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After the U23 Asian Cup National Olympic team was eliminated after the group, a well-known reporter from a newspaper published a number of exclusive interviews with Cheng Yaodong. While these articles have aroused heated discussions in the market, they have also attracted many different voices. Among them, at least two of Cheng Yaodong's views in "Interview 1" have been questioned by the media, and even dismissed as nonsense.
When asked what the biggest experience has been since taking over the team, Cheng Yaodong said that the team "should be able to stabilize a little bit above the second gear (in Asia)". But to become one of the best in Asia, to compete with the four or five teams at the current bracket and to be one of them, "it may take a little longer". To put it bluntly, Cheng Yaodong believes that the National Olympic team should belong to the second tier of Asian teams.
It should be noted that in the draw of this U23 Asian Cup, the 16 teams (Iran did not qualify) were divided into four pots, of which the first team was Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Japan, the second pot was Australia, South Korea, Iraq and Vietnam, the third pot was Thailand, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, and Malaysia, Tajikistan and Indonesia were in the same fourth pot with China.
Cheng Yaodong believes that the national Olympic team should be "stable in second gear", so which one of Australia, South Korea, Iraq and Vietnam will it be replaced? It is highly likely that Cheng Yaodong will be based on the group stage 2-1 United Arab Emirates, plus the previous 0-1, 0-2 losses to Japan and South Korea.
In September last year, the national Olympic team defeated India in the first stage, that is, 0-0 UAE in the first game of the qualifiers, and 2-1 in injury time in the second game, and advanced to the main match with the second thrilling group (a total of 4 teams) with the third result. At that time, Cheng Yaodong dared to pat his chest and say that the National Olympic team "should be able to stabilize a little above the second gear (Asia)"?
Besides, although the defeat to Japan and South Korea is indeed a "regret of defeat", there is even the possibility of scoring or winning. But to be honest, the Japanese team, which lacks 10 main players such as Hisashi Young, and the South Korean team, which lacks 5 players who also play overseas, such as Lee Gang-in, is at best the second team of Japan or the second team of South Korea. Besides, the South Korean team regarded your Olympic team as a weak team at all, and also rotated nearly half of the main team to fight the Japanese team in the next round, and beat you 2-0 with a little effort.
Just because he finally won the United Arab Emirates, which was also demoralized after being out of the tournament early, he thought that he "should" be a second-tier team, and Cheng Yaodong was indeed a little "floating".
In fact, the national Olympic team should be stable at which level, this may still be a matter of opinion, the affected factors are indeed more complex, and it is not meaningful to argue about this issue. Even if Cheng Yaodong is really a little "floating", he can be regarded as a little capital, at least from the perspective of the 3 games in the group stage.
However, Cheng Yaodong's second point in the interview, that is, when he coached this team, he felt that the most difficult thing was that there were few player games, especially few high-quality and high-level games.
Eiffelding
Liu Zhurun
Hu Hetao
The basis of "Pan Mingming" is that in the list of Haijiu training camp last year, according to the appearance of the players in the 2022 season, there are Liu Zhurun, Hu Hetao, Mu Talifu, Ai Fielding, Xie Wenneng, Huang Zihao, Ma Fuyu, Chen Yuhao and other 8 people who have played more than 20 games in the Chinese Super League or the Chinese League in a single season. Those who have appeared in about 10 games include Tao Qianglong, Bai Helamu, Abdul Rou Suli, Liu Haofan, Yang Zihao, Chen Rong, Liu Wenhao, etc. In other words, about two-thirds of the players have relatively stable opportunities in their respective clubs
Personally, I carefully checked it, and among the above-mentioned players, including several players who played the most in the 22 season: Liu Zhurun, 17 times in the 22 season (6 starts), lost his position after returning due to overseas training in the 23 season, and only made 1 substitute appearance; Eiffelding, 25 (17) in the 22 season, only 10 times (2) in the 23 season due to staying abroad for half a year; Hu Hetao 25 (18) in the 22 season and 8 (0) in the 23 season.
