Phoenix Nirvana, the Chinese Olympic team is preparing for the 2024 U23 Asian Cup. The prospect of this year's Asian Cup is in high demand, with 16 teams vying for qualification to the Paris Olympics, including the Chinese Olympic team. On the evening of April 15, 2024, as the night falls in Qatar, this Asian football feast will be officially unveiled in Qatar.
On the night of the opening match, the host Qatar team will face the Indonesian Olympic team at home, kicking off the entire tournament. The Chinese Olympic team will face the first opponent of the group, Japan, the next day, and this game is known as a battle of life and death, which determines the key to the Chinese team's entry into the knockout round.
The Chinese Olympic team is now in the "Group of Death", in the same group as Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, and the strength duel can be called fierce. In the warm-up matches in Doha and Dubai, although the Chinese team lost to Saudi Arabia twice, it also showed good strength with 2-0 victories over Qatar, 2-1 victories over Marathea, and 1-0 victories over Jordan. However, the 0-2 defeat to Uzbekistan in the last warm-up match also made people worry about the state of the Chinese team.
Yang Xu, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, has arrived in Doha to fully support the national Olympic team. The national Olympic team is actively preparing for the competition, and the Uzbekistan team is in the same hotel, and the daily training is carried out at the No. 3 venue of the El Sal training base. Compared with the Asian Cup, the standard of this year's U23 Asian Cup has been reduced, and the organizing committee only provides 16 teams with 5 bases and 10 venues for daily training, allowing the team to interview and disturb the public.
In terms of competition venues, only four stadiums will be provided for this year's U23 Asian Cup. China's first match against Japan will be played at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, known to Chinese fans as the "Al Sadd" stadium, with facilities in good condition, with a closing-off roof and air-conditioning facilities to make the game more comfortable.
The other two matches will be moved to the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, and the weather forecast predicts a rain battle for the Chinese team. However, the local heat in Qatar at 4 p.m. will prompt the organising committee to turn on the air conditioning of the stadium to ensure that the participating teams are playing in the best possible condition.
It is worth mentioning that the first match of the Chinese and Japanese Olympic teams will be refereed by a female referee from Australia, Casey Raibel, who officiated in the match between the Chinese women's football team and England in last year's Women's World Cup, adding a touch of unusual style to the game.
The entire U23 Asian Cup tournament is highly anticipated and watched, and every game will set off fierce competition. In this challenging schedule, the Chinese Olympic team will show a dazzling light for the future of Chinese football with a tenacious fighting spirit. It is expected that the Chinese team can usher in a ray of vitality in this Asian Cup event, impact the qualification for the Paris Olympics, and fight for the glory of the country!
As the competition kicks off, the eyes of the world will be focused on Qatar, and a new wave of enthusiasm will be set off around the performance of the Chinese Olympic team. The future of Chinese football is ushering in one of the most important challenges and opportunities. Let's look forward to witnessing the excellent performance of the Chinese Olympic team in this U23 Asian Cup!