Don't get too happy despite the National Day team's 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia. The exit of Vietnam with two consecutive victories is also a wake-up call. It's time for fans and media to keep score for Chinese soccer!
In the first two games, Vietnamese soccer blew us away and surprised us with their progress. In the Group of Death, we won two consecutive matches in the first two games. In the opinion of many fans, the national team has another competitor in Vietnam in the coming Asian competitions. Although Vietnam has won two consecutive matches, there is still a possibility of going out of the tournament.
Sure enough, in the final round of the tournament, Australia completed a comeback against Qatar, a very different kind of score reversal, with Australia winning 9-1. As long as Vietnam didn't lose, it would have gotten a ticket to advance, but lost 1-3 to Iran. In the end, it wasn't as good as Australia when goal difference was calculated, so it was eliminated from the group, which is a real shame. Vietnam still needs to work hard with its footwork, but it must also find ways to improve its physical confrontation.
Vietnam can roll over with two consecutive victories and did not advance from the group, so does the country's youth, which has only one victory, have the capital for happiness? According to the current situation of Chinese soccer, naturally there is no happy capital. But as far as the current national youth is concerned, it is much better than Vietnam. Although Vietnam has won two games in a row, their last opponent, Iran, is an opponent that cannot be ignored. If Vietnam had lost 1-2, it could have advanced, but it lost 1-3, so when calculating the minor points between them, the goal difference was -1, so it was eliminated.
Although the National Youth won only one game, the situation is really much better than Vietnam. As long as they can beat Kyrgyzstan in their last match, no matter what the score is, no matter who wins or loses between Saudi Arabia and Japan, the National Youth can get out of the group, just depending on whether they are first or second.
Many fans may wonder who will advance hand in hand if the national youth, Japan and Saudi Arabia score the same number of points in the final round. At the U20 Asian Cup, the rule for advancing in the group stage is to see each other's mini-round records at the same number of points, not total goal difference.
Let's take Vietnam's 2 consecutive wins: 1-0 Australia for Vietnam, 1-3 Iran for Vietnam, and 3-2 Iran for Australia. From the mini-scores, Iran's goal difference is 1, Australia's is 0, and Vietnam's is -1.
Let's take a look at the National Youth's group after two matches:National Youth 1-2 Japan, National Youth 2-0 Saudi Arabia! If the National Youth beat Kyrgyzstan by just one goal in the final round, he is guaranteed to advance with 6 points without having to look at the score between Saudi Arabia and Japan. If Japan wins, Saudi Arabia will go out with 3 points. If Saudi Arabia beats Japan by 1-0, Saudi Arabia's goal difference is -1, National Youth's is 1, and Japan's is 0. It's also National Youth and Japan's advancement. If Saudi Arabia wins by 2 or more goals, Japan's goal difference will be negative and Kokusaiyoshi and Saudi Arabia will advance.
From the above analysis, as long as the National Youth win, they can advance without having to look at the faces of Japan and Saudi Arabia. The initiative for the National Youth to go out is in their own hands. I believe that the youngsters can continue to carry out the spirit of daring to fight, highlight the group of death and bring good news to Chinese soccer.
