As a frequent participant in the Olympic Games and the World Cup, the South Korean team did not participate in the Paris Olympics. In the quarterfinals, the South Korean Olympic men's football team and the Indonesian team drew 2-2 within 120 points, and finally lost to the Indonesian Olympic team 12-13 after 12 rounds of penalty shootouts. South Korea made history by reaching the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup for the first time in 40 years!
It was Struk who contributed to the Indonesian team, and he scored a brace in this game. Although Yoon Ji-sung forced Coman to put himself on his own, in the second half, Lee Young-jun could only let the South Korean team ten people respond, and Zheng Xiangbin's tenacious savior was unable to save the defeat, and the South Korean team stopped. The Indonesian team, which has tasted victory through naturalization, has risen and is very likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the South Korean men's football team has been able to stand out and reach the main draw in every Olympic Games, but this time the quarter-finals were sent to the head by the Indonesian team, and the South Korean men's football team waved goodbye to the Olympics for the first time since the men's football competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was restructured to U23 players.
With the exit of the South Korean team, it also announced the rise of Southeast Asian football, which also means that the competitiveness of the Chinese men's football team in Asia has further declined. Now that the South Korean team, which has participated in nine consecutive Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, can be eliminated, who can underestimate Southeast Asian football? To put it bluntly, there are not many weak teams left for the national football team.
The Indonesian team has done a miracle, and the naturalized players have played a crucial role. Four naturalised balls in their starting line-up were all born in the Netherlands, and the dual citizenship gave the Indonesians a sense of the dividends of the victory. Whether it is against Uzbekistan or Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals, the Indonesian team has the possibility to move forward.
When Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and other teams have risen one after another, where will Chinese football go? We can only reflect on it if we think deeply, in addition to naturalization and youth training, down-to-earth is the most important thing.