Monday night (15) Qatar Dohalon reopened with a new star-studded U23 Asia. In addition to the 16 teams vying for the title, the tournament winners and Asian champions get a direct ticket to the Olympic men's soccer tournament in Paris this summer. Many of Asia's rising stars will inevitably be vying for the top spot and fighting for the future. "The 'money' path is well laid. Among them, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Uzbekistan are 5-way majors with superior strength, and each youngster will surely fight to dump for fame and fortune.
"Asia 1 brother" in addition to the big country foot super class, Japan's youth ladder team every game is the focus of attention of the fans. 2016, Japan won the championship, the last sent young two-year-old U to participate in 21 games, are available to win the third place, this time the point of view of the army to continue, "let's play", Kubo Jianying, Suzuki Caiyan, and other age of the European players have not been called, the strength of the greatly reduced, increasing the difficulty of winning the championship.
Japan and Korea don't summon the strongest human feet
South Korea, who are in the same group as Japan, have reached the quarterfinals four times in the past five editions and were crowned champions in 2020, but like Japan, the 'Taejik Tigers' have no chance of competing for the title this time around as they have failed to call on Paris Saint-Germain's superstar Lee Kang-in.
As for Saudi Arabia, the last runner-up and previous champion, it cannot be ignored. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been vigorously developing the Saudi League, competing for the right to host the world, and also attaching great importance to the youth tournament. In addition, Qatar has half the home field advantage in this year's West Asia. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia's opponents in Group C are weak and have the capital to cope with the knockout stage after the round of 8. With a number of advantages, it is no wonder that Saudi Arabia has become the favorite to win this year's tournament.
As for Australia and Uzbekistan, they have also been regulars in the top four in recent years. The former has won the quarterfinals in each of the last two editions, while Uzbekistan has finished in the top four for the third consecutive time. in 2018, he won the title, losing to Saudi Arabia in the last final. Looking at the group, Australia and hosts Qatar have some resistance. On the contrary, Uzbekistan group stage tigers into the flock, every minute there is a surprise result.
