It is said that the day before, South Korean head coach Kim He-fan looked solemn after watching the Sino-Syrian battle, and made up his mind to go around - Chinese forward reporter Ma Dexing unexpectedly met the coach of the South Korean team Kim He-fan at the scene, and came to the scene with the entire coaching team. They not only watched the Chinese team's game in its entirety, but also invited a special camera crew to record the whole game. Since Jin Hefan had previously coached in Henan Jianye, he was also familiar with reporters. After the game, when Jin Hefan left the stadium and passed by reporters, he also specially greeted reporters and said: "The Chinese team performed well!" ”

Then South Korea lost to Malaysia.

If you don't go around, you can't do it, there is still a Lu Zhuhu in the opponent's formation who only exerts fifty percent of his strength.

But it is intentional and unreliable, comparing the schedule, if South Korea wins the group, it will face Japan or Vietnam and Saudi Arabia in the finals; After finishing second in the group, they will face Iran, Uzbekistan, Vietnam or Japan in order to reach the final;

As for the Chinese team, if they want to win the championship, they must be unavoidable.

Normally, it is obviously easier to take the road to the top of the group, and it should not be deliberately picked Iran and Uzbekistan in order to avoid the Chinese and Japanese teams, which are quite strong teams in the U23 stage. In particular, Uzbekistan is the champion of this year's U23 Asian Cup, and the Asian Games have recruited three more overage players, and yesterday it was 6:0 The third place in the U23 Asian Cup was Qatar. There is no doubt that Uzbekistan is the favorite to win the championship this time, and even if the Chinese team has one more "tiger", it may not have a big enough catalytic effect.

South Korea fell to second place in the group, but it was just ahead of Malaysia, and that's it.

On the other hand, because the Chinese team won two consecutive victories, the domestic began to praise the Football Association's wonderful U23 policy really worked, and many people began to look back and advocate the U23 policy, saying that the leaders of the Football Association really have a vision, so that the "ingenious" idea can be repeated.

Seeing such a point of view, Lu Zhuhu was speechless for a while-

The policy itself is not to say, this logic is too absurd, the U23 policy forces young players to play in the Chinese Super League, of course, it is beneficial to some U23 players, and the more games you play under the same conditions, the faster you improve, so now I have seen some effects in the Asian Games.

But the Asian Games, Olympic games and other young player competitions are only a small part of the national team, the real level still depends on the national team, can not say that the U23 results are good on behalf of the entire football level has improved, in essence, it is a kind of seedling to promote the behavior, and then to the extreme, the entire Super League can even be in addition to foreign aid must be all U23, overage will be forced to retire, then the U23 national football results must be better!

Is it useful?

Forcing U23 players to have a chance means forcibly depriving some "overage" but capable players of the opportunity, when the resources are snatched from others and distributed to a small number of people, the people who get the resources will of course have advantages and competitiveness, but the progress of a few people is not equal to the overall progress.

This truth is not difficult to understand.

For the so-called "Olympic strategy", Lu Zhuhu has never been able to understand, and it is better to say that the Olympic football honor is really nothing - except for the runner-up he won, of course.

Of course, I can also understand that the performance of the National Olympic Games is better, and the Sports Federation can be less blind toss, otherwise it will always be impossible to enter the main competition of the Olympic Games, and it is not easy to write a summary of the work of the General Administration of Sports.

No matter how good the league is, no matter how many fans attend, how hot the ball market is - no one cares about that.

As a result, the results of the national Olympic team cannot go up, and some "laymen" will definitely find a way to find a way to make football unhappy, and the Football Association wants to be the national team, youth training, and improve the football population. Sports federation is the Olympic strategy, influence, and all sports are no exception.

Lu Zhuhu persuaded the little brothers to take advantage of this time to improve themselves more - when they are over 23 years old, how many 95-year-olds will be trampled under the feet of 97-year-old next year, just like 93 is now trampled under the feet of 95 - how many people in 93 can play football now?

In the future, 97 will also be robbed of more opportunities by those who are two years younger.

It's as if China will always need 23-year-olds to play football, which is ridiculous and helpless to think about.

The 26-year-old is not worried about running out of football, and if it weren't for the fact that overage players are only allowed to participate in Olympic football, he believes that the HKSA would have asked him to play in the qualifiers.

Scold! How absurd!

