In the East Asia Cup match ended on the evening of 20th Beijing time, the National Football selection team lost to the Korean national team at 0:3. This is an expected result for the Chinese team who played with young players.

East Asia Cup first station National Football Selection Team 0:3 South Korea team. Image source: IC photo

　　U23 players play at the end of the class

After the top 12 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Chinese men’s football team set foot on the international arena again after more than three months.

However, this time, the National Football selection team with U23 Olympic players as the bottom of the class, and the head coach was also headed by Olympic team coach Jankovic.

Zhu Chenjie scored YILI oolong ball in the first half. Image source: IC photo

This East Asia Cup is in the World Cup year, so the rival South Korean team basically gathered a set of strongest lineups from the domestic league and the Asian league, seeking to further reinforce the World Cup at the end of the year.

The Chinese men’s football team took this opportunity to upgrade and inspect young players. At the same time, it further exercised the players of the Olympic age group, increased the experience of the competition, and played in the form of national football team selection.

For this form of national team, it is not strange.

In the last East Asia Cup, Li Tie led the National Football selection team to play, winning 1 win and 2 losses, and then he officially became the national football coach.

Different from this national football selection team, the team at that time was composed of marginal International and some veterans.

Data map: in the 2019 East Asia Cup, the National Football selection team lost to South Korea at 0:1. Photo source: Osports all sports photo club

　　Focus on yourself is more important

At the press conference before the game, the coach of the National Football selection team, Jankovic, said that the most important thing in this game is to focus on yourself, pay attention to yourself, play your own game and show progress.”

This is indeed the most realistic goal of this team at present.

After all, this rival South Korea is a quasi-World Cup rosters. The players are also full of fighting and fighting for their seats in the World Cup.

List of the National Football Team of the East Asia Cup. Source: Chinese football team.

In the national football selection team, besides Tan Long, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, Dai Weijun and Han Jiaqi, these have become the core players of the Chinese Super League team, there are not many other players who can sit on the main force of the Chinese Super League team completely, and the experience of international A- level events is not rich.

In the starting lineup with the South Korean team, all five players started. Zhongwei Jiang Shenglong has played 7 times and started 4 times in the Chinese Super League this season, half-back Xu Haofeng has played 6 times and started 3 times, huang Jiahui, a 21-year-old midfield teenager, played 10 Super League matches in the first stage.

The striker Fang Hao played well in the Dubai Cup before, and once played the “big four happiness” in the game, but there were not many opportunities to play in the Shandong Taishan team. Another striker Liu Hurun got some opportunities to play against the background of the absence of foreign aid in Shanghai Harbor.

Therefore, the gap between this national football selection team and its opponents is obvious.

The starting line-up of the National Football selection team and the South Korean team. Source: Chinese football team.

Judging from the game, the young Chinese team in the opening stage did not have stage fright, was full of hard work, and dared to do some technical actions.

However, with the deepening of the game, the experienced South Korean team gradually grasped the initiative on the court and formed a siege trend after 20 minutes.

After a long period of defense, the defender Zhu Chenjie made a mistake in solving the encirclement header, forming an oolong sling. The Chinese team 0:1 South Korean team.

Yi Bian fought again. In the 54th minute, the defender of the National Football selection team was not close to the people. Quan Yuxun pushed to expand the score. The Chinese team was 0:2 South Korea.

In the 81th minute, Cao Guicheng broke the door with a single knife. Chinese team 0:3 South Korea team.

Until the end of the game, the Chinese team failed to rewrite the score and even failed to form an absolute opportunity to attack.

Data map: in the top 12 FIFA World Cup qualification, the national football team drew Australia from 1 to 1.

　　Exercise opportunities are too precious

Although I had a complete defeat, the main value of this game still lies in training.

Since the epidemic, Chinese men’s football team has been trapped by the lack of international warm-up competitions, especially in the stage of the top 12, the disadvantages in this aspect have been highlighted.

Data map: in the first battle of the top 12 FIFA World Cup qualification, the national football team lost to Australia at 0:3. Photo source: Osports all sports photo club

Facing Australia in the first battle of the 12th strong competition, the national football team obviously did not adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the competition, and did not fight with 0:3 non-hostile players without any strength.

However, when turning around and playing in the second round, the national football team was 1:1 to draw the opponent, and there was also a return on the court, making great progress.

The same is true for the national football selection team at the bottom of the Olympic team. These young generals will be the fresh strength of the adult national team in the next cycle and the main bottom of the Asian Games next year. This rare international A- level competition experience, it will enable them to grow and improve.

In the match with the South Korean team, head coach Jankovic also changed more players intentionally in the match, using 5 replacement places, such as Xu Yue, Chen Guogan, He Yupeng, Su Shihao, all the young generals, Di liimetiti, got the chance to appear on the bench.

Therefore, for such a defeat, although young generals do have many shortcomings, there is no need to be too “online”.

I also hope that the young players of the national football team will live up to the valuable exercise opportunities of the East Asia Cup and gain rapid growth. (Reporter Bian Liqun)