Chinanews.com, Beijing, March 9th, title: After 9 years, the Asian Youth Championship team has qualified!
A ray of light in the dark night of Chinese football
Reporter Bian Liqun
In the U20 Asian Cup group match that ended on the evening of the 9th Beijing time, the U20 national football team 1:1 Kyrgyzstan team successfully qualified from the "death group".
This is the first time in 9 years that the U20 national football team has once again entered the U20 Asian Cup knockout round.
For Chinese football in the trough, it is undoubtedly an extremely precious ray of light in the dark night.
The first group photo of the Chinese team.
Image source: Visual China
game progress
The game is still quite thrilling.
Kyrgyzstan U20 formed several threats in the opening game.
It wasn't until the 19th minute of the game that the Chinese team made a slightly threatening shot. Eiffelding turned around in the penalty area and attacked the goal, slightly above the crossbar.
In the 30th minute, Kyrgyzstan had a chance to set the ball, but Brusemann missed the header from close in front of the goal, and the Chinese team escaped.
Eiffelding shoots.
Image source: Visual China
Changed sides to fight again, in the 49th minute, Browzmann pushed and scored, but the goal was invalid for offside.
In the 59th minute, the passive Chinese team took the lead to break the deadlock!
The Chinese team counterattacked, and Buick Berdinov directly formed an own goal in the process of clearing the siege. The Chinese team led 1:0!
In the 87th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked and missed a goal. In turn, Kyrgyzstan formed a quick counterattack and scored. The Chinese team 1:1 Kyrgyzstan.
In the end, this score was difficult to maintain until the end.
Eiffelding (first from left) in the game.
Image source: Visual China
Qualified again after 9 years
Since the Japanese U20 in the same group defeated the Saudi U20 2:1, the Chinese team had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage with 4 points and qualified as the second in the group.
In the previous two group matches, the U20 national football team was reversed by the Japanese team 1:2 and defeated Saudi Arabia 2:0.
Whether it is the process or the result, this is a happy result.
Since the U20 national football team represented by Wei Shihao entered the Asian Youth Championship (U20 Asian Cup) in 2014, the Chinese team has failed to qualify for two consecutive sessions in 2016 and 2018.
In the 2020 Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese team encountered a trough of missing for the first time in 25 years, but the Asian Youth Championship was later canceled due to the epidemic.
The Chinese team is in the game.
Image source: Visual China
In this year's Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese team broke through the preliminaries stumbled, but fell into the "death group" where Japan and Saudi Arabia belonged, and the prospect became even more bleak.
It is precisely because of these factors that even if the U20 national football team "only" qualified for the Asian Youth Championship, it still makes people feel extremely happy, and has been on the headlines and hot searches of major media one after another.
The Chinese team is in the game.
Image source: Visual China
Of course, there are also different voices who believe that this is an accidental event of "eating dumplings", which is due to luck, and some even come up with cynical "traditional arts".
So let me ask, doesn't one of the great charms of football lie in chance?
Otherwise, why Saudi Arabia won the World Cup against Argentina is still talked about?
What's the point of football if you can't be happy when you win or lose?
Simply make a spittoon to vent abuse?
At this stage, Chinese football is indeed limited in strength, but it is worthy of applause to be the best under limited conditions and to play energetically. This is not limited to the U20 national football team, but it is also true for the national football team and the Chinese women's football team.
Team leader Shao Jiayi (right) celebrates the goal with Eiffelding.
Image source: Visual China
Made a sample for Chinese football
Of course, excessive belittling and excessive flattery are not beneficial to the current Chinese football. At this stage, rationality and pragmatism are still needed.
The U20 team under Antonio also fully reflects this.
Although the tactic of "swinging the bus" was adopted and the ball was handed over to the opponent, it was not for the sake of swinging the bus.
You can see the training of the defensive level and formation, the aggressiveness when pressing, the counterattack routine, including the design of the set ball, and you can still see some skills. It is already very successful to be able to knead such an effect under the existing team .
Coupled with their energy, the players executed their tactics well. Whether it was against Japan or Saudi Arabia, which were stronger than themselves, the boys of the Chinese team were always fighting and were not defeated.
This has also set an example for Chinese football. In the international competition, facing strong opponents, in fact, it is not just passive to be beaten. You can find a way that suits you and compete to a certain extent.
The Chinese team celebrates a goal.
Image source: Visual China
In addition, Eiffeldin, Muta Lifu and Hu Hetao, who performed well in this U20 national football team, also reflected the importance of the league. progress.
Can withstand critical moments in the U20 National Football Team.
After entering the knockout round, on the evening of the 12th Beijing time, the U20 national football team will face the South Korean team. The opponents had previously drawn Oman U20 4:0, Jordan U20 2:0, and Tajikistan U20 0:0 in the group stage.
Keep fighting, keep chasing, the boys of the Chinese team continue to work hard!
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