On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, the Chinese Olympic team finally ended the record of seven consecutive defeats in the U23 Asian Cup, after 2295 days, the Chinese team finally won again in the U23 Asian Cup, defeated the UAE team 2-1 in the final round of the group stage to save face, and finally ended the tournament with a record of 1 win and 2 losses, and the team actually lost to Japan and South Korea in the first two rounds of the group stage, and once again missed the Olympic Games.
China's Olympic team defeated the UAE Olympic team 2-1, and the Olympic players celebrate their goals According to Visual China
The quarterfinals of this year's U23 Asian Cup have all been released:
Group A: Qatar, Indonesia
Group B: South Korea, Japan
Group C: Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Group D: Uzbekistan, Vietnam
According to the arrangement, the national Olympic team will return to China by flight in the early morning of April 23 local time, and is expected to arrive in Beijing this afternoon (23rd). After last night's game, the head coach of the National Olympic Games, Cheng Yaodong, attended a press conference, and his statement that the team has caught up with the Asian level has also caused heated discussions.
Talking about the gap between the Chinese team and the best teams in Asia, Cheng Yaodong said, "At the beginning, our team had a gap in Asia in all aspects, strength, ability, etc., and the 2019 U19 Asian Youth Championship did not qualify, but it has caught up with the Asian level over the years, and there is still a gap from the highest level. Our efforts over the years can be fought for under the super-first-class in South Korea and Japan. It is through hard work that Chinese football can still fight for it, and we can see some hope. Other national teams at all levels also have the opportunity or hope to enter this kind of competition to compete with Asian teams. ”
Cheng Yaodong also encouraged the players. Cheng Yaodong said: "I think everyone still has to make persistent efforts, players below the U23 still have a long way to go, although this competition has generally completed the basic requirements of our association and coaches, but our eyes and vision can not stay at the current level, we have to catch up with the strongest team in Asia." The main thing is that we are confident that as long as we work hard, nothing is impossible, so I hope that through this competition, everyone will return to various clubs or national teams and make their own contributions to Chinese football. ”
UAE National Olympic Games 1-2 China National Olympic Games, Cheng Yaodong sat in the coach's seat According to Visual China
Tao Qianglong, captain of the National Olympic Team, spoke on behalf of all the team members at the farewell ceremony, Tao Qianglong said: "This team has been four or five years, has paid a lot, experienced a lot, all for this competition, but did not go to Paris, it is a great regret. We have done our best in this competition, and our next target is the national team, and we will continue to work hard to meet each other in the national team. ”
Regarding Cheng Yaodong's "catching up with the Asian level over the years", the remarks that South Korea and Japan "can also compete" have also sparked heated discussions, and some fans agree with Cheng Yaodong's statement, "I feel that China's U23 National Olympic Games are indeed unlucky, if it is not in the same group as Japan and South Korea, it should be really possible to qualify from the group, and it is reasonable for Coach Cheng Yaodong to say that the National Olympic Games have caught up with the Asian level." But some fans disagree with this statement, "After 3 group games, I actually played a sense of superiority, and Chinese football still didn't put itself in the right position." ”
Media person Han Bing posted on social media questioning Cheng Yaodong's statement. Han Bing believes that none of the three opponents in the same group of the Chinese National Olympic Games sent the strongest lineup, and the Chinese National Olympic Games also lost two consecutive games and went out early, so Cheng Yaodong's remarks that the team "caught up with the Asian level" are not objective. Han Bing commented that although the Chinese Olympic Games were divided into the group of death this time, none of the three opponents in the same group played with the strongest lineup, and they all lacked many absolute main forces, resulting in a significant decline in strength. In this context, the National Olympic team, which is basically the strongest team in China, still lost to Japan and South Korea successively, and defeated the United Arab Emirates 2-1. Especially against Japan, which played 11 and 10 early, was unable to score due to the numerical advantage, and missed many good opportunities against South Korea. Many people in this national Olympic team will be the main force of the national team in the future, and they will face the strongest teams of Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates of the same age.
Media person Miao Principle believes that China's Olympic team has played its best, but the team does not have the strength of the quarterfinals, "The National Olympic team in Saudi Arabia, Iraq can not qualify in that group, to Qatar, Indonesia, Australia that group is even more useless, only in Vietnam this group has a little hope, Vietnam can score 6 points against Malaysia and Kuwait, and Cheng Jiajun has a chance to score at least 4 points." The reality is like this, no matter how you form a team and how you train, the National Olympic team does not have the strength of the top eight, and it is difficult to break through. The 75% probability of grouping is a group of death for the team, and without the help of great luck, it is no play. ”
Edited by Cheng Li
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