Reporter Lu Mi reported 0-2, in the second game of the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup, the National Olympic Games missed many good opportunities, and finally lost 0-2 to South Korea, suffering two consecutive defeats. Due to Japan's 2-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates in another matchup in the same group, China's Olympic Games and the United Arab Emirates, which have lost two in a row, are both out. In the final battle of honor, both teams will have to fight for the dignity of scoring a goal, scoring a point, and winning a game.
In the first game, the Olympic Games lost 0-1 to Japan, which played one less, while South Korea beat the United Arab Emirates 1-0 in stoppage time. In this game, the national Olympic team will be hoping to play with style and character, while South Korea will be hoping to get more clean sheets.
Judging from the first game, the National Olympic Games lacked the ability to score, and Cheng Yaodong changed to a goalkeeper to play center at the last moment, which was also a helpless move. Against South Korea, the start of the National Olympic Games was quite surprising, not only did they not completely defend themselves, but they even quickly controlled the rhythm, while the South Korean Olympic Games were slow to enter the state.
In this game, Cheng Yaodong made 3 adjustments in the starting position, Ruan Qilong, Xie Wenneng, and Liu Zhurun started, and the formation was still 4 defenders, but the speed was faster. At the beginning of the game, the National Olympic Games did not do too much transmission in the backfield, either making long passes forward or advancing quickly through the wings.
Baihoram played in the center of the field, and he has a certain advantage in body and speed. In the 15th minute, it was he who broke the ball in front of the field and broke through to the penalty area alone, but unfortunately the angle was too positive to be resolved by the South Korean goalkeeper;
After failing to take advantage of the two good opportunities, Baihelam was very frustrated after the game and took the initiative to stop him: "It is my personal reason to miss the opportunity, if I can take advantage of it, I should be able to win." "It's even more regrettable that in this game, it was not Baihelam who wasted the opportunity. In the 24th minute, Liu Zhurun slanted, Xie Wenneng cut inside the right side of the penalty area and was saved by the South Korean goalkeeper; in the 68th minute, South Korea's backfield passed the ball wrong, Xie Wenneng had an excellent quasi-single opportunity after breaking the ball, but unfortunately it was saved again.
For most of the first half, they were the main attackers of the Olympic team, and they made great progress in successive passes, including many chances created on the wings. The midfielders also handled the ball better than before. It must be seen that compared to the first game, Japan had a chance but did not dare to press forward, this time facing South Korea, the national Olympic team at least had the courage and played the due cooperation, and was only one step away from scoring. "South Korea are a strong team, football sometimes can't be measured by numbers, they have a better overall ability than us. Even though we created opportunities, we didn't take them, and that's the gap in ability. Cheng Yaodong said after the game.
But what is even more frustrating is that the opportunity of the National Olympics was not seized, and the South Koreans seized it.
Two goals conceded, the first occurred in the first half, in the 35th minute, Kang Sang-run in the front of the penalty area, the unmarked Lee Yongjun volleyed from a small angle, and the second occurred in the second half, in the 69th minute, Lee Tae-seok crossed the ball low, and Lee Yongjun shook off the angle and shot low.
Before conceding two goals, Guoao got good chances to score: before conceding in the first half, Guoao missed 5 chances, and the opponent's only shot on target scored, and the second half conceded a goal, which was the next defensive round less than 30 seconds after Xie Wenneng missed a single knife, and was given a fatal blow by the opponent.
'The key difference between the two teams is their ability to score goals. Both China and South Korea had a couple of good chances to score, with South Korea taking the lead and having the last laugh. In the first 30 minutes of the first half, the Chinese Olympic team got three good chances, which once frustrated South Korea, but they didn't take it. Korean media said after the game. The success rate of shots and the conversion rate of offense are the most intuitive embodiment of a player's strength and a team's combat effectiveness.
With two goals in hand, the Koreans still wanted to score more goals, and in the following games, they continued to strengthen their attack, and the national Olympic team did not give up, and Cheng Yaodong once again sent the goalkeeper to play the center forward in Kim Yong, this time, giving him more time.
It's just that although Yu Jinyong played as a center forward when he was a child and his header was good in training, he didn't play a role in the game, and the number of successful battles in the opponent's penalty area was only a handful. In fact, for Cheng Yaodong, there is really no better way to let Yu Jinyong play center, "We need to create chances at the last moment, it's just a tactic. ”
In the end, the national Olympic team lost the game 0-2, and because Japan defeated the United Arab Emirates 2-0, the national Olympic team could only be eliminated early. Since 2013, the National Olympic Games have participated in the U23 Asian Cup 5 times, without a group qualification, of which 3 times are 3 consecutive defeats.
"We lost the first two games in terms of scoreline, but the content is still positive. Cheng Yaodong said that before the start of the game, the team's goal is to win every game and play a high-level game. But they also know that being in the group of death, in the same group as Japan and South Korea, the probability of promotion is very low, "Japan and South Korea are strong teams, especially the U-series teams are world-class, and having the opportunity to play against them is a great help for the growth of our players." Our players didn't lose, especially mentally, and they played pretty well. ”
But no matter what, if you lose, you lose, if you are out, you are out, and no amount of "spiritual victory" can change the cruel fact of 0 points and 0 goals. Next, there is one last game against the UAE Olympic Games, which also lost twice in a row and conceded 0 goals and conceded 3 goals. They played 0-1 South Korea in the first game and 0-2 Japan in the second game, and the trajectory was almost the same as the National Olympics.
Against the UAE, the goal of the Olympic Games is to win. After losing to Japan and South Korea in a row, Cheng Yaodong's expectation is: "In the next game against the UAE team, I hope the situation can be better." ”
"It's actually a question of ability, including technology, tactics, psychology, and a combination of things. We don't have a lot of players in big games like this, they don't play a lot at club level, and their mentality plays a leading role. It would have been much better to play at this level of competence a lot. Cheng Yaodong said: "In the next game against the United Arab Emirates, I hope the situation will be better." ”