From 21 o'clock to 23 o'clock on April 16, the U23 Asian Cup will be played in the group B group stage competition, and the Chinese men's football team U23 will play against the Japanese team. Divided into the death group of Japan and South Korea, it is difficult for the Chinese team to advance. In terms of competition rules, the top three in the event will lock in the Olympic quota.
In the 8th minute, the Japanese team scored a goal! In the 16th minute, the Japanese team players dyed red and played 1 less! In the 41st minute, Duan Dezhi hit the goal with a header in front of the goal, which was saved by Reio Kokubo! Tao Qianglong followed up and hit the goal, which was directly deflected. Baihelamu's header was saved, and Tao Qianglong missed a good chance to equalize. In the seventh minute of stoppage time in the first half, Zhu Yue shot from 40 meters away and was directly saved. Kim Soon-kai advanced to the middle, the pass was too deep, and the goalkeeper confiscated it directly.
Playing 1 more person, the substitutions and changes of the Chinese team in the second half were still quite ordinary, and they did not seize the opportunity to continue to press. The game stumbled and almost conceded again. In the end, the score of 0-1 remained final, and the Chinese team unfortunately got off to a bad start.
The Chinese team lost 0-1, and the difficulty of qualifying from the group increased sharply. In an interview after the game, Cheng Yaodong commented on the game: In fact, the overall strength of the Japanese team is higher than that of the Chinese team, and we chose to fight back. As a result, the opponent played 1 less, so I started the formation and there was not much change. At the end of the first half, we were in a tight position and we couldn't score. In the second half, Japan also adjusted, pressing us down on the wings, and we didn't seem to have many chances on the wings, which is still not satisfied.
Cheng Yaodong believes that the game is fierce, although the opponent is 10 people fighting, it is still very strong. The whole game was not played well for various reasons, and then we will continue to strive for improvement. As for the next game against South Korea, Japan and South Korea are both super first-class, and we have to continue to use the established methods to deal with the opponents, and hopefully we will be in better shape in the next game. And the next game is going to speed up the pace of conversion.
From this speech after the game, I feel that the coach is the first and the analysis is in place. In fact, we played 1 more person, not without a chance. The coach was not very adaptable, especially in the first half, when he missed a lot of chances. The response in the second half was also not in place, allowing Japan to get three points. However, it can also be seen that Cheng Gui is quite cautious and plans for the next game.