Entering the 2022 Year of Chinese Football, especially the Chinese men's football team can be described as a mountain of pressure. After the fiasco to Vietnam on the first day of the Chinese New Year, he became a "sinner" referred to by thousands of people. Originally, with the passage of time, the anger of the fans was slowly dissipated. However, on the eve of the national football team's expedition to West Asia, there was another "Feng Gong War", which once again pushed the national football team to the cusp of the storm. In this way, the national football team led by Li Xiaopeng can be described as doubling the pressure, making this expedition to West Asia a bit unsuccessful and becoming a ren.
Fortunately, this time to go to West Asia is also the U23 national football team led by Jankovic, which is what we often call the national Olympic team. This time, the U23 national football expedition to West Asia was invited to participate in the Dubai Cup. Although this competition is on a par with the World Preliminary Round, it has also reduced a lot of pressure on Li Xiaopeng to some extent. To put it bluntly, even if it fails miserably, there are people who share the firepower.
As the head coach of the U23 national football team, Jankovic is also well aware of this. In order to avoid becoming the target of thousands of fingers, when the team arrived in Sharjah, Jankovic stressed to the players of the U23 national football team during training: there must be a sense of mission to play for the country. Combined with the current public pressure created by fans and the media, tell the players: hard work, sacrifice and support is a cycle, but before gaining the support of the people of the whole country, we should first fight and sacrifice.
In order to test the results of training during the training camp and the understanding of the players' team's "hard work and sacrifice". Last night, the U23 national football team and the UAE Waheda had a warm-up match. In this match, Wahda sent the strongest squad composed of Brazilian foreign aid + Portuguese foreign aid + first team main + U21 players. And Yangkovic also sent all the main forces, Han Jiaqi, Wu Shaocong, and Jiang Shenglong, who were drawn from the national football team, all started.
In the first half, the U23 national center-back released the foul and gave the opponent a penalty. In the second half, forward Fang Hao "Messi possessed" 3 people in a row, the shot hit the upright, and Chen Guokang made up for the shot. In the end, the two teams shook hands in a 1-1 draw. After the game, Jankovic was also very satisfied with the performance of the players, affirming the hard work and sacrifice spirit of the players on the field, and praising the mental outlook of the players.
Although, the U23 national football team failed to win the opponent in this game. However, the 1-1 score can also be accepted by fans and the media, especially the players have regained their spirit on the field and let the fans see the positive side. It is no exaggeration to say that this 1-1 can be said to be a model for the big brothers of the national football team. Next, the pressure may come to Li Xiaopeng's side again. Next, once the national football team collapses in the game, the little brothers of the U23 national football team may not share the firepower. Therefore, Li Xiaopeng's guidance should also quickly popularize the concept of hard work and sacrifice to the international footballers, so that they know that hard work, sacrifice and support is a cycle, but before gaining the support of the people of the whole country, we should first fight and sacrifice.