Recently, the Chinese Olympic team, which is preparing for the U23 Asian Cup in West Asia, announced the final 23-man squad! In terms of players, two players are from foreign leagues, while the others are young players from domestic clubs.
A total of 16 teams have entered the final stage of the competition in this year's U23 Asian Cup. According to the rules, they were divided into 4 groups. After the group stage matchup, the top two teams in the group will advance to the quarter-finals. The top three teams will qualify directly for the Paris Olympics, while the fourth place team will compete with another continent for a place in Paris.
In the history of the Chinese men's football team, in the past 40 years, it has participated in the Olympic Games twice! In the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the Chinese men's football team participated by virtue of its strength. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, we were shortlisted as the host. In order to enter the main competition of the Paris Olympics again, the Chinese Olympic team has conducted training and preparation for many times throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, and went to Europe for training. After the Spring Festival, the Chinese Olympic team is also one of the first teams to prepare for the U23 Asian Cup!
Because of the absence of the Chinese Olympic team in the last Olympic preliminaries, this year's grouping is very unfavorable for us! In the previous group draw ceremony, the Chinese Olympic team was placed in a group with Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Not to mention the UAE Olympic team, the Japanese Olympic team and the South Korean Olympic team are the two mountains in front of the Chinese Olympic team!
This year's U23 Asian Cup will officially kick off on April 16! The opponent of the Chinese Olympic team's first match is the Asian hegemon Japan Olympic team! The only good news before the game is that many players of the Japanese Olympic team who have stayed in Europe will be absent from this game because it is not an international break. But for the Chinese Olympic team, we can't underestimate the opponent, after all, their overall strength is above us. For the Chinese Olympic team, if they want to advance or even get a ticket to the Olympic Games, the debut of this U23 Asian Cup will be a decisive battle. At that time, CCTV5 will broadcast the game live.
Through the 23-man list announced by the Chinese Olympic team, the core main force will be produced between Tao Qianglong and Eiffelding. Tao Qianglong was once named one of the world's top 60 most promising rising stars by the British newspaper The Guardian. Previously, he had been the captain of the Olympic team. But because of the club's requirements, Tao Qianglong temporarily returned to China. When Tao Qianglong was not in the team, Eiffelding became the core of the national Olympic team. In the recent warm-up match, Eiffelding scored twice from the penalty spot to help the Olympic team win 2-1 against the Malaysian Olympic team. Choose 1 out of 2, who will be the core of the national Olympic team?