The U21 national football team was selected as a coach, and the old acquaintance Antonio became one of the goals, and he once led the national youth group to qualify

Football Newspaper

2024-05-13 08:57Published on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Chen Yong reported that on May 11, the results of the Chinese women's football team selection were released, and the Australian Milicic became the coach of the Chinese women's football team, and two days earlier, the Chinese Football Association also issued a notice of the selection of the 2003 age group national team, the 2003 age group national team will play in the 2026 U23 Asian Cup and the Nagoya Asian Games, the last competition task of the national team in this age group is the 2023 U20 Asian Cup, and the head coach Antonio led the 03 national youth to advance to the finals and qualify for the group.

At present, the situation of the Chinese men's national football team at all levels is as follows: the national football team is about to play the last two group games of the round of 36 in June, of which the match with the Thai team on June 6 can be described as a battle of life and death, and only a win can ensure the initiative to advance to the top 18; The national teams that have completed the competition are the 1999 national team (the last Asian Games team), the 2001 national team (the last U23 national team/national Olympic team) and the 2006 national team (the last national junior team).

The national team that has completed or basically completed the team: the 2005 age group national team (national youth team), head coach Djurdjevic, will play in the 2025 U20 Asian Cup, and the training camp will start at the end of May; The 2008 age group national team (national junior team), head coach Kenichi Uemura, will play in the 2025 U17 Asian Cup, just finished his trip to Europe; The 2009 national training team (the next national junior team), head coach Toshitoshi Ukishima, will play in the 2026 U17 Asian Cup, just finished his trip to Japan.

The national team that needs to be formed in the short term is naturally the 2003 age group national team (U21 national team), the goal is the 2026 U23 Asian Cup and Asian Games, and then the national team or national training team that needs to be gradually formed is the 2007 age group national team (the next national youth team/U23 national team/national Olympic team), and the 2010 national team (the next national youth team), with the goal of the 2027 U20 Asian Cup and the U17 Asian Cup.

The previous coach of the 2003 age group was Antonio, who led the team to the finals in the 2022 U20 Asian Cup qualifiers, while the 2001 age group of the national youth team missed the U20 Asian Cup finals. In the 2023 U20 Asian Cup, Antonio led the team to qualify for the group, and after the 1995 national youth team, it qualified for the first time in 9 years. Earlier, Antonio led the 2004 age group national team (national junior team) to the U17 Asian Cup finals in 2019, and it was also the second time in six years after the 1998 age group national junior team to qualify for the finals.

At present, the direction of the U21 national team coach selection is basically determined to be foreign coaches, which is also the current direction of the selection of coaches for men's and women's national teams at all levels, and Antonio is likely to become one of the targets of the selection of coaches. The reconstituted 2003 age group national team has a wider range of selection, 2005 age group players and even 2006 age group players will be included, but the 2005 age group national team has an official competition task this year and next year, and will play in the U20 Asian Cup qualifiers in September this year, if it advances to the finals, it will play in next year's U20 Asian Cup, and the absorption of its players may be after the end of the 05 national youth game task.

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