The three group matches of this Asian Games are all arranged in Solon, which is the farthest from Jakarta's main competition area and closer to Bandung, where the team is currently stationed.
Before the Asian Games, this China U23 team had just played two friendly matches, namely, beating Malaysian Asian Games 2-0 and Iranian Asian Games 3-2. Although the process is bumpy, it is still a good mock exam transcript.
Wei, Huang Zichang, Zhang Yuning ... Although the team's final Asian Games list was a bit bumpy, the result was good. This is a team that includes the most powerful and capable players of the right age. In order to win medals for this U23 national football team in the Asian Games, China Football Association specially recruited Lippi to the rear, which shows the importance attached.
It is reported that "winning medals" has become the task of the U23 national football team in this Asian Games in Jakarta, and the minimum goal is to enter the top eight. Looking back at the last two Asian Games, the men's soccer team has been defeated in the match of 16 into 8.
The biggest difference between this team and before is that these players have gained more actual combat experience under the New Deal of the Football Association U23, and they have grown significantly. At the same time, this Asian Games has also become a test of U23' s New Deal.
The grouping of this Asian Games will also help China achieve good results. * * * There are 26 teams participating in the men's soccer competition in this Asian Games. The U23 national football team is in Group C with the United Arab Emirates, Syria and East Timor. The top two in the group and the third place in the top four will advance to the knockout stage.
14 in the afternoon, 17, U23 men's soccer team will play the first match of the group match against East Timor, the weakest team in the group.
East Timor is an island country located at the eastern tip of Nusa Tenggara Islands in Southeast Asia, bordering West Timor, Indonesia, and facing Australia across the Timor Sea in the south.
East Timor was once a colony of Portugal and was later annexed by Indonesia. 1In August, 1999, a referendum decided to leave Indonesia for independence, and it became independent on May 20th, 2002. With a population of only 6.5438+0.27 million, East Timor is the poorest country in the world, and most of its materials depend on foreign aid.
Although Timor-Leste drew 0-0 in the qualifiers of the 3rd Asian U23 Championship more than a year ago, the men's soccer team in this Asian Games is not the team that participated in the U23 Asian Championship qualifiers last year, but a young team dominated by 97-year-old people.
Moreover, the current head coach of the team is no longer the former Korean coach Jin Xinkuan, but a domestic coach. This means that the current East Timor team has lost its unpopular status against South Korea as it did in the U23 Asian Championship qualifiers last year.