Many national teams of the Chinese men's football team have carried out long-term training and made every effort to grind the team, and the National Olympic Team (U22 National Football Team) is the team with the longest long-term training time. Olympic coach Cheng Yaodong arrived in Europe with a group of players from March and did not end until June. At the beginning of June, the National Olympic Games is about to end European training, Beijing time on June 2, good news from Europe, the recent performance of the National Olympic Games is getting better and better, the players adapted to the rhythm of the game with European high-level teams, and the world power Croatia U23 completed a matchup, and drew 1-1, once led 1-0 in the game, but was tied in the final stage.
According to the well-known media "Sports Weekly" reporter Ma Dexing, the match between the National Olympic Games and Croatia U23 is a FIFA B-level event, Croatia U23 is older than the National Olympic Games, and the overall strength is also very strong, which is a good opportunity for the National Olympic Games. The Olympic coach chose to use the 4231 lineup system, and the tactics were biased towards defense.
The starting lineup is led by Hu Hetao, Jia Xianwei, Wang Jinshuai, Liu Junxian and others. Liu Junxian played as a single arrow, Jia Fanfan, Liu Zhurun, He Longhai partnered with three forwards, Duan Dezhi and Liang Weipeng partnered with double back, Hu Haotao, Liang Shaowen, Jin Shunkai and Chen Yuhao partnered as four defenders, and goalkeeper Wang Jinshuai. Abra Khan missed the match due to injury, and Zhu Qiwen, He Xiaoke, Jia Boyan, Baihe Lamu, Mutalipu, Yang Zihao and others were all given the opportunity to come off the bench.
In the game, the performance of the national Olympic team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was still very resilient, withstanding the strong attack of Croatia U23, and playing 0-0 with Croatia U23 in the first half. In the second half, the national Olympic did not change the first time and maintained the starting system, the Croatian U23 coach was dissatisfied with the starting forward, and replaced the No. 9 striker at the beginning of the second half to strengthen the offensive on the field. In the 61st minute of the game, Guoao changed for the first time, replacing 3 key players in one go, He Xiaoke, Yang Zihao, Zhu Qiwenqi appeared, Hu Hetao, Liang Weipeng and He Longhai were replaced.
Midfielder Zhu Qiwen from Shanghai Shenhua performed amazingly, coming off the bench to complete the goal in just one minute, and directly shot from a distance to the world wave goal, a brilliant kick to help Guoao take a 1-0 lead, the goal was very exciting, and received a cheer from the scene. The national Olympic team kept the score until the final stage, but unfortunately until the 90+2nd minute of the game, the defense did not withstand the pressure, Croatia U23 was also scored by substitutes, substitute No. 22 player Sevili also completed a long-range shot from outside the box, the ball passed through the crack and sneaked into the net, and the national Olympic regret was drawn 1-1 by Croatia U23.
The draw with the world's best teams proves that this group of young players has not practiced in vain for a long time. According to the training plan, the National Olympic Games continued to play against the Croatian team on June 3. In this period of training, the National Olympic Games has completed a total of 3 national team level matches, the previous 2 games were all lost, 1-2 Montenegro U21, 0-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21, these two matches were completed in the early stage of training, when it was basically a substitute lineup, Hu Hetao, Mu Talifu, He Xiaoke, Jia Boyan and others were not in the team. Due to the high turnover of personnel during the training for about 3 months, the core of the training of the National Olympic coaching staff is to tap potential stocks, run in a group of new talents promoted from the National Youth Games, and at the same time create a lineup system framework belonging to the National Olympic Games to impact the Olympic Preliminary Round.
The draw for the first stage of the Olympic Qualifiers (U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers) has been completed, and the Olympic Games have drawn the ideal group, which is in Group G with the United Arab Emirates, Maldives and India, which will start in September. It can be seen that the National Olympic Games has entered the key link of preparation, and the original plan was that the National Olympic Games would participate in the Panda Cup in mid-June to continue to train the team, but due to venue problems, it was forced to cancel, and the National Olympic Games would re-plan the warm-up exercise schedule.