On September 21, at 19:30 pm BST, the national Asian Games team will play their second match of the group stage against Myanmar U23s, who are as strong as India.
The Chinese men's soccer team gave their Chinese fans a huge surprise when they eased past the Indian U23s 5-1 in the first round of the group stage at the Asian Games. Despite the slight ups and downs of the process, the Chinese men's soccer team controlled the game well for most of the match, delivering a perfect performance and a good start to the Asian Games. In the second round match against Myanmar, coach Dejan Djurdjevic was expected to rotate the starting lineup to rationalize the physicality of the players. However, the rotation should not be too strong for the sake of the team's stability.
It is worth mentioning that in the recent U23 Asian Cup, Myanmar U23 team lost 0:3 to South Korea, and judging from this score, the overall strength of this team shouldn't be too bad, and the Chinese men's soccer team shouldn't take it lightly. As the Chinese U23 men's soccer team is afraid that the score won't be much better if they meet the South Korean men's soccer team. Below is a brief prediction of the starting lineup that the Chinese Asian Football Team may put out for this match.
At goalie, Han Jiaqi is naturally the primary keeper guarding the national soccer goal; on the defensive line, unsurprisingly, Coach Dejan Djurdjevic will continue to sacrifice the four-guard formation. Wang Zhenao, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie and overage player Liu Yang may get the starting four defenders. It remains the same defensive lineup as the one that played India in the last match. Two Shenhua center backs, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie, play as a double center back combination, while Liu Yang and Wang Zhenao play as wing backs on the left and right.
In the midfield, it is expected that Abraham Khaliq will be the main back in the midfield responsible for interceptions and tackles; it should be Guoan hero Tianyi who will form the double back combination with Abraham Khaliq's partner. Shenhua's rising midfield star Wang Haijian will still be the attacking commander in the midfield. Xu Haoyang, who made his last start, will be rotated and standby on the bench.
At the top of the front line is overage player Tan Long who is responsible for the charge. Joining Tan Long in the front three will be Shanghai Shenhua's naturalized international Dai Weijun and Guoan star Fang Hao, who had a great performance as a substitute in the last game. Tao Qianglong will rotate in as a substitute in preparation for the game.
To summarize, it is expected that the national football team will rotate Xu Hao Yang and Tao Qiang Long for the second match against Myanmar U23 in the Asian Games. Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, Dai Weijun, Wang Haijian and other Shenhua will sit in the central axis. The final starting lineup is:Han Jiaqi; Wang Zhenao, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, Liu Yang; Gao Tianyi, Abraham Khaliq, Wang Haijian; Tan Long, Dai Weijun, Fang Hao
