On March 23, Beijing time, the first round of the Dubai Cup, Japan's U21 team won a small and big game, 1-0 victory over Croatia U23, and won the opening. Such a game once again makes people see the gap between Chinese and Japanese football. In this game, "Japan's first high school student" Matsuki Jiusheng performed very eye-catching.
This Dubai Cup, Asia including China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Thailand and other teams are participating, the only representative of European teams is Croatia, this competition is basically U23 teams to play, Japan is U21 to participate in the competition.
As a result, in the first round of the match, there was a very amazing result, Japan U21 beat Croatia U23 1-0 with a small hit! Among them, Japan's 20-year-old striker Yutaro Oda scored the only goal of the game. It is worth mentioning that Yutaro Oda currently plays for Kobe Victory Boats F.C. And for the J-League player to be able to score, thanks to the help of the 18-year-old Matsuki Jiusheng, who is only a high school student, of course, is also known as "Japan's first high school student", it is reported that it has aroused the attention of the outside world, may join the five major leagues.
All in all, this game once again proves the strength of Japanese youth training, perhaps Japanese football is not yet able to catch up with the world's top teams, but the youth training has embarked on the right path, the players cultivated are basically very qualified or even have great potential, and it is not surprising that the five major league players are mass-produced.
After playing against Croatia, Japan will also play against Qatar. This game The Chinese team is U23 to play, this U23 national football team is also a long time gone, has not appeared in the international competition for a long time, this time the Chinese team is to find positioning, of course, may also be looking for gaps. The Chinese team will compete with the United Arab Emirates and Thailand successively.