China's Asian Games men's soccer team hosted South Korea. However, the two teams have different levels of completeness in their overall lineups. For this match, South Korea did not have any of their overage players in attendance, and the core of starters like Jung Uyoung and Lee Kang-in, who have established themselves in European leagues, likewise did not return. As a result, this is a very young team, dominated by young players who have represented South Korea in the quarterfinals of the past two U20 World Cups, a second team, if you will. It is uncertain whether many of the players will make the final roster for the Asian Games.
The Chinese team is basically 80% starters, including overage players Tan Long, Fang Hao, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong and Huang Jiaxin. These players are also starters who can participate in the Asian Games. Therefore, our lineup seemed to be more complete than our opponent's on paper. However, the result was a 1:3 loss for China, which can be said to be a clean loss, with absolutely no power of recourse.
In the first half, both sides played well. Although Korea was on offense as a whole and China was on defense, our defense didn't give Korea too many chances. But in the nine minutes of the second half, Korea scored three consecutive goals, especially the first two goals, which were exactly the same. The Chinese team failed two consecutive offside attempts and were scored two consecutive goals by their opponents, instantly disrupting the Chinese team's defensive formation. The third goal was conceded in complete panic.
At this point, the referee is also biased in his calls on the field. If China continues to concede goals, it could be a face-saver for the hosts. China scored a goal, but it was clear that the goal had gone out of bounds to the left at the moment the pass was made. It was a non-existent goal, but instead of calling it out of bounds, the referee awarded a good goal and gave China a point. The poor one point from charity saved China from an even more shameful 0:0 defeat, and at least China had a goal on their books after the game. Although the goal was highly controversial and a non-existent one, people didn't care about anything because South Korea was up by three goals at this point. So after the decision on the ball, neither the Korean players nor the head coach, Hwang Sang-hong, said anything, and it didn't matter if they gave us one anyway.
The Chinese team will definitely make adjustments. After the game, the head coach also said that he is not sure who will represent China in the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Because we are the hosts, we may do better in the group. , not meeting teams like Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia in the group stage, it seems difficult for China to finish out of the group. However, considering all of the substitutes for Korea tonight, I'm afraid that even if they give China a very good group format, it will be very difficult for them to finish the group qualification. By then, they will be disgraced in front of the whole nation in the official tournament.
In fact, the game was a good performance. After all, everyone's attention is in Beijing tonight, focused on Lionel Messi and Argentina, so no one will pay too much attention to this warm-up match for the Chinese team. If there is still no improvement in the performance of the Chinese team after the opening of the Asian Games in Hangzhou in six months' time, it will be an unforgivable blunder for China, which is hosting the Games.
