At 02:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 17, 2024, the first round of Group C of the U23 Asian Cup will be contested, and the Saudi Arabian Olympic team will compete with the Kyrgyzstan Olympic team. At that time, Migu Sports Video will also broadcast this game live, and I will give some brief analysis of this game below.
Saudi Arabia is a powerhouse in Asian football, they have won the Asian Cup many times, in recent years, the Saudi Arabian royal family has also increased investment in football, the Saudi league, in recent years, the recruitment of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and other superstars of the league has been comprehensively improved. This has also led to the improvement of Saudi Arabia's teams at all ages, and in the six warm-up matches before the start of the U23 Asian Cup, Saudi Arabia has achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 3 draws, showing good competitive form.
Kyrgyzstan is an underdog in Asian football compared to a strong Saudi Arabia, and they rarely appear in the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers, which are important competitions at the Asian level. Before the start of this Cup, Kyrgyzstan had a record of 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the previous 6 warm-up matches, and the opponents included Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and other Asian weak teams. In this match, facing Saudi Arabia, which has a strong momentum, Kyrgyzstan may have more than one luck.
Historically, Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan have met once in the 2022 U23 Asian Cup, when Saudi Arabia defeated Kyrgyzstan by a 5-0 margin. I think this score also shows the difference in strength between the two teams. This time, the two teams met again, and Saudi Arabia will not let go of this soft persimmon and win the opening of this tournament.