As we all know, on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese men's football team lost to the Vietnamese team in the world preliminaries, refreshing the shame of the national football team and Southeast Asian teams. Now, on the night of New Year's Eve 2024, the Chinese men's football team lost 1-2 to Hong Kong, China in the warm-up match, once again refreshing the shameful record of the match.
Many fans may say that the Chinese men's football team's loss to the Hong Kong team is a big hit, but in fact, fans who know the recent situation of the Chinese men's football team will think that this is not a frequent upset at all. Objectively speaking, the current overall strength of the Chinese men's football team is also ranked at the end of the third-rate in Asia, and it is not surprising that it lost to the Hong Kong team of China with the same strength as teams such as Thailand and Malaysia.
I don't know if you have noticed that after Song Kai took office as the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, he did not make too many demands on the Chinese men's football team, and even when the World Cup qualifiers were being prepared and the Asian Cup, Song Kai and the Football Association did not give pressure to give results. From another perspective, Song Kai may have completely given up on the current Chinese men's football team.
Judging from the actual situation, it is not very likely to rely on the current Chinese men's football team to win the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup, or to get 8.5 places in the World Cup qualifiers. Therefore, even Song Kai, who is the new official who has taken office three times, did not put forward specific performance requirements for the national football team, and even if it was proposed, the national football team would definitely not be able to complete it.
Judging from some of the situations after Song Kai took office, he attached great importance to youth football, and even mentioned the importance of youth football when he went to meet FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The Football Association may next strike hard and implement the so-called generational training, focusing on cultivating the next two generations of football talents.
In fact, whether it is a generational training or not, for the Chinese Football Association, it should also pay close attention to the cultivation of youth football. After all, the current level of the Chinese men's football team has declined seriously, and if there are no more outstanding youth football talents, the future Chinese men's football team will not be able to win against Hong Kong, China, and we may not even be able to defeat Myanmar and other fish belly teams.