At 21 o'clock on April 19, Beijing time, in the second round of Group B of the group stage of the 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup, China U23 played against South Korea U23!
The final score was 0-1, China U23 lost to South Korea U23, suffered two consecutive defeats and went out, stopped in the group stage and announced that it would not participate in this year's Paris Olympics!
China U23 announced the team's starters, head coach Cheng Yaodong gave a 451 formation, captain Tao Qianglong played in the midfield, Bai Helamu single arrow, No. 10 core Jia Feifei played in a row.
The average age difference between the two teams is 1 year, with China U23 being 22.2 years old and South Korea U23 being 21.2 years old. Despite their age, there is a certain gap in the value of the starters, with China U23 at 1.4 million euros and South Korea U23 at 4.05 million euros!
As the referee blew the whistle, he didn't expect that after the opening, China U23 actively attacked and got opportunities to attack one after another. In the 15th minute, Baihelam broke the ball in front of the field and burst into the penalty area with a low shot, which was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Soon in the 18th minute, China U23 launched a counterattack, Tao Qianglong ran to the penalty area and hit the side netting. In the 21st minute, Baihelam turned and shot but unfortunately missed.
In the 24th minute, Xie Wenneng dribbled the ball into the penalty area on the right side and shot a shot, which was saved by the goalkeeper. Not to mention that in the first 30 minutes, China U23 really kicked something, and the offensive counterattack was much better than the previous round, but unfortunately the scoring ability was still almost meaningless.
In the 35th minute of the game, Kang Sang-yun sent a straight stopper, and the unmarked Lee Yongjun easily got the ball to follow up and score from a small angle, giving South Korea U23 the lead! China U23 was punished for repeatedly missing good opportunities and suffered a 0-1 deficit!
At the end of the first half, China's U23 attacked one after another and missed good opportunities, but the opponent counterattacked and scored with the first shot on target......
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, in the 68th minute, China U23 seized the opponent's return pass error, Xie Wenneng was saved from a small angle, and then South Korea U23 immediately launched a counterattack, 20-year-old 1.9 meters high school striker Li Yongjun scored a brace, China U23 has fallen behind 0-2!
In the case of 2 goals behind, Chinese U23 head coach Cheng Yaodong decided to make a substitution, in the 82nd minute, Xie Wenneng and Tao Qianglong were replaced, 18-year-old striker Du Yuezheng successfully debuted, and the 2.01 meter goalkeeper Jin Yong came off the bench to play as a striker in 2 consecutive games!
Facing Japan and South Korea one after another, the 19-year-old Yu Jinyong unexpectedly attracted the attention of Japanese and Korean fans, and this is really a comic into reality.
This wave of successful tributes came to an end this year, ending the 43-year serialization of the classic comic "Soccer Player". In "Soccer Teenager Golden 23", karate goalkeeper Ken Wakashima plays as a striker on the field.
Although China U23 has a tall fulcrum in the frontcourt, the offensive organization of teammates cannot form an effective threat.
As a surprise soldier as a striker, Yu Jinyong needs to improve in his running position and landing point judgment, but he still managed to kick 1 shot on target.
At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 0-2, China U23 finally lost by 2 goals, and South Korea U23 and Japan U23 both qualified ahead of schedule.
This result is really unexpected, China U23 suffered 2 consecutive defeats and no results, 2 rounds of 2 losses, 0 points and 0 goals, ranked at the bottom of Group B, 1 round ahead of the total out, missed this year's Paris Olympics. So far, China's three major men's balls have missed 2 consecutive Olympic Games!
Up to now, China U23 has participated in the U23 Asian Cup a total of 5 times, but all of them stopped in the group stage, with 14 games, 1 win, 0 draws and 13 losses!
In the first two rounds of the competition this time, when China U23 played against Japan or South Korea, it was actually not much inferior on the field. However, when the team had the opportunity to attack, it was never converted into a goal, and the difficulty of scoring became a very helpless pain point.
Head coach Cheng Yaodong's secret weapon is to let Yu Jinyong, who is the tallest in this U23 Asian Cup, play as a striker, but with little success.
In order to impact the 2024 Paris Olympics, the team has been initially assembled since 2019, and then began a long-term training camp, but the result is still not the Olympics. With the result of early exit, perhaps this is a relief for fans, players and coaches.
At 21 o'clock on April 22, Beijing time, China U23 will play against the United Arab Emirates U23 in the third round, hoping to score at least 1 goal, and you can go home after playing this U23 Asian Cup.
Seeing the current actual performance of China's U23, people can't help but sigh that the development of Chinese football is far from on the right track. At the beginning of the year, we witnessed the national football team go out of the Asian Cup with 0 goals in shame, and the attacking performance of the U23s was simply surpassed.
What's even more terrifying is that in the next few years, players in this age group will enter the national team one after another, which is really hard to say......
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