The national football selection team is difficult to shake the East Asian pattern [34-year-old veteran Tan Long scored with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss and won the third place]
East Asia Cup · Arena
Zhang Zhe, all media reporter of Guangzhou Daily
The East Asian Cup men's football match ended yesterday. The national football selection team defeated the Chinese Hong Kong team 1-0 with Tan Long's goal, and won the third place with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss and won the third place in this competition.
The host Japanese team won the championship with a 3-0 victory over South Korea. For the first time, Japan's men's and women's football team won the East Asia Cup in the country.
Tan Long sets the record for the oldest scorer in the national football team
After a 0-0 draw with the host Japan in the last round, the morale of the national football selection team is high.
The coach Jankovic still arranged a 3 central defender formation for the national football selection team yesterday.
In the 67th minute of the second half, the Chinese Hong Kong team made two consecutive clearances on the wing without success. The ball bounced into the penalty area of the Chinese Hong Kong team. The national football selection team striker Tan Long scored a wonderful volley.
Tan Long's goal broke the national football's 346-minute ball shortage in international A-level competitions, and Tan Long, who is currently 34 years old and 117 days old, has also become the oldest player in the national football team to score in an international A-level competition.
In 2014, veteran Zheng Zhi scored 1 goal in an international friendly against New Zealand when he was 34 years and 86 days old.
In the end, the national football selection team defeated the Chinese Hong Kong team 1-0 and won the third place in this East Asian Cup.
In the history of the national football team participating in the East Asian Cup 9 times, this is the fifth time they have won the third place. The previous best results of the national football team in the East Asian Cup were winning the championship in 2005 and 2010.
International rankings are expected to return to the top ten in Asia
Although the national football selection team only scored 1 goal in this East Asian Cup, this victory ended the embarrassment of the national football team not winning in 9 consecutive international games.
In the points ranking announced by FIFA in June, the Chinese team ranked 78th in the world and 11th in Asia with 1304.02 points, only 2 points behind Uzbekistan (1306.63 points) ranked 10th.
After defeating the Hong Kong team this time, the national football team can get about 3 points, so when the latest FIFA rankings announced by FIFA on August 25, the Chinese team may surpass the Uzbekistan team and return to Asia. top ten.
For this national football selection team with U23 players as the main body, participating in the three games of the East Asian Cup is of great training value.
24 people from the national football selection team participated in this East Asian Cup, and a total of 19 people played in the game. The coach Jankovic also showed his coaching ability.
Due to the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games to next year, the U23 national football team will still be retained, and the best of them are expected to be transferred to the national football team to participate in the Asian Cup next year.
After the East Asia Cup, all players of the national football selection team will return to China and enter the quarantine period.
The second stage of the Chinese Super League will kick off on August 5, when players from the national football selection team may miss the first two rounds.
At the same time, in order to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers and the U23 Asian Cup, the new Chinese U21 men's football team coached by Cheng Yaodong assembled yesterday. The whole team will go to Croatia on August 5 for training three weeks after the training in Shanghai. months.