Tao Qianglong, Bai Helamu, and Xie Wenneng missed the opportunity one after another, allowing the National Olympic Games to lose to the Japanese team with one more player, extending the curse of the U23 Asian Cup to 2289 days!
In the six warm-up matches before the U23 Asian Cup, the national Olympic team achieved 3 wins and 3 losses, scoring 5 goals and conceding 6 goals, which once gave fans hope. However, despite the three victories, the problems of this national Olympic team were exposed.
First of all, Qatar, Malaysia, and Jordan defeated in the warm-up match were not Asian powerhouses in this age group, and when facing the stronger Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, the National Olympic Games suffered three consecutive defeats and scored 0 goals.
Secondly, the National Olympic Games scored 5 goals in 6 warm-up games, but scored 0 goals in the sports game, and 4 goals were scored by penalty kicks, and the other goal was scored after a corner kick. Third, the injuries of the two goalkeepers Jian Tao and Yu Jinyong, as well as Muta Lifu, have significantly weakened the strength of the National Olympic Games.
Ma Dexing, a well-known journalist, analyzed, "At present, the National Olympic team is around the third gear, between the second and third gears, or slightly lower", therefore, this National Olympic team is known as the weakest National Olympic team in history, and it has also become the youngest National Olympic team with an average age.
At the same time, the National Olympic Games were divided into the group of death, and the three group opponents Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates were significantly stronger than the National Olympic Games. Therefore, "scoring 1 goal, scoring 1 point, and winning 1 game" has become the goal of this national Olympic team.
The difference in strength made the national Olympic team concede the goal early, and Matsuki Kusheng scored for the Japanese team in the 8th minute. Seven minutes later, Takashi Nishio was sent off for elbowing Jia Feifei, which became the turning point of the game.
Subsequently, the national Olympic team dominated the field, with 56% possession in the first half, 7 shots on goal and 5 shots on target, while the opponent only had 3 shots on goal and 2 shots on target.
After halftime, Du Yuezheng and Xie Wenneng came out to replace Liu Junxian and Eiffelding. In the 48th minute, Tao Qianglong picked up a pass, Du Yuezheng made a wonderful pass on the left, and Xie Wenneng broke into the penalty area with a single knife and then pushed the shot and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the end, the national Olympic team, who played one more player, failed to score and lost to the Japanese team with a score of 0-1, which also continued a series of curses.
First, the Olympic team continued the curse of not winning the Under-23 Asian Cup since the 3-0 win over Oman on 9 January 2018, and have not won for 2,289 days.
Secondly, the Olympic team continued the curse of not scoring in the Under-23 Asian Cup since Qatar on January 15, 2018, and have not scored for 2,283 days.
Third, the Olympic Games are likely to continue the spell of not being an Olympic Games since 1988. Fourth, the National Olympic Games will also continue the curse of never entering the Olympic Games since the age of men's football was adjusted to the U23 age group.