Not long ago, the Chinese U16 men's football team played their last game in the Romanian Four Nations Invitational Tournament, facing Poland U16, the Chinese team is still hard to win, they were reversed by the opponent in the case of the first goal, lost 1-4 to the Polish team, and only achieved 1 draw and 2 losses in 3 games. But even so, the fans still gave applause to this young national team, because their performance made everyone see a little hope for the rise of the national football team!
In order to prepare for the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers that will start at the end of the year, the Chinese team flew thousands of miles to Romania to participate in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament held there. In the first game, facing the host Romanian team, not long after landing, the Chinese team, which had not completely reversed the time difference, lost 0-4 to the opponent and unfortunately suffered a black start.
After a short period of adjustment, the second game of the Chinese team followed, this time against Denmark. The matchup with the Danish team was also the best game of the Chinese team in this trip to Romania, in the second half, the Chinese team once took a 3-0 lead, and the first victory looked like it was already in hand. But no one expected that the Danish team's crazy counterattack caused the Chinese team to suffer a collapse in injury time, and finally the Danish team drew 4-4 with the Chinese team.
Before the Chinese team had too much time to regret, the last match with the Polish team had already arrived. This time, China also scored first, but against Poland, we only took a 1-0 lead. The opponents replicated the feat of the Danish team, who scored four goals in a row in the second half to defeat the Chinese team 4-1 and hand the Chinese men's football team their second defeat of the tournament. In the end, the Chinese team, which only achieved 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 3 games, ended this invitational tournament with the bottom result.
Although the performance of the Chinese team was a little poor, fans still gave praise and encouragement to this team. A fan commented: "This kind of game is just to find problems, the Chinese team conceded 12 goals in 3 games, which shows that there are big holes in our defense, and the coaching staff must find a way to solve it before the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers start." Another fan wrote: "At least this team has been able to compete with European powerhouses in the first half, and in Asia, it has a strong competitiveness." Some fans also said: "At this stage, you don't need to pay too much attention to the result, the important thing is to play against such a high-level team, they are difficult to have such opportunities in China." ”
I hope that starting from U16, the Chinese men's football team can truly embark on the road of rejuvenation and return to the top ranks in Asia!