For Vietnamese football, our fans are still somewhat unfamiliar. There are not many opportunities for the adult national teams of the two countries to meet and play. The last official match between the two teams was 1 1 years ago, when China beat the other team 2- 1. In the five national team competitions between China and Vietnam since 1997, the national football team won five games. However, the Vietnamese team has made remarkable progress in recent years. In recent years, the national youth Olympic teams of China and Vietnam have met from time to time. In the two friendly matches of 20 19, the national youth Olympic team and the Olympic team were defeated by 01and 0:2 respectively.
In fact, just from the results of the Vietnam team in recent years, fans can find that they have really made great progress. On 20/KOOC-0/6, Vietnam entered the World Youth Championship, 20/KOOC-0/8U23 Asian Cup, Vietnam won the runner-up, and on 20/KOOC-0/9, Vietnam entered the quarterfinals. These dazzling achievements are also leaps and bounds for a weak team that won the national football championship ten or twenty years ago. Therefore, many online fans think that Vietnam has become a quasi-first-class team in Asia, and the national football team has begun to lose to Vietnam. Is that really the case?
Let's talk about the achievements of several major competitions that Vietnamese football is proud of. Although the results of youth competitions are not low in gold, the results of the national youth Olympic Games have little to do with the results of the adult national team. A good performance in the National Youth Olympic Games does not mean a good performance in the national team. Ukraine won the World Youth Championship in 20 19, but this year's European Cup was still defeated by England by 4 goals in the final of14. Uzbekistan won the U23 Asian Cup in 20 18, but this year they didn't even touch the top half of 12, and the strength of the national team declined greatly. Let's take the quarter-finals of the 20 19 Asian Cup as an example. Don't forget that although the national football team was completely defeated by Iran with three goals, it was also the quarter-finals.
Let's start with the players of the adult national team. Except the goalkeepers Dang, Fan and Lin, all the players of the Vietnamese national team are currently playing in their own leagues. The level of Vietnam league is very general, which can be seen from the AFC Champions League. In the AFC Champions League, Vietnamese teams rarely participate in the competition, and those teams that advance are basically the main players of the group. Nguyen Feng Gong, the top star of the Vietnamese team at present, only plays for his own team. 20 19 started to study abroad on loan for the K League, but in the K League, he only played eight times, including three substitutes, without any record of scoring or assisting. In the 20 19 season, Ruan was loaned to the Serie A team St. Turden, leaving only a substitute appearance record of 1 before returning home.
Players like Ruan are few and far between in China football. Take playing for Serie A as an example. Wang Shangyuan once played for the Serie A giants Bruges and scored goals, but even during that time, Wang Shangyuan had no chance to enter the national team. There are also many players in China studying K League abroad. Li Weifeng, Feng Xiaoting and Huang Bowen are the main players in the K League. Although it can't be called the core, it can still occupy the main position in the team.
Facing the Vietnamese national football team, China's greater advantage lies in naturalized players. At present, there are naturalized players in the third line of the national football team, all of whom have the ability to occupy the main position. No matter Jiang, the backbone of the defense, Li Ke, the midfielder, or the center, their abilities are far higher than those of Vietnamese players. What's more, Alan, Fernando and Kardec who may play are all potential magic weapons. Only from the paper strength analysis, the Vietnamese team is no match for the national football team.
Since the national football team can get all 3 points in Syria, there is no reason for us to lose the 6 points that are easily available in the face of Vietnam, which ranks lower. So do you think the national football team will win two games against Vietnam?