On the evening of April 16, Beijing time, the Chinese U23 men's football team opened the first game of the U23 Asian Cup, and the opponent was the Japanese team. The Chinese team in this U23 Asian Cup is in the same group as the Japanese team, the South Korean team, and the United Arab Emirates team, which is the group of death in the true sense.
The top two teams in the group will qualify for the Paris Olympics in the final three of the tournament.
Facing the Japanese team, the Chinese Olympic team conceded a goal in the opening 8 minutes. In the 10th minute, the situation on the field was reversed, and the Japanese team's main central defender elbowed and was sent off.
In the next 80 minutes, the Chinese Olympic Games were all 11 to 10 situations, Tao Qianglong's long-range shot hit the crossbar, and Xie Wen could miss a single chance in the second half.
In the 88th minute, Cheng Yaodong waved his hand and replaced the 2-meter-tall goalkeeper Jin Yong, but Yu Jin Yong was not replaced by the starting goalkeeper. Because, Yu Jinyong played as a center forward, and there were two goalkeepers on the field in the National Olympic Games, but unfortunately it did not have an effect.
In the end, the Chinese Olympic team lost 0-1 to the Japanese team, and the next game against the South Korean team was a life-and-death battle for the Chinese Olympic team. It is worth noting that with one more player, the Chinese Olympic Games only completed 3 shots on goal in the second half.
After the game, a number of media people hotly discussed the game, and media person Wang Jisheng criticized Cheng Yaodong's substitution: "Cheng Yaodong is really a tactical genius, he has been playing 11 to 10, and he has been changing defenders in the second half, and he has changed to a 2-meter goalkeeper to play the center, so what are you doing with a striker?
Regarding a lot of invalid passes in the second half of the Chinese National Olympic Games, which is the so-called pass control, Dong Lu wrote: "Pass control fans, have you seen the Chinese-style pass control?"
Cheng Yaodong said in an interview after the game that he insisted on counterattacking after conceding the goal. In the second half of the first half, the team defended well and suppressed the opponent, and in the second half, we wanted to use the wings to continue to suppress the opponent, but the Japanese team also responded, and the team created some chances, but unfortunately did not take them.
Huang Jianxiang said: The national team can no longer use the club's laid-off coaches. You can't even use a homegrown coach anymore . .
Reporter Xiao Yun wrote: I think it's even more embarrassing to have one more person kicking like this!