In the East Asian Cup game that ended on the evening of the 20th, Beijing time, the national football selection team lost 0:3 to the South Korean national team.
This is an expected result for the Chinese team, which is played with young players.
The first stop of the East Asian Cup, the national football selection team 0:3 the South Korean team.
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U23 players team to play
Following the World Preliminary Top 12, the Chinese men's football team once again set foot on the international arena after more than three months.
However, this time, the national football selection team with U23-age national Olympic players as the team played, and the head coach was also the national Olympic team coach Jankovic.
Zhu Chenjie scored an own goal in the first half.
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This East Asian Cup is the year of the World Cup, so the opponent South Korea has basically assembled a set of the strongest lineup from the domestic league and the Asian league, seeking to further strengthen the World Cup at the end of the year.
The Chinese men's football team took this opportunity to upgrade, inspect young players, and at the same time further train players of the Olympic age group, increase competition experience, and play in the form of national football selection teams.
It is not unfamiliar to the national team playing in this form.
In the last East Asia Cup, Li Tie led the national football selection team to play and won 1 win and 2 losses, and then he officially became the national football coach.
Unlike this national football selection team, the team at that time consisted of fringe international players and some veterans.
Data map: In the 2019 East Asia Cup, the national football selection team lost 0:1 to South Korea.
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Focus on yourself is more important
At the pre-match press conference, the national football selection team coach 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.
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This is indeed the most realistic goal of this team at present.
After all, the rival South Korea team in this campaign is a quasi-World Cup team lineup, and the players are also full of fighting spirit, fighting for their place in the World Cup with the team.
East Asian Cup national football selection team list.
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In the national football selection team, apart from Tan Long, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Guangtai, Dai Weijun, and Han Jiaqi, who have become the core players of the Chinese Super League team, there are not many players who can be fully established in the Chinese Super League team. International A-level competitions Experience is not rich.
In the starting lineup against the South Korean team, these five players all started.
Central defender Jiang Shenglong has played 7 times and started 4 times in the Chinese Super League this season. Fullback Xu Haofeng has played 6 times and started 3 times. The 21-year-old midfielder Huang Jiahui has played in 10 Chinese Super League games in the first stage.
Striker Fang Hao played well in the Dubai Cup before and had a "big four" in the game, but he didn't have many chances to play in Shandong Taishan team.
Another striker, Liu Zhurun, got some playing opportunities against the background of the absence of foreign aid from Shanghai Seaport.
Therefore, the gap between this national football selection team and its opponents is obvious.
The national football selection team and the South Korean team's starting lineup.
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Judging from the game, the young Chinese team in the opening stage had no stage fright, was full of energy, and dared to make some technical moves.
But as the game deepened, the experienced South Korean team gradually mastered the initiative on the field and formed a siege trend after 20 minutes.
Under the long-term defense, defender Zhu Chenjie made a mistake with a header and made an own goal. The Chinese team 0:1 the South Korean team.
Change sides to fight again. In the 54th minute, the defenders of the national football selection team were not tight, and Quan Changxun pushed to expand the score. The Chinese team 0:2 the South Korean team.
In the 81st minute, Cao Guicheng single-handedly scored.
The Chinese team 0:3 the South Korean team.
Until the end of the game, the Chinese team failed to rewrite the score, and even failed to form an absolute offensive opportunity.
Data map: In the top 12 of the world preliminaries, the national football team drew 1:1 with Australia.
Exercise opportunities are too precious
Although he suffered a complete defeat, the main value of this game is still in training.
Since the epidemic, the Chinese men's football team has been troubled by the lack of international warm-up competitions, especially in the top 12 stage, and the drawbacks in this regard have become prominent.
Data map: In the first match of the top 12 World Preliminaries, the national football team lost 0:3 to Australia.
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Facing Australia in the first match of the top 12, the national football team obviously did not adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the game, and lost to the opponent 0:3 without any resistance.
But in the second round, the national football team drew 1:1 with their opponents, and they were able to go back and forth on the field, making great progress.
The same is true for the national football selection team of the national Olympic team. These young players will be the fresh force of the adult national team in the next cycle and the main team of the Asian Games next year. This rare international A-level competition experience will make They are able to grow and improve.
In the game with the South Korean team, the head coach Jankovic also deliberately replaced more players in the game, using the full 5 substitution places, such as Xu Yue, Chen Guokang, He Yupeng, Su Shihao, Dili Yimiti and other teenagers. , have been given the opportunity to come off the bench.
So for such a defeat, although the young players do have many shortcomings, there is no need to be too "on the line".
I also hope that the young players of the national football selection team will live up to the precious training opportunities of the East Asia Cup and grow quickly.
(Reporter Bian Liqun)