Just when the outside world is discussing the development direction of Chinese football, many opponents in Asia are already in the process of development and progress, the most obvious is Southeast Asian football, many teams have long been not the identity of "fish belly", the Vietnamese team is an obvious example, not only to advance to the top 12, but also in the recent game to defeat the Chinese men's football team, completely removed the "fish belly" hat. Not only that, another Southeast Asian powerhouse, Thailand, has overpowered the Vietnamese team and re-stood at the top of Southeast Asian football.
Not only that, in the recent Southeast Asia U23 Football Championship, the Laos team suddenly broke out, defeating the powerful Malaysian team 2-1, breaking the number one cold in this tournament. Due to the withdrawal of Myanmar and Indonesia, so the second group is only Laos and Malaysia, after weighing, SOUTHEAST Asian Football Federation did not make up the team, but took only 2 teams two legs of the way, the winner won the first place in the group, although the game is direct, but it is very cruel, before the game the outside world is almost optimistic about the strength of malaysia easy to qualify.
After the start of the game, Malaysia and Laos in the midfield berled, the former's technical and tactical advantages are more obvious, but the Lao team is tenacious enough, took the initiative to play a defensive counterattack, in the final stage of the first half, Malaysia seized the opportunity to set the ball, Servan received a tactical corner in the penalty area to shoot the goal, Malaysia 1 goal lead to end the first half; despite the score, the Lao team did not rush in the second half, but continued to fight back to find the opponent loophole, and finally equalized in the 56th minute.
After the score was tied, the Malaysian team changed its mentality, there were many mistakes in the passing and matching, and the Lao team completed the kill in the 79th minute, and the big reversal upset defeated the Malaysian team, gaining a two-legged lead and expecting to directly qualify for the semi-finals. The number one contributor to the victory was Laos coach Weiss, the German manager's tactical changes have disrupted the rhythm of Malaysia, although the victory was achieved, but far from celebrating, the two sides will usher in the second leg of the meeting on February 21, which is a life-and-death battle. At present, the performance of this LaoS U23 team needs to attract the attention of the Football Association, and it may become a major competitor in the future, the two teams compete, and the Chinese men's football team may not be fully sure of winning.