Defeat Japan and South Korea + Asia's top 4! The conditions for the national football team to enter the Paris Olympics were released, and it was a foregone conclusion for four consecutive years

In recent years, the development of China's three major balls has really not been able to satisfy fans. In addition to the national football team, which has not been very competitive, the performance of the other two sports is also very dismal. In the cycle of preparing for the Paris Olympics, China's three major balls were almost wiped out.

In terms of basketball, after the Chinese men's basketball team lost the World Cup, it did not even qualify for the Olympic Games and missed the Olympic Games for two consecutive years. The Chinese women's football team also failed to break through to the group stage after being placed in the group of death with North and South Korea. The Chinese women's volleyball team has lost consecutive games and also lost its direct qualification.

At present, the only three major ball events that have won tickets to the Olympic Games are the Chinese women's basketball team. And now there is still a glimmer of theoretical hope for the Chinese men's football team to hit the Olympic Games.

Earlier today, the draw for the men's team at the Paris Olympics officially ended, with 16 teams divided into four groups. There are still four teams to be determined, with Asia occupying 3.5 of the spots. According to the rules of the Olympic Games, three of the spots will be won by the top three places in the U23 Asian Cup, and the last place will be the fourth place in the U23 Asian Cup against Guinea in the African zone.

The U23 Asian Cup will officially start on April 15, and if the Chinese team wants to get this Olympic ticket, it needs to complete two preconditions that can be called hellish difficulty before it can achieve a breakthrough.

Condition 1: Defeat Japan and South Korea and kill the group of death

The signing of the U23 national football team can be said to be ridiculously poor, this time they were placed in Group B, and the three teams to be encountered in the same group are: Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, which can be said to be a veritable group of death. Needless to say, the strength of the Japanese men's football team has been the top representative team in Asia over the years, and their echelon construction has always been very outstanding, which makes the overall strength of Japan's U23 also a super-first-class level in Asia.

In the previous Asian Games, the Japanese men's football team went all the way and successfully reached the final competition. And in this Asian Cup selection, Japan encountered sweet troubles. There is so much talent emerging that Japan requires a maximum of three players per club to be recruited into the squad. Their most recent impressive game was a 5-2 win over Argentina in a friendly.

Needless to say, the performance of South Korea's U23 in the Asian Games is needless to say, after all, in order to exempt from military service, the addition of players such as Lee Gang-in directly makes the team's strength one level higher than other teams. However, even if this factor is removed, the overall strength of the South Korean team should not be underestimated, even if the overall lineup is not as strong as the Japanese team, but it is still a super strong team in Asia.

And even the seemingly inconspicuous UAE is also unwilling to lag behind in terms of the U23 team. Their level of football has also developed very well over the past few years. Therefore, if China U23 wants to break through in this group, it is indeed a somewhat magical and even sci-fi thing.

Previously restricted by various factors such as the epidemic, the decoupling of the national football U23 from international competitions is still very serious, and the result of not playing for a long time is that the overall skills, tactics and on-field performance of the players are very poor. In the previous Asian Games, even if a few overage players were recruited, the Chinese team still played very difficult against the second-rate teams in Asia. Therefore, qualifying for the group stage is an unlikely task.

Condition 2: Top 4 in Asia

This is the second condition for China to get an Olympic ticket, and the top four in the U23 Asian Cup are even more difficult. After all, in other groups, there are super strong opponents such as Qatar, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. It can be said that even if the Chinese team can get lucky enough to qualify for the group stage, it will encounter more difficult challenges in the knockout stage.

So the above two prerequisites have already given China U23 a "death sentence"!

It can be said that everyone does not have much hope for the men's football team now. The last time the Chinese team appeared at the Olympics was in 2008 as the host.

However, even if they can't qualify and secure an Olympic spot, the players still have to take their chances, and the U23 Asian Cup is the best chance to see the difference between themselves and their opponents. Only by finding a way to grow slowly in the midst of continuous losses can Chinese football see a better future.