Chen Yuhao made 20 (14) and 28 (17) appearances for Wuhan in the 21st and 22nd seasons, respectively, and only 8 (5) and 2 (0) times after his transfer to Wuhan Three Towns in the 23rd season. But it's a pity that Liu Yuhao was almost eliminated from the 23-man squad, and he only returned to the team because Mutalifu withdrew due to injury before the game, but he didn't get 1 minute of playing time. The main right-back Nguyen Chi Long, the number of league appearances in the 22 and 23 seasons was 5 (3) and 0 respectively.
Chen Yuhao
Xu Bin
Similar to Chen Yuhao, there is also Xu Bin from Guangzhou. The U20 national youth main midfielder, who has both offense and defense, has made 14 appearances in 23 seasons, including 12 starts, but this U23 Asian Cup is only sitting on the bench. In the three games, Duan Dezhi and Jia Feifei, the two absolute main defenders of the national Olympic team, did not make more than 3 league appearances in a single season from 22 to 23, respectively 1 (1) and 3 (0) for the former, and 1 and 2 times for the latter.
In the words of "Pan Mingming", how can you have the face to say that they can't play in the club? Moreover, these players in the 01 to 03 age group were only 18 or 9 years old two years earlier, and it was already very good to have such an opportunity in the relatively competitive Chinese Super League or the Chinese League at that time. And the reason why he gradually lost his position in the club was precisely because "I followed you (Cheng Yaodong) to overseas for long-term training". What is even more regrettable is that quite a few of these players ended up missing out on the 23-man squad.
What's even more interesting is that Cheng Yaodong listed in the interview that the national Olympic team participated in the "high-quality" warm-up matches, believing that "the real comprehensive exchange was actually last year (starting in November 2023)" 10 games, plus this (U23 Asian Cup) group stage "There are only 13 games in total". In fact, he intentionally or unintentionally missed the nearly 10 games with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc., as well as Guoan and Zhejiang, two Chinese Super League teams, after returning from overseas training in early June last year, because these closed games won more and won more in the National Olympic Games.
Talking so much, I just want to make one point: contrary to the view of "Pan Mingming", I don't think this is the result of Cheng Yaodong's "floating". At least, the main reason is not this.
After the victory over the United Arab Emirates, the outside world's public opinion on the National Olympic team has changed, and there are many good things to say for the National Olympic team and Cheng Yaodong. Among this part of the people, most of them were not optimistic about the National Olympic team before, and there were not a few who advocated Cheng Yaodong's resignation.
To be honest, the process and results of the national Olympic team in the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup are surprisingly good. But as mentioned above, that is because the opponents, especially Japan and South Korea, are absent and may not really pay attention to the games directly related to the national Olympic team. If the main forces of these two teams are all in the list and go all out, especially Jiu Jianying, Li Gangren and others to participate, I believe that this "surprise" will be "not unexpected".
Of course, the spirit of the Olympic team is very good, which is to be praised. But in addition, Cheng Yaodong has a lot of problems in troop arrangement, tactical arrangement, on-the-spot response, etc. Because of this, the national team did not take points from Japan after playing one more man in the 80 minutes, and missed at least four chances to open the scoring in the first 25 minutes before losing 0-2 to South Korea.
It's just that all of this, just because of the 2-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates, many people may no longer care about those objective and subjective factors, but only see the content of the game, and a "handsome" covers up the ugliness. And because of this result, Cheng Yaodong instantly changed from an "ugly duckling" to a "white swan", and he had the capital to be proud. In addition to continuing to seek a position in the national team, it should also be a desire to coach at the club.
Of course, these possible goals can be achieved, and the fans should send their best wishes. However, ignoring the facts and blindly emphasizing difficulties gives people the feeling that they are deliberately exalting themselves, and this must also be pointed out in order to set the record straight.
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