On April 19, Beijing time, the official news of the Japanese Football Association said that the East Asian Cup will be held in Japan in July. According to the previous regulations, the 2022 East Asian Cup was originally scheduled to be held in China from July 19 to 27. However, China eventually gave up the right to host this competition, and there is a high probability that it will strategically abandon this event, and it is reported that the national football team will not play, but the U23 national football team will participate. Judging from the performance of the AFC Champions League, the tragedy is inevitable?
The East Asian Cup men's teams are Japan, South Korea, China and Hong Kong, china, and the women's football team is Japan, China, South Korea and Chinese Taipei. Because the East Asian Cup has limited teams, it is generally held in a rotation between China, Japan and South Korea, and the original 2022 East Asian Cup has been finalized in China, but China has chosen to give up.
In fact, this is no surprise, because the important round of 12 matches, the national football team has given up all of its home stadiums. In addition, in the round of 40 matches, the national football team also gave up the last 3 home games. To put it simply, the national football team has 8 home games that cannot be carried out, counting the East Asian Cup, 11 consecutive home games, all changed to other places.
In addition to giving up the right to host, the national football team will also strategically abandon this competition, and it is reported that it will send a U23 national team to participate. Previously, the U23 national football team even gave up participating in the U23 Asian Cup. From the perspective of the AFC Champions League, tragic events may be difficult to avoid. Of course, considering that the gap between the strength and weakness of the 4 teams is obvious, the Chinese team has strategically abandoned, and the Japanese team will also send u21 teams to participate. Of course, Japan's U21 has just won the Dubai Cup before, and its strength is very prominent.
The East Asian Cup was originally the best opportunity for Chinese football to find a gap with Japanese and South Korean football, because the current national football team cannot compete with the First Team of Japan and South Korea in the World Preliminary Round. The loss of this opportunity is undoubtedly regrettable.