The 2024 Asian Cup is about to open, and the Chinese men's football team is currently conducting the final stage of training in West Asia. Recently, the national football team defeated the UAE team Gulf FC 6-2 in a warm-up match, and this long-lost victory also made the international players smile. However, a rare victory for the national football team once again caused ridicule from the South Korean media, who believed that the Chinese men's football team was satisfied with just winning a weak team, which is really an incredible phenomenon.
South Korean media outlet MHNSE said in an op-ed: "The Chinese team won the first victory since the start of 2024 with a 6-2 victory over local team Gulf FC in the United Arab Emirates. It is said that the Chinese team dominated the game overwhelmingly, and Zhang Yuning's hat-trick also made the Chinese players smile, which was described as a great victory and the revival of Chinese football. ”
"Gulf FC are only 12th in the UAE First Division and have not been in good form of late, having drawn two in a row in the league. It is surprising that the Chinese team is really satisfied with the victory over such an opponent...... Just a few days ago, the crushing defeat they suffered in the warm-up game was like a catastrophe. South Korean media said.
From the point of view of strength, the two local teams selected by the national football team in the United Arab Emirates to warm up are indeed not strong, so the national football team chose these two opponents, mainly for the players to adjust their state and restore their self-confidence, so as to adjust their body and mind to a more ideal level before the start of the Asian Cup, and finally won a big victory. However, even such a victory still sparked ridicule from the South Korean media, which shows that the South Korean media's contempt for Chinese football has reached the level of almost "doing everything". In the face of such reports, in addition to being angry, we can only hope that the national football team will be a blockbuster in the Asian Cup.