On August 19, in the final round of Group C of the men's football competition of the Asian Games, the Chinese U-23 national team played against the United Arab Emirates U-23 national team. Previously, Syria defeated Timor-Leste, and the Chinese team can qualify as the top of the group as long as it does not lose 3 goals to the United Arab Emirates.

It was not too difficult to qualify early and get the top spot, and Maddaloni also rotated the lineup significantly.

The current age group of the U-23 national football team has not played against the UAE national team, but before the second U-23 Asian Cup in 2016, the 93-year-old Chinese Olympic and the United Arab Emirates met once in the warm-up match, and the Chinese team finally lost 0-2 - which also shows how miserable the 93-year-old is.

However, the record of that game does not have much reference significance for the current two teams.

Maddaloni said our players definitely need to recover and recuperate in order to be better prepared for the next games. There will probably be adjustments to the lineup in 5-6 positions to allow more of the main players to get enough rest. Land? He's always in the best form and we'll need his ability and experience when the knockout rounds start. I don't think we need to rely on him completely just yet, it's really not the stage he's supposed to be on.

However, although the cowhide was blown out, it was not as smooth as imagined in actual combat-

In the 31st minute of the first half of the game, the UAE got a chance through a quick counterattack, the ball was sent to the Chinese team's penalty area, Gao Zhunyi failed to grab the first landing point, Halefan plugged in at high speed, and shot before Gao Zhunyi fell to the ground to block!

The goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Chen Wei, couldn't save, and the UAE broke the deadlock, 1-0!

This is the first goal conceded by the Chinese team in this Asian Games - the record of not conceding a goal is over.

This is exactly what Lu Zhuhu said to them as soon as he came, "unsuccessful attacks and too many mistakes will continue to give the opponent a chance to counterattack", "The space behind the two fullbacks in the backfield is very dangerous", but although the little brothers nodded again and again when they listened to it, they didn't seem to hear it in their hearts.

Or, even if they hear it, they know this kind of malaise, but they can't understand it in the actual game, and it's still their old routine.

Lu Zhuhu only sighed. Hidden worries have been planted at this time.

However, this U23 still has offensive strength, in the 38th minute, Feng Boyuan distributed the ball to Wei Shihao on the left, Wei Shihao cut into the penalty area, shook off a UAE defender, and then shot before the opponent blocked, and the ball flew to the far corner!

The UAE goalkeeper saves and misses the ball!

The Chinese team equalized!

This ball is indeed a reflection of personal ability, and after the World Cup experience, Wei Shihao has become more and more daring to make moves, and his mentality is more relaxed.

But he can't be alone, in the 71st minute, Feng Boyuan returned the ball to Yao Junsheng, Yao Junsheng took the ball just past the halfway line, saw the UAE goalkeeper standing in front, and directly tried an ultra-long-distance hanging door!

Emirates goalkeeper Shamhi didn't react when he stepped back, and he knew that even if he made any moves, it wouldn't help.

The Chinese team overtook the score 2-1!

Sitting in the midfield, with accurate long passes, a good set-piece and long-range shooting skills, the 23-year-old Yao Junsheng is close to his predecessor Xu Liang, compared with China, it is still Luneng's youth training is better!

In the end, the Chinese team was able to defeat the United Arab Emirates 2-1, winning all three games and advancing to the first place in the group.

In the history of the Asian Games, the Chinese men's football team has won all three group stages before, including consecutive victories over Lebanon and Cambodia in the first stage of the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games; In the 2002 Busan Asian Games, he won consecutive games against Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and India; and back-to-back wins over Iraq, Malaysia and Oman at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. This time, in the first two rounds, the UAE won the group stage of the Asian Games for the fourth time in history, and scored 11 goals and conceded only one.

It's just that based on historical experience, the group stage is in the sky, and the first game of the knockout round will still be out...... After winning the bronze medal in Thailand in 1998, since 2002, the Chinese men's football team has been eliminated in the first round of the knockout round for five consecutive tournaments, only the first four have been played in the U-21 age group, and this time the U-23 age group has participated.

Don't be complacent too soon!

On August 20, in the final round of the men's football group E of the Asian Games, the South Korean team faced the Kyrgyzstan team, Son Heung-min also fought hard, started the game and served as the captain, and the other two overage players Zhao Hyun-woo and Huang Yi-suke also started the game together. However, the team was still quite unhappy and couldn't knock on the opponent's door until the 63rd minute, when the South Korean team took a corner kick on the left side, Son Heung-min, who was ambushed at the back of the goal, met the ball unmarked and volleyed with his right foot -

The ball went straight into the net and South Korea broke the deadlock.

