On April 16, Beijing time, in the first leg of the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup that just ended, the national Olympic team and Japan U23 fought fiercely for 90 minutes, and finally the national Olympic team conceded a goal in the first half and the opponent was sent off, 11 played 10 in more than 70 minutes but failed to score a goal, and finally 0-1 Japan U23 suffered a black start.
In the first half, the national Olympic team conceded a goal in just eight minutes, and Matsuki Jiusheng grabbed the goal to help Japan U23 take the lead. But in the 16th minute, Takashi Nishio elbowed Jia Feifei, and the referee sent him off with a red card when VAR intervened. The Olympic team, who then played with one more man, gradually established an advantage, Tao Qianglong first hit the crossbar from distance, and then missed two good chances with a header from the follow-up. Although in injury time, the national Olympic team formed a siege on the opponent, but it was never able to usher in a goal, and the national Olympic team fell behind 0-1 at halftime.
At the beginning of the second half, the National Olympic team changed two people in a row, and Xie Wenneng and Du Yuezheng came on as substitutes. This substitution immediately had an effect, in the 47th minute, the national Olympic launched a counterattack, Du Yuezheng took the ball on the left side and advanced and sent a horizontal pass, Xie Wenneng quickly followed up in the middle to form a single chance, but in the face of the goalkeeper, Xie Wenneng's shot was saved, and the national Olympic missed the equalizer opportunity again.
After that, the national Olympic team who played one more person failed to continue to put pressure on the opponent, the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions was too slow, and the players always "stopped and watched three passes", and even reversed their feet in the backfield, so that the Japanese U23 who played one less person not only did not have much physical consumption, but even used steals to launch several threatening attacks in the second half of the game.
In the 89th minute, Cheng Yaodong also made a very abstract substitution, and the two-meter-tall goalkeeper Jin Yong came off the bench to play as a striker. Cheng Yaodong's tactical idea is very obvious, that is, to simply and rudely play high balls, taking advantage of Jin Yong's height advantage. However, with almost 10 minutes of stoppage time, this tactic could not be exchanged for a single shot on goal. In the end, the national Olympic team played more than 70 minutes and failed to score the first goal of this U23 Asian Cup, losing the game 0-1.
There was no hope for the game before the game, but when the opponent was unexpectedly sent off and we couldn't even equalize the score when we had a very clear advantage, this kind of performance can really only be described as embarrassing. This is the most likely game for the national Olympic team, and if you miss this opportunity, the national Olympic team may be out of the group for 5 consecutive U23 Asian Cups.