In the final round of Group B of the U23 Asian Cup, which ended on the evening of April 22, Beijing time, the Chinese Olympic Team narrowly defeated the United Arab Emirates Olympic Team 2-1. While ending the 7-game losing streak in the Asian Cup, the National Olympic Games also successfully won the third place in the group and avoided the embarrassment of being at the bottom. Despite the victory of the National Olympic Games, it still missed the Paris Olympics. After leading the team to play the last 1 game of the Asian Cup, Cheng Yaodong's future is undoubtedly the focus of attention from the outside world.
In July 2019, Cheng Yaodong officially took over the National Olympic Games. In the past nearly five years, Cheng Yaodong has led the National Olympic Games to train and participate in various competitions, a total of 794 days. Unfortunately, this long-term training camp did not achieve too good results. The National Olympic Games still missed the qualification for the Paris Olympics in advance because of the group exit in this Asian Cup.
What makes fans even more dissatisfied is that some of the national Olympic players who have already played in the Chinese Super League have lost their positions in the club because they have been training with the national brand for a long time, and then they have lost their position. In this year's U23 Asian Cup, Tao Qianglong, Eiffelding and other hopeful stars with high hopes have not performed well. Cheng Yaodong has not been able to help them become talents over the years. Cheng Yaodong's ability to lead the team has been widely questioned.
However, despite the poor record of leading the team, Zhao Zhen still insisted on defending Cheng Yaodong: "The group of death ranks third, this result is really acceptable, this is the second victory of the Chinese team in the U23 Asian Cup, and it is also the second best result." Last time we were the hosts, the players were the 95 Wei Shihao batch, which was much higher quality than this batch. ”
Zhao Zhen also strongly supported Cheng Yaodong and said: "Cheng Yaodong and his coaching staff have been scolded a lot in the past few years, and they have also taken on a lot of pressure. He was scolded for his bad grades, but this time, at least, I don't think there's any reason to scold him again. At least at the U23 level, his results are no worse than those of foreign coaches. It turns out that as long as we are well organized, we can still fight at the Asian level. ”
Although the media has mixed reviews of Cheng Yaodong, in the face of the cruel reality that the Chinese National Olympic Games have missed the Olympic Games for 4 consecutive years, changing the coach and letting Cheng Yaodong leave may be a more important choice for the Football Association.