The Chinese men's soccer team is no longer a powerhouse within Asia, with a lot of changes in overall performance and form.The 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou saw the Chinese Men's Asian Football Team enter the tournament as hosts, with new head coach Djurdjevic adopting solid tactics to advance to the knockout stages in the first two rounds of the group stage with a 5-1 win over India and a 4-0 win over Myanmar. In the third round of group matches, Djurdjevic seemed intent on waking up his team with a massive rotation, leading to a 0-0 draw against Bangladesh.
In the 1/8 finals of the Asian Games, the national soccer team Asian Games continued to beat Qatar 1-0 to enter the last 8. The average age of Qatar is over 24 years old, while the average age of Qatar is around 20 years old. As a result, the national soccer team Asian Games was not tested significantly in the four matches of this Asian Games. The small victory over Qatar's youth team wasted many excellent chances and therefore had no chance to win. If Zhang Wei and Fang Hao had a better ability to take chances, the National Football Team Asian Games would have had a chance to beat Qatar 3-0.
There were ups and downs during the tournament, but the result was pretty good and acceptable. After finishing in the top eight, the National Football Team's margin for error in the Asian Games will become smaller and winning will be much more difficult. The quarterfinal opponent of the national soccer team has been confirmed and locked for South Korea. The matches are scheduled for October 1 and 20:00 GMT. From the point of view of overall strength and form, the South Korean team clearly dominates, with their full team value amounting to 10.68 million euros, while the full team value of the National Football Team Asian Games team is only 6.6 million euros. After four matches, the Korean team is more perfect than the national soccer team's Asian Games, including 9-0 Kuwait, 4-0 Thailand, 3-0 Bahrain and 5-1 Kyrgyzstan.
In terms of players, the South Korean team has high-level players such as Jung Yo-young and Baek Seung-ho, with Jung Yo-young leading the tournament's top scorer list by scoring 5 goals in 4 games. The National Football Team Asian Games team relies on Dai Weijun, Tao Qianglong and Tan Long to grab points, Tao Qianglong scored 3 goals in 4 games, and Dai Weijun and Tan Long scored 2 goals each. As old rivals, the national soccer team Asian Games team and South Korea are very familiar with each other. However, due to the lagging development of the Chinese men's soccer team in recent years, South Korea pulled away. The Chinese men's soccer team even suffered from "Korea phobia" for a while.
In 2023, the Asian National Football Team proved its resilience in both offense and defense, preventing the recurrence of "Korea-phobia". In a high-level warm-up match between the two teams' starters, the National Football Asian Games Team defeated the South Korean team 1-0. This game has greatly increased the confidence of the national soccer team of the Asian Games. Coach Djurdjevic set a target of seven matches before the start of the Asian Games and was eager to lead the team to the final of the Asian Games as hosts and win the trophy. Now, facing the upcoming quarterfinals, national soccer team Asian Games head coach Djurdjevic is keeping his head up. On one hand, he emphasized that the 1-0 defeat to South Korea is history, but on the other hand, he will remain confident and try to win another match against South Korea and hope that the injured players will be able to make it in time for the match against South Korea.
South Korean team manager Hwang Sun-hong also talked about the quarter-finals, Hwang Sun-hong directly criticized the opponent's rough style of play, he said he hoped that the South Korean team to withstand the opponent's rough style of play, at the same time, to withstand the pressure of the fans on the scene, or else the team will not be able to impact the gold medal. The national football team Asian Games team this time against the South Korean team, aimed at breaking two important records. First, the record of beating South Korea in two consecutive matches; second, the record of six matches without defeat.
