In the early morning of April 8, Beijing time, the Chinese men's football national Olympic team led by Cheng Yaodong ushered in the fifth warm-up match, and the opponent was the Jordan men's national football team. In the end, the Chinese team beat the Jordan team 1-0 and won 3 consecutive warm-up games, which satisfied coach Cheng Yaodong that the team only conceded 1 goal, and improving the defense can be invincible.
The U23 Asian Cup, which starts in Qatar next week, is also a qualifier for the men's football team for the Paris Olympics. According to the results of the grouping, the Chinese team drew a group of death, including the Japanese team that won the championship, the South Korean team, and the West Asian powerhouse United Arab Emirates team, which is very difficult to qualify.
In addition, the top three in this event will have to go straight to the Olympics, and the fourth place will have to play a play-off against Guinea, the fourth place in the African zone, which means that they will not enter the semi-finals and will definitely not participate in the Olympics.
In order to sprint for the Olympic Games, head coach Cheng Yaodong formed a team early for training and went to Doha, Qatar at the end of last month to arrange a total of 6 warm-up matches, with the goal of finding deficiencies for the team, accumulating practical experience, and improving combat effectiveness. After playing the first 4 games, the Chinese team started low and went high, and after losing the Saudi Arabian team in the opening 2 consecutive games, it then ushered in a strong rebound 2-0 Qatar team and 2-1 Malaysia team.
Now the 5th warm-up match has started, and the Chinese team has invited the Jordanian team to compete, and for the sake of secrecy and tactics, the game will be closed throughout the game.
According to the latest report from reporter Ma Dexing, the Chinese team performed well, and finally defeated the Jordanian team 1-0, winning three consecutive wins in the warm-up game, and wrote: "The Chinese team seems to be going against the sky"!
From 2 consecutive defeats to 3 consecutive wins, the performance of the Chinese team is getting better and better, which reflects the effect of Cheng Yaodong's training camp, and can also accumulate strength for the later Asian Cup, especially the defensive end only conceded 1 goal, so that the next group stage against Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates team will be more confident to complete the clean sheet.
According to the plan, the Chinese team has one last warm-up game, which will be played against Uzbekistan on April 11, and then the first game against the Japanese team on April 16, which has just completed the assembly and did not send the strongest lineup, which also gives the Chinese team the hope of upsetting and scoring points, and the second round of facing the South Korean team is also a draw to win, and the last round against the United Arab Emirates team to score 3 points, so that the 3 rounds have 5 points and a chance to advance to the top 8 knockout rounds.