China U17 team advanced to the Asian Cup! What hope do people see about the national character number taught by “the most successful returnees?

Late at night on October 9, Beijing time, with the results of each group in the U17 Asian preliminary match released one after another, the Chinese U17 team finally decided to advance to the U17 Asian Cup with the second of the six groups with the best results. Although the road to promotion is slightly tortuous, this result is indeed a reward for all aspects of the team’s efforts. Especially during the whole Asian preliminary competition, the performance of the boys really showed some hope. Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu news reporter Zhang chenshu Sun Yunyue Zhang Hao

The first two rounds won 20 goals, the last round against Australia is “regret”

In This U17 Asian preliminary, the Chinese team won Cambodia at 9:0 in the first game and defeated the Northern Mariana Islands at 11:0 in the second round. Although the opponent’s strength is relatively weak, the two games hit 20 goals, especially in the case of years of downturn of Chinese national character teams at all levels, which really makes people shine at the moment.

In the third scene, for the host Australia, the Chinese team also dared to fight and beat the score tenaciously in the case of falling behind in the first half; In the second half, due to the red card, the opponent scored two goals due to the unequal number of people, but I still didn’t give up. I once scored a goal, but unfortunately I was blown offside. In this game, the referee’s many penalties are also unfavorable to the Chinese team, so all the fans who have seen this game feel that the Chinese team has performed well enough.

Because the team competition time of the Chinese team is relatively high, when the Chinese team’s competition is over, it is still uncertain whether to qualify. The effective results of the second place in each group are only calculated for the first and third matches in this Asian preliminary match because other teams have retired. At that time, the Chinese team accumulated 3 points and won 7 goals, theoretically, there is a risk of being eliminated. However, as the last round of each group started to play one after another, the gap in the strength of each team was still relatively obvious, and finally the second place points of each group did not exceed 3 points, the seven winning goals of the Chinese team are second only to South Korea. In the second horizontal comparison of each group, the Chinese team ranked second and successfully promoted.

16 teams to advance to U17 Asian Cup next year are: Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, India, Yemen, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran, laos, Uzbekistan and South Korea. According to the Asian Football League, the U17 Asian Cup final is scheduled to be held from May 3 next year to 20. However, because the original host Bahrain gave up hosting the competition, the venue of the final stage has not been finalized.

Yang Chen played “modern football” and the team showed vigorous vigor

Before the U17 Asian preliminary match, there was not much news from the Chinese team, but one left a deep impression, that is, team coach Yang Chen asked all players to shave brush cut. In the competition, the boys were indeed quite energetic one by one. In addition to the news of “going out of the circle”, most of the time, this team practiced silently under the leadership of Yang Chen. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the team has no experience in international competitions in the past two years. It was not until early September this year that they had the opportunity to warm up with the local youth team when preparing for the Asian preliminary match in Sydney.

As the coach of the team, Yang Chen is more pragmatic. What he conveys is the concept of modern football. In the three matches, whether it is Cambodia with a living under give a kick, the relatively weak Northern Mariana Islands, or Australia with strong strength, the Chinese team’s game style is highly oppressed, anti-grab on the spot, looking for opportunities through continuous rapid transmission and running. Looking at the goals of the Chinese team in the three matches, there are not only the traditional routine combined with the edge, but also the direct attack of the Yellow Dragon after the penetration of the middle road, and more continuous and small-scale cooperation. Wang Yudong, Wang Haobin, Xie Gongbo, Ji Wen and other players in the team also left a deep impression on people because of their outstanding performance. Such a team can really make people see some hope for the future.

Yang Chen is the first Chinese player to stay abroad in the five major European leagues and the most successful foreign player in Chinese football. During the period after his retirement, Yang Chen’s first role was the leader and assistant coach of Jiangsu Sainty team, and during his tenure, he also left a good impression on Jiangsu fans, these players in Jiangsu have been grateful to Yang Chen for their help. Later, Yang Chen was also the leader of Guizhou People’s Club and the leader and teaching assistant of Beijing North control Club. It can be said that Yang Chen has never left football, and his vision and pattern also determine that he can adapt well to the role of national character coach.

At the post-match press conference in Australia, Yang Chen said: “I have great confidence in our players in these three matches…… In the next ten years, they may lead Chinese football. I think they should continue to work hard.”

The best record in 8 years, “debt” led the Chinese team to be the fourth

The last time the Chinese team participated in the U17 Asian Cup, it was in Malaysia in 2014. Since then, in 2016 and 2018, the two consecutive U17 Asian Cup, the Chinese team were eliminated in the qualifier stage. In the 202020u17 Asian Cup, although the 2004 age group won the qualification for the final match, it failed to participate for some reason. In the history of this event, the Chinese team won the championship twice, in 1992 and 2004 respectively. Many players in the team that won the championship in 2004 are still active in the stadium. Wang Dalei, the goalkeeper of Shandong Taishan team, is the MVP of that competition. Yu Dabao, the captain of Beijing Guoan team, is also the main force of that team.

In accordance with the convention, the Fifa will generally take the record of the above events as the basis for drawing lots for the new events. That is to say, the 20th U17 Asian Cup in 2023 should have been based on the results of 2020 as the basis for grading, but it was forced to cancel due to objective reasons, the Asian Football Association decided to use the results of the Malaysian competition in 2018 as the basis for the grading of this competition. Because the Chinese team failed to participate in the competition at that time, the Chinese team had no results and finally could only become the fourth team together with Uzbekistan, Qatar and Laos. In other words, the players were divided into the fourth gear because of the previous “debt”. Of course, although the grading is not good, the new U17 national football team that dares to fight may bring more surprises in the competition. (Zhang Chen, Sun Yunyue, Zhang Hao)

(Yangzi Evening News, October 11, 2022, A10 edition)