. Li Zijia said. According to the schedule, starting from February 15, the group stage will be held successively until the 18th, starting from February 19 to enter the semi-finals, and the final champion will be decided on February 20, and the top three teams can qualify for this year's Tangyou Cup.