In the first round of the Olympic preliminaries, the U23 national football team lost 0-1 to U23 Japan. According to the technical statistics after the game, the U23 national football team had 60% possession, as many as 10 shots on goal, 6 shots on target and 6 corner kicks, while the U23 Japan team only had 40% possession, only 7 shots on goal, 4 on target and only 4 corner kicks. At first glance, it seems that the national Olympic team is playing well this time, after all, the statistics seem to be good, but this is not the case, because the Japanese team played with one less player in 80 minutes, and the game process can be described as miserable.
Judging from this game, U23 national football coach Cheng Yaodong did not arrange decent tactics at all, and he did not even have targeted measures to play one more person. This time, Japan is not the strongest team, such as a few elites such as Hisashi Ei, who is worth 60 million euros, did not participate in the game, plus a red card sent off 1 person, Japan is almost using the 10-man non-strongest team against the national Olympic team. But in this case, Cheng Yaodong still couldn't grasp the opportunity, and even made a bunch of jokes: forcibly pulled Baihelamu to the side, used a bunch of non-main players, made meaningless backcourt inverts, and let the goalkeeper go forward.
In fact, Cheng Yaodong had plenty of time to prepare. Since taking over, Cheng Yaodong has spent a lot of time on intensive training, and clubs such as the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League have also been very cooperative, directly sending U23 players to the National Olympic team, including Tao Qianglong, Eiffelding, Wang Yudong, Mu Ta Lifu and other hopeful stars. But after some training, everyone played lonely, the National Olympic team had no tactics, no physical fitness, and even Cheng Yaodong had trained several players. In fact, there are more suitable candidates than Cheng Yaodong, but the Football Association does not use it to live or die, such as Antonio.
In the 2023 U20 Asian Cup, the U20 national football team is in the same group as Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Tajikistan. Just when the outside world was not optimistic, the U20 national football team abused Saudi Arabia by 2 goals, lost to Japan 1-2, drew 1-1 with the Tajik team, and successfully broke through from the group stage. In the top 8 knockout rounds, the U20 national football team lost to South Korea 1-3 and failed to qualify for the World Youth Championships. Fans who watched the game at that time knew that the national youth could have such results at that time thanks to Antonio's correct coaching, if Cheng Yaodong was allowed to lead, we would probably have a hard time winning 1.
There was a reason why the U20 national football team lost to Japan at that time, because Japan escaped punishment for a handball. In addition, although the U20 national football team lost 1-3 to South Korea, we had a chance to win. At that time, the national youth scored first and maintained the lead, hoping to settle the battle in 90 minutes, but then the referee gave South Korea a penalty, and the game was dragged to extra time. In extra time, the U20 national football team lost to the opponent due to physical exhaustion. Although they also lost the game, there is a significant gap in the coaching level between An Sheng and Cheng Yaodong, and the two sides are not in the same position at all.
If the Football Association had kept Antonio going, we might have won yesterday. I don't know what the Football Association thinks, so I let Antonio go and forced Cheng Yaodong to lead the National Olympic team, but he was lonely. Can you understand this wave of operations of the Football Association? Welcome to comment and discuss together.