The U20 Asian Cup match between the National Youth Team and South Korea was over, and the process was proud, but the result was regrettable, with China equalizing with a penalty kick from South Korea after leading 1-0, and the two sides did not decide. After entering extra time, the Chinese team players were exhausted and began to collapse, and the South Korean team scored 2 goals in a row to seal the victory, and finally entered the last four of the Asian Cup 3-1, and also won the World Youth Championship place. It has to be said that the South Korean team is indeed the best team in Asia, and it is much better than the Chinese team in terms of ball control and pressing. But the South Korean team can advance, but also need to thank the referee, in the round can be judged or not, the referee decided to give the South Korean team a penalty, which directly changed the trend of the game, without this penalty, now it is the Chinese team that is celebrating the victory, the result of the game has been decided, people are very helpless.
This game, the Chinese team can be described as "exhausted", it is really too tragic. The five players of the national youth team were replaced one after another due to cramps and could not stick to the game, which was too tired, because the defensive counterattack tactics were already physically demanding, and the players kept running between the front and back courts, which was indeed a big test. The substitutes on the pitch are very young and have no major game experience, which is one of the reasons for the collapse of the Chinese team.
Moreover, head coach Antonio was also turned red in the last minute for questioning the referee and was directly sent off. It is precisely because he attaches importance to this game that he cares so much about the victory and defeat, and the players will fight so hard, and goalkeeper Li Hao cried sadly after the game, which made people feel distressed. In short, this time the national youth team's Asian Cup trip, although it failed to get a place in the World Youth Championship, has been extremely successful, allowing fans to see the hope of the rise of Chinese football.
However, after the South Korean team advanced to the last four 3-1, the Korean media publicly mocked the Chinese team for playing dirty and unsportsmanship, and used words like "Shaolin football" to describe the Chinese men's football team. As everyone knows, the South Korean team was the protagonist of the 2022 World Cup shady, which is also considered to be the darkest World Cup in history, directly guaranteeing South Korea to the top 4, the referee blatantly favored the South Korean team, and even many intentional injuries were not punished.
Korean media wrote, "The Chinese team's defense was not organized and did not pressure through individual ability, but in an impudent and dirty way of playing, they used jerseys and rough tackles to bring down South Korean players in the first half." The technical gap between the two teams in this match was obvious, the Chinese team did not have sportsmanship, the Korean team was also difficult, and in the end, the more focused South Korean team won the game." And the Korean media also used "Shaolin football" to describe the Chinese men's football team, "China U20 also completely lost in terms of game etiquette, they used the radical style of "Shaolin football" to play with the Korean team, and even the Chinese team manager Antonio was sent off."
I have to say that the Korean media's face is really thick, and the normal physical confrontation is said by them to be dirty kicking, and when it comes to the dirtiest team in football, it must be the Korean team. In the 2002 World Cup, teams such as Portugal and Italy were secretly calculated by the South Korean team, and these European powerhouses knew that they would not want to play with the South Korean team, and when Ronaldo went to South Korea, he was not even willing to play. But in the World Cup that year, the referee was indifferent, and the South Korean team reached the last four of the World Cup, almost guaranteed. And many fans have also expressed their views on the remarks of the Korean media, "The South Korean team's penalty is far-fetched", "In terms of sports, the Korean team plays dirty and unique", "It is not a penalty given by the referee, there is no need to play overtime", "Have you forgotten the 2002 World Cup, the skin is really thick".