China's U23s faced South Korea's U23s in the second round of the 2024 U23 Asian Cup Group B. The match started at 21:00 GMT on April 19th. In the first half, the Chinese team formed a number of threatening attacks, Baihe Lamu twice missed the goal, Xie Wenneng shot was parried, while South Korea scored with only one shot on goal in the first half. In the 34th minute, the Korean team through a simple direct diagonal attack, Lee Young-joon broke into the penalty area from a small angle shot to score, China 0-1 behind the Korean team.
In the second half, the Chinese team had a lot of chances in the attacking end, but the ability to grasp the chances was a bit lacking. In the 69th minute, Xie Wenneng failed to capitalize on the chance to hit the goal from a small angle after breaking the ball. Then, in the defensive round, China's defense immediately failed to defend, and South Korea's Lee Young-joon broke through again, completing the second goal. Although the Chinese team performed well in the game, but the ability to grasp the opportunity is a little poor, the final China National Olympic 0-2 defeated Korea National Olympic, suffered two consecutive losses.
The result of this game means that the Chinese National Olympic Team is at the bottom of the Group B standings, due to the fact that there is only one round left in the group stage and the points situation is unfavorable, the Chinese National Olympic Team declared that they are out of the tournament in one round ahead of time, and they will not be able to reach the Paris Olympics. At the same time, this game also exposed the problems of the Chinese National Olympic Team in both offense and defense, which need to be seriously summarized and reflected, in order to achieve better results in the future games.
