Last night, the East Asian Football Federation, the Japanese Football Association and the Chinese Football Association announced the schedule and venue of the 2022 East Asian Football Championship (the East Asian Cup) through official channels. affected by reality,The Chinese Football Association was unable to host this tournament as originally planned, and the game was relocated to Japan. However, the Chinese Football Association still confirmed the selection of men’s and women’s teams to participate in the competition. Among them, the U23 national football team of the 1999 age group participated in the men’s football competition, that is, the men’s football team participating in this year’s Hangzhou Asian Games. Zhang Yuning, Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, the three main national football players, are expected to compete in the Asian Games as overage players. This also means that, in fact,The national football team has basically no official games to play this year. So far, the national football team has played four official matches of the top 12 this year, with a record of one draw and three losses. Playing four games a year is not the least. In 2020, the national football team did not play an official game in the whole year…
After the national football team failed to qualify for the Qatar World Cup finals, the U23 national football team’s participation in the Hangzhou Asian Games has become the most important competition task for the national football team this year. The Chinese Football Association also guarantees the preparations for the U23 National Football Asian Games in accordance with the specifications that supported the men’s football in the Qatar World Cup. The integration of high-quality human resources is also one of the important measures to support the U23 national football team.
In order to give the team more opportunities to warm up,The Chinese Football Association arranged for the U23 national football team to participate in the East Asia Cup. The East Asia Cup was originally held in China, but in view of the current situation, the venue was changed to Japan, and the opponents of the U23 national football team will be Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, China. Under normal circumstances, the Japan and South Korea Football Association will not arrange for the main players to play. They will select players from the league to form teams, and overseas players will not participate in the East Asia Cup. Even so, it is difficult for the U23 national football team to compete with Japanese and Korean teams.
The U23 national football team will play in the Asian Games held in Hangzhou in September this year, which has become the top priority of the men’s football team of the Chinese Football Association this year. In order to give the U23 national football more training and competition opportunities, the Chinese Football Association will arrange for the U23 national football team to participate in the competition. The East Asian Cup competition is an opportunity for the Chinese men’s football team to exercise and improve. I also hope that the U23 national football team can play a high level in the competition, show their fighting spirit, and strive for good results.
Since the national football team has already lost the World Cup, there will be no major competition tasks this year. In fact, the flag of the national football team is likely to be replaced by this U23 national football team. According to the Beijing Youth Daily, after Zhu Chenjie and Dai Weijun participated in the U23 national football preparations, Zhang Yuning, Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng are also expected to join the U23 national football preparation lineup as overage players to help the team compete. The upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games football match in September this year.
U23 national football coach Jankovic said in an interview that with the addition of over-age players such as Zhu Chenjie, Dai Weijun and Wu Xi, the team has a more complete lineup and is full of confidence in this year’s two competitions.
Next year’s local Asian Cup
Will the national football team be updated?
In fact, after the final away game of the top 12 match, the national football team is still in isolation in Haikou and maintains normal training, and the U23 national football team also arrived in Haikou with the national football team after participating in the Dubai Cup.
Both teams will be released from quarantine around the 24th, but the difference is that the national football team will be disbanded directly, and most players will return to their respective clubs and will participate in the first stage of the Chinese Super League.andZhang Yuning and other three national football players will report to the U23 national football team on April 20and then run in with the whole team. After a short rest, they will usher in a training camp to prepare for the East Asian Cup.
Li Xiaopeng, the head coach of the national football team, will go to Beijing to report to the national football management team on the last four rounds of the top 12 competition after the isolation is lifted, and submit the next step plan.The national football team missed the World Cup again, and the next East Asian Cup will also be played by the U23 national football team, soThe next major event of the national football team is next year’s Asian Cup。
With the end of the top 12, the Chinese men’s football team will gradually fade out of sight, but the 2023 Asian Cup will be staged on the doorstep. As the host, the Chinese team needs to make a difference in this event, and the subsequent training sessions and preparations are also centered on the Asian Cup. According to the “Sports Weekly” report, during the national team competition window later this year, the national football team may also not have competition tasks, and at most continue to organize training camps to prepare for the Asian Cup. In this process, how the national football team completes the adjustment of personnel and the replacement of old and new is more worthy of attention.
“Beijing Youth Daily” pointed out that the national team will no longer engage in long-term training camps this year to avoid serious division and delay of the league. When the league schedule is arranged, the relevant departments have reserved an interval for the national football training camp according to the international match day. In other words, this national football team may have no games to play this year.
The national football team officially confirmed that the U23 national football team will participate in the East Asia Cup, which means that if Li Xiaopeng stays in office, the national football team will not conduct long-term training in July. After all, the national football team has no official competition mission. The U23 national football team led by Jankovic has become the focus of the Football Association’s support. If this team performs well in the East Asian Cup and the Asian Games, it is unknown that the national football team will be updated in advance.
2020
The national football team did not play an official match
The national football team has played four official games this year, and this is not the year with the fewest games played by the national football team. At the beginning of 2020, the sudden outbreak of the epidemic pressed the pause button on the world sports arena. The second half of the World Preliminary Top 40, which started in March of that year, was postponed, and the original game preparation rhythm was disrupted. No international A-level matches were played.
It is worth mentioning that, despite not playing a game, in the year-end FIFA rankings, the nationalThere is no competition in the whole year of 2020, but the overall ranking has risen by one。
Until May 30, 2021, the national football team, which played in the World Preliminaries after 563 days, won a 7-0 victory against Guam at home.
The World Preliminaries got off to a good start, but they didn’t get a good result. The national football team fell into the sand again in the top 12, and faced the embarrassing situation of having no ball to play most of the year in the 2022 World Cup…Return to Sohu, see more