The 2023 CFA China-Dalian International Football Invitational Tournament was staged at 19:35 GMT on the evening of October 10 (tonight) in the city of soccer, but the Chinese men's national football team did not sit on a professional soccer field in Barracuda Bay, Dalian, but at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium where they hosted the Vietnamese men's football team from Southeast Asia.
With the conclusion of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the national soccer team will finally not have to make way for Guo Ping, Athletics, China Women's Basketball, China Women's Ping, China Women's Soccer, and China Men's Basketball.CCTV5 will be broadcasting live nationwide on the CCTV Sports Channel.
Meanwhile, Jiangsu Radio and Television's Sports and Leisure Channel is also live on TV. CCTV (CCTV Sports Client CCTV5APP) and Migu Video broadcast live on the web and cell phones.
Dalian has a wealth of soccer talent. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, one out of every three international players on the Chinese national soccer team and the adult Chinese women's soccer team has come from this soccer city, the first major town in Chinese soccer. However, over the past decade, Dalian has suffered a serious loss and break in soccer talent. Of the 26 players trained for this national soccer team, only four were born in Dalian, namely Wang Dalei (Shandong Taishan), Tan Long (Changchun Yatai), Ma Zhen (Shanghai Shenhua) and Gao Tianyi (Beijing Guoan).
Because of the absence of Lin Liangming, who is jokingly referred to by fans as a Real Madrid star, due to injury, He Yupeng, who was called up for the first time by the national soccer team, was the only international player from Dalian to be selected. The young player was born in Anshan, although he comes from the Dalian youth training system.
Among other national soccer players, Wu Lei, Yan Junling, Jiang Guangtai and Wei Zhen are from Shanghai Seaport, a Chinese Super League leader and former Chinese Football Association leader Chen Xuyuan. Liu Yang and Chen Pu are from the old team of Shandong Taishan. Li Lei, Li Ke and Fang Hao are from Beijing Guoan's Imperial Guard. Wu Xi, Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong are from Shanghai Shenhua. Wang Shangyuan is from Henan, Wang Qiuming and Xie Weijun, the favorite son of famous national soccer player Xie Yuxin, are from Tianjin Jinmen Tigers.
Brazilian-born, bloodless naturalized player Eckerson from Chengdu Rongcheng, Wei Shihao and Xie Pengfei from defending Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen, Ye Lijiang from Nantong Zhiyun, and Wu Shaochong from Turkey's Youth United Football Club.
Due to injuries, Zhang Linmiao and Liu Dengzheng did not come to Dalian.
Serbian national team head coach Aleksandar Jankovic said that it will give more young players a chance to play, and many of them could be present at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium.
The national team is ranked 80th in the latest FIFA global rankings, while Vietnam's men's soccer, coached by renowned French coach Troisier, is ranked 95th.
Vietnamese soccer has made great strides in recent years because of its emphasis on youth training and leagues. The Vietnamese men's football team beat the national football team 3-1 at home in the Qatar World Cup Asian qualifying round of 12 on February 1, 2022 (the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year), the first time in the team's history that it beat the ever-elusive rival. It added to the obstacles for Chinese fans during the Lunar New Year. The historic victory also greatly boosted the confidence of Vietnamese players, who have set their sights on reaching the 2026 World Cup.
This time once again, the national soccer team will certainly give their best in the revenge game, but the Vietnamese men's soccer team will not admit defeat easily either.
