The Olympic (U22) national soccer team is training in Europe. Due to the training time up to several months, need to play dozens of games, the Olympic Games is equivalent to play a "Europa League", and many powerful European teams to start the warm-up confrontation. When the Olympics first arrived in Europe, there was an intensive tournament in Croatia, with nine consecutive matches and only two wins, one draw and six losses. mid-April, we continued the warm-up confrontation by going to Belgium to compete with local teams.
On April 18th, Olympic suffered their first loss since the change of venue with a 0-1 loss to Leicester City's satellite team Leuven Reserves. Late on April 19th, according to "Leicester City Foxes", the Olympics finished their second game after the change of venue, beating Belgian team St. Giles U23 (Reserve Team) 3-1, thus getting their first win in the change of venue.
In this game, Olympic head coach Sung Yeo Dong made a big rotation of his lineup, resting basically all the starters from the last game. The starting lineup for this match was led by Wang Bowen, Baihe Lamu, and He Longhai. After 90 minutes of play, all the Olympic firepower was turned on, with Wang Bowen, He Longhai, and Baiheilamu completing the breakthrough. Wang Bowen and Baiheramu are both jumpers. They used to be National Youth players. However, 19-year-old midfield general Wang Bowen is an overseas player. He did not participate in the U20 Asian Cup with the National Youth. He plays for Bremen II. In the recent week, he missed some of Bremen II's matches.
The 20-year-old Byhramu is the main striker of the national youth and shines in the U20 Asian Cup alongside Hu Huotao, Mutalifu, Yu Jinyong, Liu Haofan, Yang Minjie and Efirdin Eskal. Sung Yew Tung promoted seven national youth starters to the Olympics in preparation for the first phase of the Olympic qualifiers (U23 Asian Cup qualifiers), which began in September. Despite having the blessing of many of the national youth starters, the training situation at the Olympics has been relatively chaotic, and Sung Yeo-dong has yet to establish a well-formed tactical system, especially on the defensive end, which has suffered nightmare after nightmare of breakdowns. Statistically, the Olympic defense has had seven consecutive collapses in the last seven consecutive games, and has conceded goals in six consecutive games.
Prior to the 3-1 win over St. Giles U23, Olympic were undefeated in five consecutive matches, including one draw and four consecutive defeats, 4-4 Croatian Liga side Solin, 1-2 Croatian Liga side Zemifuahi, 0-2 Croatian Volunteers, 0-1 Croatian Liga side Orijen, 0-1 Leuven Reserves. With the exception of the skipped national youth players, the Olympic-age players are all on the 01 ladder. The continued losses prove that these players really aren't very good at what they do. After all, they've been through slumps before and were never favored. They missed the Asian Youth Championship. There are very few players who can play in the Chinese Super League at the moment.
That's why these Olympic-age players are currently considered the worst in history and can't be expected to do much. In many cases, they may have to rely on the jumpers to carry the flag. If Cheng Yaodong can use the National Youth Seven Stars well, there is still a chance to complete the breakthrough in the first phase. After all, Hu Huotao and Mutalifu were also cranes in the Olympics. Their social status is much higher than other Olympic players. They were both rising stars in the Chinese Super League last season, earning solid playing time for Chengdu Rongcheng, performing well and soaring in value. Unfortunately, they sacrificed the Chinese Super League as they went to Europe to train and train for the Olympics.
