In the final round of the East Asia Cup that ended on the afternoon of the 27th, Beijing time, the national football selection team defeated the Hong Kong team of China 1:0.

　　With 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, in the East Asian Cup competition with the goal of training troops, the young players handed in a satisfactory answer both in terms of process and results.

　　What is relatively lacking is the team's performance on the offensive end.

The only goal in the 3 games was scored by the only veteran Tan Long.

With Tan Long's goal, the national football selection team defeated Hong Kong, China.

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　　In the first two games, the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team 0:3, and the Japanese team tenaciously drew 0:0 in the second game.

In the final battle against Hong Kong, China, scoring and winning are the most basic goals of the national football selection team.

　　The Chinese Hong Kong team lost 0:6 to the Japanese team in the first two games and lost to the South Korean team 0:3 in the second game.

　　So the meaning of this game is self-evident for both sides, and the goal is the same.

　　After the draw with Japan in the last game, the coach of the national football selection team, Jankovic, while affirming the players, also poured a pot of cold water in time to calm the players down, "We can't be happy because we didn't win."

The national football selection team drew 0-0 with Japan in the second round of the East Asia Cup.

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　　If a 0-0 draw with Japan is the upper limit for this young national football selection team, then defeating Hong Kong, China is the bottom line that must be completed.

　　If you lose, you will even face the embarrassing situation of being at the bottom of the East Asian coaster.

In the history of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese men's football team has won the championship twice, won the runner-up twice, and won the third place four times, and it has never been at the bottom.

　　In this encounter, the national football selection team sent a 3-4-3 formation. The overall lineup did not change much from the previous two games. Jiang Shenglong replaced the midfielder Huang Jiahui who accumulated two yellow cards.

　　As soon as the game started, the national football selection team took the initiative on the field.

In the opening 3 minutes, Wu Shaocong completed the goal during the corner kick.

　　In the 10th minute, the national football selection team took another corner kick. Jiang Shenglong headed the goal and was destroyed by the opponent's clearance on the goal line.

　　In the 39th minute, Tan Long volleyed in the penalty area and missed the goal slightly.

　　The Hong Kong team also missed a good chance to score. Before halftime, An Yongjia hit the goal in a very threatening penalty area and was saved by Han Jiaqi.

　　Change sides to fight again, until the 67th minute, the national football selection team caught the opponent's clearance error, and Tan Long kept the ball in the penalty area and shot directly to break the deadlock.

This goal also became the winning goal.

　　With 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, the national football selection team ended this East Asian Cup journey.

　　In the three games, the young players have all received valuable experience in international A-level competitions, especially Fang Hao, Liu Zhurun, Chen Guokang, He Yupeng, Xu Haofeng, Jiang Shenglong, who have not yet been fully established in the Chinese Super League.

　　And young international players like Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun have further accumulated experience in international competitions.

　　As for Han Jiaqi, who performed well, this is the biggest discovery of the national football selection team. He has the strength and potential to become a new force in the national football team.

Zhu Chenjie is in the game.

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　　From the perspective of the game, the experience of the 0:0 draw with Japan in the second round is also a confidence boost for the young players.

　　Even if the opponent is a Japanese second team, objectively speaking, there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides.

But in the face of the gap, it does not prevent the young Chinese team from using targeted tactics and hard work to try to make up for the gap.

The first match of the national football selection team in the East Asia Cup and the South Korean team.

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　　Maybe this gap seems a little helpless.

The only one who scored the team's only goal in this East Asian Cup was Tan Long, the team's only veteran.

　　But the status quo of Chinese football, which has never been connected, is like this.

　　The most realistic thing is to hope that young players can accumulate experience through similar international competitions and further grow.

This is also a major reason for the selection of the national football team to play in this East Asian Cup.

　　In any case, the young players in this national football selection team still have a long way to go, keep going.

(Reporter Bian Liqun)