On April 18, Beijing time, the initial match schedule of this year's East Asian Cup was released, and the men's and women's football teams faced the South Korean men's football team and the Taiwan Provincial Women's Football Team on the first day of the competition.
Since the qualification for the home stadium has been waived, this tournament will most likely be played in South Korea.
Although both men's and women's football teams will participate in this competition, their goals are different. The Chinese women's football team will launch a shock to the championship while warming up for the World Cup. The Chinese men's football team must strive to score points while avoiding three consecutive defeats.
According to the rules of the East Asian Cup, this year was supposed to be played at the home of the national football team.
However, under the current circumstances, neither Japan nor South Korea can stay in the country for too long. The special circumstances in the country will not allow such a small competition to be able to have foreigners participate. Therefore, the Football Association gave up its qualification to host. Previous news, South Korea may be the host.
If it is South Korea hosting, then it will be them who have become the hosts for two consecutive years. In the last edition in Busan, the South Korean team finally defeated the Japanese team and won the championship with three consecutive wins.
The last East Asian Cup was the debut of coach Li Tie. The Chinese team lost to Japan and South Korea respectively, and beat Hong Kong to take third place. In the match against the Korean and Japanese teams, the national football team except Dong Xuesheng scored a goal and tomorrow's shot hit the threshold, the other players performed average. It's no surprise that the team has lost consecutive games.
In this tournament, the team may send U23 players. However, considering that the timing of the game is very close to the Asian Games, the players who go out may also change. After all, the primary goal of the U23 national football team is the Asian Games, not the East Asian Cup.
It is now known that Japan is likely to send U23 to the East Asian Cup, and South Korea is the national team.
But even in U23, the goal of the national football team is still to strive for points.
In the first game, they will meet the host South Korea team, and the team needs to concede fewer goals. In the second battle, they will meet Hong Kong, China, which is a game that needs to be won. In the final game, they will meet their Japanese peers. In the Dubai Cup competition, the performance of the Japanese U23 team is much higher than that of the U23 national football team.
Unlike men's soccer, women's soccer schedules range from easy to difficult. In the second and third matches, their opponents were South Korea and Japan respectively. At present, the Chinese women's football team, the Japanese women's football team and the Korean women's football team have all entered the World Cup. This tournament is also their best warm-up opportunity before the World Cup.
There is no women's super league arrangement in July, and the Chinese women's football team will definitely play as the main force. The next Asian Games, the Japanese and South Korean women's football team, is still the biggest obstacle for the Chinese women's football team to win the gold medal.
Men's Soccer Arrangement:
July 20 at 20:00 p.m. China vs South Korea
July 23 at 19:20 p.m. China vs Hong Kong
July 27 at 19:20 p.m. China vs Japan
Women's Football Arrangement:
July 20 at 16:30 p.m. China vs Taipei Province, China
July 24 at 15:00 p.m. China vs South Korea
July 26 at 18:20 p.m. China vs Japan
Due to the postponement of the Korean Women's Football League due to the epidemic, it is still unknown whether the East Asian Cup can be held as scheduled. Since the New Year, Japan has been strict about immigration. In the previous World Preliminary Round, the Korean translation of the Vietnamese team was forcibly quarantined by Japan and did not participate in the match against the Japanese team.
Once the postponement leads to conflicts between the competition and the Asian Games or insufficient isolation time, the Chinese men's and women's football team may not participate.
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