The Asian Games men's football team should be "tough" to South Korea! Jiu Shuai is very eager for Zhu Chenjie's comeback, and Dai Weijun retreats?

After eliminating Qatar in the men's 1/8 final of the Hangzhou Asian Games on September 27, the Chinese men's Asian Games team did not arrange training the next day, thus preparing for the 1/4 final against South Korea on October 1. The two main players at the back Gao Tianyi and central defender Jiang Shenglong were suspended, and coach Gyurjevic had to use the only two outdoor training sessions before the game to choose a replacement, and he was also very eager for central defender Zhu Chenjie to return as soon as possible. Of course, in the view of the national football Asian Games team, no matter how the lineup is deployed, the team needs to be prepared to "fight" the South Korean team.

In the Hangzhou Asian Games men's 1/8 final on the evening of the 27th, the Chinese men's Asian Games team defeated Qatar 1-0 with Tao Qianglong's goal, but unfortunately, the main central defender Jiang Shenglong was sent off by the referee for his uncalm behavior. And the main backman Gao Tianyi was also suspended due to the accumulation of 2 yellow cards, which has to be said to be the loss of the national football Asian Games team.

However, there is no point in dwelling on the past, the Chinese men's Asian Games team must race against time to prepare, and the coaching staff also needs to find suitable candidates to replace the two absent players as soon as possible. In the two international warm-up matches played in Jinhua in June this year, the Chinese men's Asian Games team lost 1-3 to South Korea and won 1-0. However, this time Jiang Shenglong is suspended, and whether Zhu Chenjie can make a comeback is still inconclusive, so the difficulties faced by the Chinese men's Asian Games team this time are self-evident.

However, the victory of the brave has always been the common rule in international football. The men's Asian Games team, which successfully "swiped" and ranked among the top 8, has completed the guarantee task of this Asian Games in a sense, in this case, the whole team can put down the ideological baggage to face the South Korean team.

Relatively speaking, the South Korean team is under more pressure. As the defending champion, coach Hwang Sun-hong recruited four players who participated in the Qatar World Cup, including Lee Gang-in, Baek Seung-ho and Jung Youying, and if he could not defend the title, it would mean a failure in this competition. In addition, South Korean players are exempt from military service only if they win the championship, so their players are actually under a lot of pressure. After the warm-up rematch between China and South Korea on June 19, the losing South Korean players even refused to shake hands with the Chinese team, and they couldn't afford to lose.

After the 1/8 final, Huang Shanhong said about the promotion of the Chinese men's Asian team: "This is a situation that I fully expected, if we can't overcome the pressure of the crowded spectators, then we won't be eligible to win the gold medal." For the South Korean team, the men's Asian Games team is very unified in their thinking, in the words of one team member, "fight with them to the end, until the last minute of the game." ”

According to the plan, the Chinese men's Asian Games team will resume training on the afternoon of the 29th. Zhu Chenjie, who has missed three consecutive games, has not been able to participate in the team's joint training before, and whether he can return in the 1/4 final depends on whether he can return to the team's joint training lineup in the past two days. As for who will replace Gao Tianyi's position, the coaching staff does not rule out the possibility of withdrawing Dai Weijun's position and partnering Wang Haijian with a double back.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Zhao

Editor/Wang Haozhou