After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Tajikistan joined FIFA in 1994, and after independence, the highland country of Tajikistan deepened its youth training and is widely believed to replicate the model of vietnamese football's rise in the coming years.
Despite being a neighbor of China, Chinese fans have limited knowledge of Tajikistan, and Saeva, a 21-year-old who was once popular on the Internet, is a Tajikistan native
In the 2016 Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese team with a luxurious lineup of Huang Zhengyu, Lin Liangming, Zhang Yuning, Yang Liyu and Hu Jinghang lost 0-2 to Tajikistan in the group stage, and finally finished out at the bottom with 1 draw and 2 losses. Tajikistan stepped on the Chinese team to reach the quarter-finals. It is worth mentioning that the host of this year's Vietnamese team 1-0, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iran at the same time and participated in the 2017 World Youth Championships in South Korea for the first time.
China's national teams at all levels have now lost the ability to attack and defend their headers, and have been repeatedly scored by Asian opponents. In the 2016 Asian Youth Championship, he was scored by a Tajik header to seal the victory
In the 2018 Asian Youth Championship, with Tao Qianglong, Liu Ruovan, Guo Tianyu 3 forwards plus Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie town defensive defense, the Luxury Squad led the Chinese team still lost 0-1 to Tajikistan, was eliminated in the early round of the group, and missed the World Youth Championship for 14 consecutive years. Tajikistan continued to step on the Chinese team to reach the quarter-finals.
Tajikistan players single-handedly broke the Chinese team's six-man backline
In the 2018 Asian Junior Championship, the Chinese team was eliminated in advance in the qualifiers. Tajikistan beat South Korea and Lost to Japan to finish second in Asia and reach the 2019 U17 World Cup. In the 2019 U17 World Cup, Tajikistan defeated Cameroon despite being in the same group as Spain, Argentina and Cameroon, which are the world's giants. It was not until the last round that Argentina squeezed out Tajikistan.
In a 1-0 win over the African Lions Cameroon, the manager's free-kick tactical design was very creative and threatening, leaving Cameroon devastated
In the 2019 U16 Central Asian Cup, Tajikistan was forced to draw by Uzbekistan in the opener, and the remaining four games won four consecutive victories, including a 3-0 victory over Iran.
In the 2020 Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese team with The luxurious lineup of Tao Qianglong, He Xiangyu, Zhu Chenjie and Wen Jiabao even failed to score, and was eliminated in the qualifier stage, missing the Asian Youth Championship for the first time in 26 years.