The U19 National Youth has not "recovered the lost ground" ["Gouhuo" advances to the final of the Asian Youth Championship——]
Although the practice of wasting time in the corner kick area when 0-1 behind before the end of the game made the fans wonder, "Isn't this the only way to lead the game?" However, for the group stage, which has won two consecutive victories, the final round only needs a small score. As far as the U19 national youth can qualify for the tournament if they lose, the task of "no accident and smooth promotion" has been successfully completed: in the early morning of September 19, Beijing time, the U19 national youth played in the third round of the Asian Youth Championship qualifier group stage 0: 0: 1. Lost to the host Saudi National Youth. With the goal difference obtained from a 3:1 victory over Myanmar and a 5:0 win over the Maldives, the U19 National Youth was determined to become one of the five best-performing second-place teams, thus successfully winning 2023. Tickets for the final round of the Asian Youth Championship——Combined with the rough experience of completing the first international official match in the qualifiers of the Asian Youth Championship in the past three years since the team was established, this result is enough for head coach Antonio, team leader Shao Jiayi, and assistant coach Du Zhen Yu and the players gathered in a hearty celebration.
This is the first battle of the National Youth Team to "recover lost ground", which is indeed gratifying.
In November 2019, the national youth of the 00/01 age group lost 1:4 to the South Korean national youth in the final round of the Asian Youth Championship qualifiers and ranked second in the group, due to the fact that they failed to get enough in the Singapore team and Myanmar team. Goal difference, and ultimately missed the 2020 U19 Asian Youth Championship final (16 teams participated), wrote the embarrassing record of missing the U19 Asian Youth Championship final stage for the first time after the professionalization of Chinese football - Affected by the global epidemic, the 2020 U19 Asian Youth Championship final Uzbekistan will automatically get the right to host the 2023 U20 Asian Cup. Now that the National Youth Team has entered the finals, it once again has the qualification to play against the strongest teams of the same age in Asia, which will naturally help Chinese football to clarify its own positioning. And formulate the strategic guidelines for the next two World Preliminaries.
According to the reporter's understanding, in addition to the foreign teacher team who directly transferred to Spain for vacation, the U19 National Youth will take a chartered flight to return to China. The team will enter Haikou and implement the "7+3" epidemic prevention and quarantine. The coaching team will discuss the next stage of training arrangements in the near future. Overseas Pulling is essential.
According to the AFC plan, from March 1st to 18th, 2023, the U20 Asian Youth Championship will be held in Uzbekistan. At that time, the top 4 teams will jointly represent Asia with the Indonesian team (host) to participate in the 2023 2023 in Indonesia in May. 2019 U20 World Cup (World Youth Championship), in the final of the previous U20 World Cup (2019 Poland World Youth Championship), the Ukrainian National Youth defeated the South Korean National Youth 3:1 to win the cup, and the third or fourth final battle Ecuador defeated the Italian team and won the third place——China The last time the National Youth Team participated in the World Youth Championship was in 2005. At that time, the main players in the team, such as Gao Lin, Zhu Ting, Hao Junmin, Zhao Xuri, and Feng Xiaoting, are still in the Super League.
With the strength of the Chinese national youth today, it is only a theoretical possibility to enter the top four in Asia and qualify for the World Youth Championship again: aside from the hard preparations caused by various influences in the past three years, this qualifier will be played in three games. Qing's overall performance is quite satisfactory, and it is more practical to target the group to qualify for the final stage of the Asian Youth Championship.
In the first game against Myanmar, the National Youth Team didn’t make 2 penalty kicks in 3 minutes from substitute Liu Guobao until stoppage time, and finally passed the border 3:1. Team, the national youth will miss the final of the Asian Youth Championship again - the Maldives team, the national youth finally controlled the rhythm of the game, and the match with the host Saudi team, the national youth's degree of prudence is surprising: let go and fight against each other. The best strategy, but compared with the opponent's mid-lane penetration, side-to-center combination, defender's long pass and forward connection, etc., which rely on technical capabilities, the U19 national youth who are more accustomed to playing high and high lacks midfield scheduling and local precision coordination. , the lack of rhythm changes, which makes the national youth can only consider how to "win the strong with the weak" when facing a strong Asian team like the Saudi National Youth.
Therefore, being able to achieve the goal of "promoting to the finals" does not prove that the national youth team can compete with the strong teams in Asia. The national youth players in the three group matches still made unforced errors from time to time under low pressure. It is even rarer to pass and receive the ball multiple times to resolve a complex situation or even penetrate the opponent's defense.
There is still half a year before the final of the Asian Youth Championship. It is conceivable how difficult it is for Antonio's coaching staff to upgrade the team.
The only "variable" worthy of the fans' expectation is that three overseas players, He Xiaoke, Jia Boyan and Liu Shaoziyang, who are the absolute main players of the national brand in this age group, did not participate in the qualifiers with the team. Among them, Jia Boyan has been training with the team but joined Dubrava, Croatia before the game. The club has the opportunity to play in the Croatian second-level league; Liu Shaoziyang became the main goalkeeper of the second team in Klagenfurt, Austria, and was recognized for his 8 starting performances in the first 10 rounds; He Xiaoke represented Sabadell U19A team on September 18, Beijing time. In the first game of the Spanish U19 Honor League, Sabadell defeated Huesca 2-0 at home. He Xiaoke, who was in a good mood, encouraged himself on social media with "keep going" after the game.
If three foreign players go to the Asian Youth Championship with the National Youth League, the coaching staff will have more options to deploy the lineup, but the pressure to qualify will not be reduced. Players can hardly find a "sparkling point" that they can get their hands on.
This newspaper, Beijing, September 19th
China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Guo Jian Source: China Youth Daily