Due to the postponement of the Asian Games, the task of last year's tournament has been transferred to 2023. For Chinese soccer, this year, in addition to the Asian Cup, is the Asian Games, held locally, occupying the double advantage of the host, which also creates an opportunity for the rebound of the national football team. After all, the host can use the home field advantage to enhance the fighting force. Of course, competitive sports come down to the strength of the field. The national football team Asian Games should take the time to sharpen themselves and achieve good results.
As the Asian Games coach, Yang Kovic on the U23 players, very early in the training mode, is currently preparing for Foshan, Guangdong, last year's East Asian Cup, Yang Kovic led the team, although the performance is not outstanding, but it is also very good, and got the recognition of the domestic soccer, so the outside world also hope that the adjustment, the Asian Games can improve the tacit understanding, and then in the game confidence and strength of the game to make great progress, as for the results are natural the.
In order to test the effectiveness of their preparations, the Asian Games contacted local warm-up opponents and recently completed a match with newcomers Dandong Tengyue. Taking into account that the players are in a period of physical recovery, Jankovic did not ask to play 90 minutes, but agreed to play only 70 minutes.
From a strength standpoint, the national team had to dominate - after all, the opponents were still a B-team last season - and outsiders initially thought the 2023 Asian Games debut would be a blowout, but surprisingly, the game was very tough and Dandong Tengyue were very resilient. Of course, Dandong Tengyue fielded two new foreigners brought in during the winter window and improved their overall strength.
However, the Men's Asian Games still showed control after the start of the tournament, with the main attacker, 21-year-old Chinese Super League star Liu Zhuyun, finishing the scoring as Dandong Tengyue equalized in the closing stages to deny the Men's Asian Games 1-1. Obviously, such a result cannot be explained to the outside world - after all, this is a national brand identity - and fortunately, the team still has time to prepare for it, as it will travel to Dubai the day after the tournament to begin overseas training, and will then compete against foreign teams.
