1 win and 11 losses! The National Olympic Games fell into the group of death, and was openly retaliated against by the AFC, but they could only suffer a dumb loss
On November 23, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the U23 Asian Cup came to a successful conclusion. The ceremony ended quite successfully, but the draw for the Chinese Olympic team was not satisfactory at all. Although the National Olympic team in the 4th gear will inevitably enter the group of death, everyone has long been mentally prepared for this, but when the draw results came out, the Chinese football circle was full of mourning, and this group of death was really too dead to die. Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates are the strongest opponents in the first, second and third gears respectively. It is no exaggeration to say that now this national Olympic team has almost no chance to break through from the group.
After the first draw with the United Arab Emirates, in the face of the weak Indian team, the National Olympic team won 2-1 at the last moment, and finally won the second place in the group with better results on goal difference, and advanced to the U23 Asian Cup in a thrilling manner. The main competition, which will start next year, is also a qualifier for the Paris Olympics.
The host country, Qatar, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan are the four seeded teams, the second team is Australia, South Korea, Iraq, and Vietnam, the third team is Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, and Kuwait, and the Chinese team is in the same fourth pot as Indonesia, Tajikistan, and Malaysia. As a result, the three strongest opponents all let the national Olympic team catch up.
The Japanese team has basically no opponents in Asia now, and some time ago, the Japanese team's U23 team even defeated Argentina with a small fight, which is completely at the level of the world's top teams. South Korea may not be among the best in the world, but the Asian Games champions proved that they still have plenty of reserves. Perhaps the only hope of breaking hands in the Olympic Games is the United Arab Emirates, but although the two sides drew in the qualifiers, the National Olympic scene is completely at a disadvantage. The strength of these three opponents is obviously above the national Olympic team.
In fact, looking back on the past period of time, China's national teams are not very friendly in terms of drawing lots or the referee's judgment on the field. Not to mention far away, let's just say that the world preliminaries hosted South Korea, but the national football team suffered away treatment and was frantically targeted by West Asian referees. An inexplicable penalty, multiple counterattacks were blown off, and it was clear that you were black.
It's the same with this draw, arranging a group of death leaves you with no chance, but Chinese football can only suffer a dumb loss. Because he offended the AFC by giving up the bid for the Asian Cup, and after Du Zhaocai failed to run for FIFA council, the AFC has no one left. What's even more ironic is that Du Zhaocai, who originally advocated giving up the bid for the Asian Cup and lost the election, is now in prison.
In history, the national Olympic team has participated in a total of 4 Asian Cups, all of which were eliminated after playing three group games, with a record of 1 win and 11 losses in 12 games. The only time the Olympic team won was the 2018 U23 Asian Cup, when the national Olympic team beat Oman 3-0 in their opening game, with Wei Shihao scoring three goals alone. As a result, after losing to Uzbekistan, the final round of life and death was clearly blacked by the referee, and he lost to Qatar and missed the qualification. It is foreseeable that in the next four years, the AFC will not give Chinese football a good face, after all, it has offended others.
As for the national Olympic team led by Cheng Yaodong, it is the national youth who played in the second division two years ago and went to Europe to train, which can be called the weakest in history. In the last two warm-up matches, the National Olympic Games faced Tajikistan with 1 draw and 1 loss. Therefore, instead of attacking the Paris Olympics, it is better to treat these three group games as the main match of the Olympic Games, and the goal of scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning one game may be more appropriate.