The East Asian Cup fierce battle is in full swing, our national football team has opened a new round of the journey, the first game against the sworn enemy South Korea, the result is seen by everyone, Jankovic's team 0:3 tragically kept a clean sheet by the opponent, suffered the opening black of this East Asian Cup, and set two major humiliating records:
First, the international A-class competition for 8 consecutive games without embarrassment, 8 games, 3 draws and 5 losses, a 21-year shame record, in 2001, the national football team once created an embarrassing record of 7 consecutive international A-class matches.
Second, in the past 44 years, the biggest score loss in the battle between China and South Korea (net loss of 3 goals).
The first game 0:3 defeat, this U23 player as the team of the new national football team although did not bring us surprises, but it is gratifying that Guangzhou City 23-year-old young goalkeeper Han Jiaqi still played a relatively good, many times staged wonderful saves, 3 goals conceded and he is not directly related, if it were not for his excellent play, I am afraid that more than 3 goals, this is still worth affirming.
Now, after the baptism of the bitter host South Korea team's 3-goal victory, waiting for the national football team will be a bigger test, and we will face another big bitter host Japan team next.
On the evening of July 24, Beijing time, the second round of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese men's football team will face the powerful host Japan team away. In the first match, the Japanese team swept Through Hong Kong, China 6-0, and Yuki Soma, Takuma Nishimura and Tsutomu Machino scored 2 goals, showing the strong attacking power of the former Asian overlords, while the national football team defeated the South Korean team 0:3.
Since the first East Asian Cup in 2003, the former Asian hegemon Japan team has won only one championship (2013), 5 runners-up (2003, 2005, 2008, 2017 and 2019), one third place (2010), one palace army (2015), unfortunately, 3 times as the host have not been able to win the cup, this year's fourth time as the host, the second crown in the history of the sword finger team.
The Japanese team has reached the Qatar World Finals, this East Asian Cup is mainly a run-in lineup, preparing for the Qatar World Cup in November, and striving to win the championship as the host, the team is currently winning 5 consecutive wins in all competitions, has maintained 12 unbeaten games, the last loss was in October 2021, when the World Cup qualifiers in the Asian zone 12, 0:1 defeat to Saudi Arabia; The team is now ranked 24th in the world and 2nd in Asia, with a total value of 23.35 million euros, and the strength of the team is obviously absolutely dominant.
The Chinese men's football team has won two championships in the history of the East Asian Cup (2005, 2010), and won two runners-up (2013, 2015), plus four third places (2003, 2008, 2017, 2019), and the historical record of the East Asian Cup is slightly better than that of the host Japan team.
However, the team did not qualify for the Qatar World Finals, currently suffering from 8 unbeaten + 2 consecutive defeats in all competitions, and is now ranked 78th in the world and 11th in Asia, with a total value of 3.73 million euros, only 1/7 of the opponent Japan, and the strength is obviously at a disadvantage.
What is even more desperate is that in the historical confrontation, the national football team is also obviously in the inferior position, the two teams have met nearly 12 times, the national football team win-loss ratio is 1:7, the record is only 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss, the current encounter with the Japanese team 4 consecutive kills, against the Japanese team has been 8 games unbeaten, the last victory over the opponent, also back to 2005, when the East Asian Games 2:1 narrowly defeated the Japanese team, setting a 17-year unbeaten shame record.
Faced with such a large gap, Jankovic and his disciples can only do their best to play their own level, as for the result of the game is insignificant, the goal scored in this game is a victory, what is the final outcome? We'll see!
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