In September, the three national teams of the Chinese men's soccer team will attack in the national team warm-up matches, the first stage of the Asian qualifying matches for the Paris Olympics, and the Hangzhou Asian Games. For Chinese soccer in a hot state, they are not only fighting for their own game, but also for the future of Chinese men's soccer, proving that their attitudes and technical and tactical abilities can keep their fans.
national soccer team
Trying to make a breakthrough even with a shortage
Due to the simultaneous preparation of the Olympic and Asian Games teams, the Chinese men's national team did not gather all the best and fittest players for this training. Shanghai Harbour, who were eliminated from the AFC Champions League qualifying rounds and are unbeaten in three rounds of the Chinese Super League, had as many as eight players selected, while Wu Xi is a recent good performer for Shanghai Shenhua, and four of Liu Dianzheng, Deng Hanwen, Xie Pengfei, and Gao Junyi were selected for Wuhan Three Town.
Jankovic is actually taking the FIFA National Team Match Days in September very seriously. Looking forward to gathering all the best players for the 36-team Asian tournament for the 2026 World Cup in the USA plus Mexico starting in November. Unfortunately, due to the overlap of two major tournaments, the Olympics and the Asian Games, Jankovic will have to put his last hopes of preparation on the National Team Match Day in October. Nonetheless, Jankovic is still looking forward to having the newly selected players and the veterans revisit or familiarize themselves with his techniques and tactics in the two warm-up matches on Sept. 9 against Malaysia and Sept. 12 against Syria. Meanwhile, by playing against these two immature rival model teams, the
The opponents of the national football team's warm-up matches in October will be Vietnam and Uzbekistan. There is no doubt that Jankovic will gather all the good players at that time, and these two opponents will bring the intensity of the national football team's matches to a higher level, in full compliance with the preliminaries. As Jankovic said, preparing for the national football team's preliminaries is a gradual process, and the opponents will complete the preparation gradually from weak to strong.
national Olympic team
The first battle is the decisive battle and nothing can be left to chance.
On August 30, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) once again issued a notice to recruit three people into the team as the Chinese National Olympic Team led by Cheng Yaodong once again prepares for the sixth U23 Asian Cup Qualifier and the first phase of the Asian Zone of the Men's Football Qualifying Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will begin on September 6th. In this team, Wuhan Sanzhen has two people selected, namely Tao Qianglong and Chen Yuhao. Among them, Tao Qianglong was also an important member of the Asian Games team, becoming an indispensable side raider for Djurdjevic.
According to the Paris Olympics Asian qualifiers, 44 teams will participate in the first stage of the tournament, with each group consisting of 11 teams and four teams. North Korea was listed as the fourth team in this group draw, resulting in a ninth group with Australia, Tajikistan and Laos. According to the rules of the draw, the first place in the 11 groups and the best second place in the four groups will consist of 15 teams, with the sixth U23 Asian Cup qualifier and the Asian finals of the men's qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics to be held alongside hosts Qatar.
However, due to the DPRK FA's recent sudden notification to the AFC that they will not be sending a team to the Olympic qualifiers. This means that there will only be three teams left in Group 9, where North Korea is based. This change has also led to a major change in the group qualifying rules. In addition to the smooth advancement of the first place finishers in each group, when there is a side-by-side comparison of the second place finishers of the four participating teams, the fourth place finishers in the group are not allowed to be carried over. Take Group 7, in which China is a member, for example. If the Olympics don't win against the UAE in their first match on Sept. 6, they will likely only be competing for second place in the group. That means it will have more chances to win the next two matches.
It can be said that the first match in the UAE on September 6 will be the decisive battle for this Chinese National Olympic team. A draw is the bottom line, and a win is expected to ensure the team locks up first place in the group early.
Asian games team
The match list is still under investigation
In June, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, the Chinese men's soccer team played two matches at the Asian Games and the Asian Games in South Korea. They lost one game and then managed to retaliate. From losing to winning, the Chinese men's soccer team Asian Games showed hope for a breakthrough at the Hangzhou Asian Games. At the time, head coach Djurdjevic revealed that the Asian Games roster was still open and that he would continue to scout players in the league until the last minute.
In his last training session before the Asian Games, Djurdjevic really called up newcomers once again. It is worth noting that because the national football team is playing warm-up matches at the same time, Djurdjevic has not only added Liu Yang, who was born in 1995, to his call-up of overage players, but also Liu Yang, who was born in 1995, a player who plays as a wing-back and wing-forward for Shandong Taishan and has strong attacking attributes, which can be regarded as a complement to Barton's report to the national football team. Which three overage players Djurdjevic will ultimately choose, that will be decided after this training session. In the meantime, Djurdjevic Long did not take part in the exams as the Chinese Olympics have the Paris Olympics Asian qualifiers to attend.
At the end of September, the Chinese men's soccer team Asian Games will embark on a trip to Hangzhou Asian Games. Judging from the group stage grouping, it is not a problem for the team to get out of the line, but they will be hindered by strong players in the upcoming knockout rounds. Whether they can finally make it to the finals or even win the title remains to be seen in the efforts of the youngsters and the collective wisdom of the coaching staff.
