At the end of this month, China's U23 national football team will go to West Asia to participate in the 2022 Dubai Cup. According to the schedule, the U23 national football team was supposed to play against vietnam in the second round, but the organizers temporarily adjusted the schedule and replaced the opponent of the U23 national football team with thailand. Unexpectedly, this arrangement caused strong dissatisfaction among Thai fans.
According to the Vietnamese media "soha", the decision to change the opponent of the match is the Chinese Football Association, because they are afraid that once the U23 national football team loses to the Vietnamese team, it will cause more intense dissatisfaction among domestic fans, so they ask the tournament organizers to replace the opponent with the weaker Thailand, while the Vietnamese team will face Croatia. It was this news that made Thai fans feel that they were being slighted.
In the comments section, a Thai fan said bluntly: "What qualifications does the Chinese Football Association have to decide our opponent arrangement?" They were afraid to face the Vietnamese, and we in Thailand could only regret not having the opportunity to play croatia. ”
Another Thai fan said: "I envy Vietnam, they are very lucky to be able to compete against a high-level team like Croatia. On the other hand, facing an opponent of such strength as the Chinese team, this in itself is very obscure. Another fan commented: "The Chinese team may think that it is easy to beat the Thai team, which is interesting." In fact, Thailand is not worse than Vietnam, but unfortunately we can't play Croatia. ”
From the comments of these Thai fans, it is not difficult to see that they have not paid attention to the Chinese team at all, but they regret that they cannot play against the European powerhouse Croatia, which is a contemptuous attitude towards the Chinese team. You know, although Thai football has dominated Southeast Asia for a long time, in the official game, they have always played the role of the Chinese team's "sending points", and it is really unclear where the confidence of Thai fans comes from.
One thing is for sure, though, the U23 national football team will not play a very easy match with Thailand. After all, at the national team level, Thailand has beaten the Chinese national football team twice over the years, one of which happened at the China Cup three years ago. For this opponent, the U23 national football team must not be taken lightly.