On April 20, Beijing time, the 2024 U23 Asian Cup and Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament continued, with 16 teams divided into 4 groups, and the top 2 teams in each group advanced to the top 8. The top three teams will qualify for Paris 2024, while the fourth place will be offered a play-off against non-confederation teams for a place at the Games.
In the second round of the group stage, Indonesia U23 played 1-0 at home against Australia U23, Tegu scored the winning goal!Jordan U23 at home 1-2 Qatar U23. Jordan U23 Arif Haji scores. Qatar U23 Abdullah Yazidi scored and Mohamed Al Manai scored.
Iraq U23 0-2 Thailand U23 at home. Thailand U23 Varys scored and Tilasha scored.
Saudi Arabia U23 4-2 Tajikistan U23 at home. Saudi Arabia U23 Rayan Hamid scored, Haitham Asiri netted and Ayman Yahya scored twice. Tajikistan U23Ruslan· Khailoev scored, Soyrov scored.
Thailand U23 0-5 Saudi Arabia U23 at home, Ayman Yahya scored, Ahmad Ghamdi netted and Abdullah Radif scored a hat-trick.
Uzbekistan U23 2-0 Malaysia U23 at home, Janolidinov and Hoshimov scored successively.
Vietnam U23 3-1 Kuwait U23 at home. Vietnam U23 Nguyen Van Son scored and Bui Wei Hao scored twice. Kuwait U23 Salman al-Awadi scores.
South Korea U23 1-0 UAE U23. In the first half, Lee Kang-hee shot from a distance, Hwang Jae-won hit the post from distance, Ahn Jae-joon's goal was blown offside, and in the second half, Lee Kang-hee's header was slightly wide, Sultan Ali volleyed to create a threat, and Lee Yongjun took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to head home to complete the stunner.
China U23 men's football team 0-1 Japan U23 men's football team. In the first half of the game, Matsuki Jiusheng grabbed the point and scored, Nishio Takashi elbowed Jia Feifei and dyed red, Tao Qianglong hit the crossbar, and Xie Wenneng missed a single knife in the second half.
In the second round of the group stage, China U23 won 0-2 South Korea U23 at home. In the 15th minute of the game, Baihelam was confiscated after breaking the ball, and in the 21st minute, Baihelam half-turned and shot wide, and in the 34th minute of the game, Li Yongjun took the lead in scoring and scored twice in the 69th minute. In the 82nd minute, goalkeeper Jin Yong replaced Xie Wenneng to play center!Head coach Cheng Yaodong said in an interview after the game: "Our players actually did not lose against the strong team of South Korea and Japan, especially at the mental level, and performed quite well. In the next game, we definitely have to go all out and try to play well and win the game. ”
Japan's 2-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in the second round means that the Olympic team has been eliminated from the group stage one round ahead of schedule and will miss the Paris Olympics. This year's U23 Asian Cup is the fifth time that the Chinese team has participated, but in the 14 matches it has participated in, the Chinese team has only won 1 game, and the remaining 13 games have all been defeated, and they have never advanced to the knockout round.
U23 Asian Cup Chinese team historical record——
2013: 3 losses, 2 goals scored and 5 goals conceded
2016: 3 losses, scored 4 goals and conceded 9 goals
2018: 1 win, 2 losses, scored 4 goals and conceded 3 goals
2020: 3 losses, 0 goals scored and 4 goals conceded
2024: 2 losses, 0 goals scored and 3 goals conceded (last round remaining)