The 2024 U23 Asian Cup is being played in Qatar, and in the first round of the group stage, the Chinese Olympic team will face the Japanese Olympic team.
In the first half, Japan's Matsuki Kusheng scored a goal, and Takaya Nishio left the field in red. The Chinese team, who had the advantage in numbers, dominated the field in the latter game, but failed to score.
In the end, China's Olympic Games lost 0-1 to Japan's Olympic Games.
The "youngest in history" National Olympic Games participated in the U23 Asian Cup
The team coached by Cheng Yaodong can be called the "youngest in history" Chinese Olympic team, because there are many players who have "skipped the grade" in the list of this year's Chinese Olympic team.
The main players such as Eiffelding and Baihelamu were born in 2003, and the youngest Wang Yudong was born in 2006.
The fact that U21 and even U18 players can be selected for the U23 national team shows that the overall level of our players in the 2001 age group is not high, and on the other hand, it also shows that our players in the 2003 and later age groups are worth looking forward to.
Chinese Olympic starters: 22-Huang Zihao, 4-Liang Shaowen, 5-Zhu Yue, 13-Jin Shunkai, 16-Yang Zihao, 10-Jia Feifei, 19-Duan Dezhi, 7-Tao Qianglong, 9-Bai Helamu, 11-Liu Junxian, 17-Eiffelding
China Olympic subs: 1-Li Hao, 2-Hu Hetao, 3-Liu Haofan, 6-Abrahan, 12-Yu Jinyong, 14-Wang Yudong, 15-Ruan Qilong, 18-Du Yuezheng, 20-Liu Zhurun, 21-Xu Bin, 23-Xie Wenneng
The Japanese Olympic team played in the last U23 Asian Cup, and of course, they were actually the Japanese U21 national team at that time. Their purpose in doing so is easy to understand, which is to use high-quality competitions in advance to train this national Olympic team aiming for the Paris Olympics.
For the result of this game, many Chinese fans are mentally prepared. However, the process of this game was still somewhat unexpected.
Just eight minutes into the opening period, Japan scored.
Kaede Yamada sent in a cross from the right and Matsuki slotted home in front of goal to give Japan a 1-0 lead.
But then, the Chinese team ushered in a major positive.
In the 17th minute, Japan's Nishio Takaya maliciously fouled Jia Feifei, and the referee watched the VAR replay and showed a red card.
In this way, the Chinese team will play 11 against 10 in the next game.
The Chinese team, which has the advantage of numbers, did create some good scoring opportunities.
At the end of the first half, Tao Qianglong and Baihelam both had shots that almost scored.
After missing out on goals one after another, the Chinese team failed to play much effective attack in the second half.
In the end, the Chinese Olympic Games lost 0-1 to the Japanese Olympic Games in the first game of the U23 Asian Cup.
The top three went straight to Paris, and the fourth place went straight to the place
The U23 Asian Cup is also an Olympic qualifier, with the top three teams going straight to Paris and the fourth-place finishers playing in a play-off against Guinea (fourth place in the U23 Africa Cup of Nations), with the winner qualifying for the Games.
The full grouping of this year's U23 Asian Cup is as follows:
Group A: Qatar, Australia, Jordan, Indonesia
Group B: Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, China
Group C: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Thailand, Tajikistan
Group D: Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Kuwait, Malaysia
The Chinese team is divided into a veritable "group of death", how dead is this group? Even if there is no Chinese team in this group, the other three teams together are exciting enough.
Although for the current Chinese men's football team, it is a luxury for the national Olympic team to enter the Olympic Games, but since we are standing on this field, we still have to pay attention to and support them.
The result of losing to Japan in the first game was not unexpected, but it is a pity that we still couldn't play too much exciting content despite getting an 11-10 advantage.
Going straight to Paris or playing in the play-offs is too far away for us. We don't even dare to think much about qualifying from the group, after all, we know very well the strength of Japan and South Korea, and the UAE has also outperformed us in the U23 Asian Cup in recent years.
Each of these three group games is equivalent to the final for the Chinese Olympic Games. If we can't make it to the Olympics, then try to make the most of these three games.
The next two rounds of the group stage -
April 19 21:00 China vs South Korea
April 22, 21:00 UAE vs China
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