In the end, South Korea defeated Kyrgyzstan 1-0 with Son Heung-min's winning goal to secure the second place in Group E.

In the entire group stage, the same captain, Captain Lu only played one game, and in the twenty-minute game, Captain Sun was almost half tired to death, such a comparison, it is really helpless......

The matchups for the entire knockout round were also produced:

Upper Half:

Palestine VS Syria

Vietnam VS Bahrain

Uzbekistan VS Hong Kong

Iran VS South Korea

Lower Half:

China VS Saudi Arabia

Malaysia VS Japan

Indonesia VS UAE

Bangladesh VS North Korea

South Korea also dropped to second on the same points, meeting old rivals Iran. In Asian football, it has historically been divided into East Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia, especially the confrontation between East Asia and West Asia has a long history both on and off the field, and these two divisions are still retained in the AFC Champions League to ensure that West Asian teams can enter the finals. However, in this Asian Games, the Asian football map is surprisingly united, and there is only one goal, that is, to send the current "Asia's number one star Sun Xingmin" to become a soldier...... Let Lu Zhuhu enjoy the title of Asia's first person exclusively! After all, there is nothing you can do if you want someone Lu to be a soldier......

Even if South Korea passes the Iranian hurdle, they are very likely to face Uzbekistan next, and then they may face Vietnam, don't underestimate this Vietnam, they are now the top Asian team in the same age group! If they pass three levels in a row, they are "very likely" to face the Chinese team in the final.

Chinese fans have already planned the route -

first killed his father's team Saudi Arabia, then Little Japan, then the host, and finally sent Sun Xingmin to be a soldier with his own hands......

It's really exciting to think about!

If it comes true, I'm afraid it can also become a classic battle......

In the past ten years, Chinese football has been shattered from hope again and again, and constantly disappointed and disappointed, but the fans still choose not to give up or abandon it, but in recent years, the momentum has slowly recovered and even made Lu Zhuhu wear the peak.

It's just that I'm also worried: Lu has retired, and the king of martial arts can't play, where can I see such a good national team?

Now in the Asian Games shining in the U23, as if seeing the future, in the group stage of the game, every player of the Chinese team can be said to do their best, 100% play, there are many commendable places, and even played many times "European style" and "Barcelona-style attack", and also shot out a lot of foot world waves, undoubtedly this performance is the best among several teams!

However, what needs to be hit by the self-confidence of Chinese fans is that the outside world does not see it that way, except for Lu Zhuhu, there is really nothing to be afraid of.

Saudi Arabia may have come to the Chinese team on its own-

Because Saudi Arabia could have won the first place in Group F, but they chose a humiliating approach and took the initiative to lose by a large score, and more interestingly, Iran in the same group is the same, the only reason why they all do this is to avoid the South Korean team, both Saudi Arabia and Iran believe that although there are also Premier League superstars, Son Xingmin's fighting spirit is still much stronger than that of Lu Zhuhu, and the goals of the two are completely different.

And compared with the South Korean team, the Chinese team has more "operable" possibilities, anyway, even if the whistle is blown in the game, the Chinese team does not protest much, and has always had no say in the AFC......

In history in 1978 and 1994, the Chinese men's football team and the Saudi Arabian team have played each other twice in the Asian Games, winning all of them, and the Chinese team is a pure U-23 age group player, Saudi Arabia is a pure U-21 age group player, and there are many little guys born in 1999. Based on the "simple national feelings", the major media also played "The Saudi team chose the Chinese team, and they will regret it this time!" "If you don't do it, you won't die!" While South Korea is trying to avoid China, Saudi Arabia and Iran in West Asia are both trying to choose the Chinese men's football team as their opponents in the knockout round. For these opponents who despise the U23 national football team, we just want to say: Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away! And so on.

Don't look at the excitement now, when they lose, they criticize and trample these players into the mud more than anyone else......

But even Lu Zhuhu didn't expect that this group of little brothers who he had high hopes for would encounter a serious Waterloo in this field......

On August 24, in the 1/8 finals of the men's football team of the Asian Games, the Chinese U-23 national team faced Saudi Arabia.