On August 17, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced the latest batch of Olympic roster including Efirdin, Tao Qianglong and Liang Shaowen. According to the FA's latest arrangement, the Dalian Devils will train for a month and then participate in the 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers and Paris Olympics Asian Qualifiers Qualifiers under the leadership of renowned local coach Cheng Yaodong. Judging from this list, the future looks bright under the leadership of Cheng Yaodong.
There is a total of 25 big list, the Football Association requires August 19, 16:00 before reporting, the day to participate in the league athletes, in the team's game the next day before 12:00 to report. In addition, there are 20 related staff, including technicians, team leaders, deputy team leaders, assistant coaches, translators, medical staff and so on. It can be said that CFA has made great efforts for this Olympic team to achieve good results, arranging a huge team of 20 people to escort them.
Of the 25 men on the roster, Efirdin is a familiar face, currently playing for Guangzhou in the Central League. They scored two goals at the end of the new season after studying abroad, as well as Tao Qianglong, a former Chinese Super League rookie and talented youngster! Currently playing in Wuhan Sanzhen in the Chinese Super League, his 3 goals and 1 assist in the league this season are very eye-catching. There is also a leverage of young players such as Abdurahmu, Abrahan, Mutalifu and Hu Huhetao, who have already made a name for themselves in the Chinese Super League.
It's safe to say that seeing this 25-man roster gives one a lot of hope for the future of this team, not to mention a local coach becoming Yew Tung. Although he failed to lead the team to the Olympics twice, his coaching record at the local stadium is quite impressive. He has twice led the Shanghai team to win the National Games U20 men's soccer championship. After taking the u22 Olympic team, he worked tirelessly to accumulate a wealth of training experience in various European training sessions.
According to the schedule, the Chinese Olympic team will play at home in Dalian, with the first match to be held on September 6th. This time, the Olympics trained half a month in advance to take advantage of the right time, the right place and the right crowd. Half a month of training coincides with technical and tactical, physical reserves, and then contact down passes and team pick-ups to match. Against three rookie opponents, UAE, India and Maldives, this team won three straight without any doubt.
There is no doubt that this will be the time for Cheng Yaodong to prove himself and make a great contribution to Chinese soccer! Sung Yiu Tung must capitalize on the advantage of playing at home and prove himself with three straight wins. We will wait and see how many talented youngsters there are in this team, with no rough skills and passing at least not more than 3 meters.
