The Dubai Cup is the first appearance of the 99-year-old national football team in 2 and a half years, and the result is a contest with the United Arab Emirates, and the performance of the U23 national football team can only be described as poor. It is worth mentioning that the U23 national football team is the ultimate beneficiary of the professional league U23 policy, and it is the beneficiary from beginning to end, but it is clear that this policy does not bring progress, but promotes the growth of seedlings. Early appearances in professional leagues, but did not form a fighting force.
Since the implementation of the U23 policy of the Chinese Football Association for many years, although players in the 96-98 age group are beneficiaries, this is limited by various factors such as the Olympic preliminary round, and there are many players in the 97 age group, while there are few players in the 96 and 98 age groups. Due to the task of the Asian Games, many players in the 99 age group were promoted to the first team by major clubs in advance and got the opportunity to play.
In the match with the UAE U23, including two full-backs Wen Jiabao and Wu Shaocong, both have been trained in the Chinese Super League for many years, but as the "veteran" of this team, the performance of both is not satisfactory. Wen Jiabao made many passing mistakes in the absence of confrontation, and Wu Shaocong made many mistakes in defense, and it was his mistakes that led to the loss of the ball.
Since most of the time, the Chinese team is suppressed by the opponent, there are not too many bright spots in the attack, but the UAE team of the same age group has more opportunities. Although the pre-match domestic media reports generally said that Yankovic repeatedly emphasized the morale of the players, and to carry out a counterattack in the front court, during the implementation process, the players were also trying their best to complete the tactical arrangement of the coach, but it was difficult to achieve results.
As the host team of the Hangzhou Asian Games, after the implementation of the U23 policy for many years, the 99-year-old national football team ushered in the first international competition in 2 and a half years, facing the host UAE, which is of average strength, but did not show the "dividends" brought by the policy, for Chinese football, the future is more worrying.