China's U23 national football team is about to travel to West Asia to prepare for this year's Dubai Cup U23 Youth Championship. Recently, the organizers of the Dubai Cup event temporarily adjusted the schedule to change the second round of the Chinese U23 national football team from Vietnam to Thailand. As for why the schedule suddenly changed, the Vietnamese media gave a surprising answer: it was because the Chinese Football Association was "afraid" of facing the Vietnamese team.
Vietnamese media kenh14 revealed that they have received information from sources confirming that the Dubai Cup schedule has been adjusted because of the requirements of the Chinese Football Association. The media pointed out: "The change in the schedule of the Dubai Cup came from the influence of the Chinese Football Association, which demanded a change in the opponents of the Chinese team in the second round of matches, and was eventually accepted by the tournament organizers. ”
"According to the original schedule, Vietnam will play against China on March 26, and the two teams have just met in the World Preliminary Round, so it will be an interesting match, but this long-awaited match has been cancelled due to the schedule adjustment."
As for why the Chinese Football Association asked the Dubai Cup organizers to change the schedule, the Vietnamese media unceremoniously believed that this was because they were afraid of meeting with the Vietnamese team: "In the last game, the Chinese team lost 1-3 in the Face of the Vietnamese team, and they generally had no confidence in whether the U23 national football team could defeat Vietnam. For the Chinese team, it is a good thing to avoid the Vietnamese team at this time, because if it cannot defeat Vietnam, or even lose another game, then Chinese football will really be humiliated. ”
Previously, some domestic media said that the reason why the schedule was changed was because the organizers of the Dubai Cup were afraid that the Vietnamese team would temporarily withdraw, but the Vietnamese media ruthlessly refuted it: "This statement is groundless, the vietnamese team is currently very healthy, there is no reason to withdraw from the competition, the so-called adjustment of the schedule due to fear of 'withdrawal' is completely nonsense." ”
At present, the second opponent of the U23 national football team in the Dubai Cup has been changed to Thailand. According to the Format of the Dubai Cup, after two rounds of matches, qualifying will be based on the team's record, so the opponents of the U23 national football team in qualifying depend on the performance of the first two games, and in theory, there is indeed a possibility of completely avoiding The Vietnamese team.