We focus on the Chinese Olympic men's football team, which is actively preparing for the U23 Asian Cup, rather than the senior men's national team that will participate in the Asian Cup. In the coming year, the Chinese team will face two important competitions: the first is the Asian Cup, which will be played in the middle of next month, which is the highest level of competition in AsiaThis will be followed by the U23 Asian Cup in March, which is also a key stage in the Asian qualifiers for the Olympic Games.
Previously, the Chinese team entered the final stage in a thrilling way. In the group stage, we took advantage of our home advantage to compete in the same group as the United Arab Emirates, India and Maldives and finished second in the group to qualify for the Under-23 Asian Cup in March next year. The victory gave the Chinese team a glimmer of hope that they could qualify for the Paris Olympics. Although there are general reservations about the prospects of the Chinese team in this year's U23 Asian Cup, being able to compete with the top Asian teams is undoubtedly a valuable experience for these young players.
The national Olympic team, which is intensively preparing for the Asian Cup, recently held a warm-up match. The tournament originally scheduled for the 20th was postponed to the 23rd for some reason. The opponent is Malaysia, ranked 126th in the world, nearly 50 places lower than the Chinese team. In the Asian football landscape, Southeast Asian football is relatively weak, and Malaysia is not a strong team in Southeast Asia. According to the world rankings, they are only fourth in the Southeast Asia region, behind Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.
However, in the face of such a weaker Southeast Asian team, the Chinese team was scoreless under the leadership of Cheng Yaodong and was finally defeated by Malaysia at home. The defeat was shocking because China had never lost to Malaysia in the past 43 years of their meetings with Malaysia, both youth and senior, and had been able to win most of the time.
This year, however, there was a game-changing event: first our senior national team was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Malaysia, and then the U23 Olympic team lost 1-0 at home to Malaysia. This undoubtedly set a record of shame in 43 years and left the majority of fans indignant. Fortunately, this game is only a friendly match, and there are not many fans who follow this national Olympic team, so it has not caused much impact for the time being. But in football, the defeat has come to be seen as a huge disgrace.
The defeat of the Chinese men's football team once again broke through our cognitive bottom line. Back 20 years ago, when we faced an opponent like Malaysia, there was never a suspense. The question was how many goals we could winIf the number of wins is less than three, the Chinese football team will even be criticized. However, now, our senior team was held to a 0-0 draw by their opponents, and the U23 Olympic team lost 0-1. It's sad that we can't guarantee victory against a team like Malaysia, which is a former underdog.
Cheng Yaodong's coaching ability was once again seriously questioned, and the call for him to leave class grew. Since Cheng Yaodong took over the National Olympic team, his coaching performance has been controversial. Although he was in a crisis of resignation many times, he was always able to rely on luck to stay in office. With the Asian Cup about to kick off, it is not wise to change the coach on the spotHowever, given the poor performance in the warm-up matches, we don't dare to expect much from the prospect of the Asian Cup.
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