u20 national youth beat Saudi Arabia national youth 2-0. A lot of people are excited again after this game. It's something that was said before. For example, Chinese soccer can only rise with players from whichever place. But this was a group game in the Asian Youth Championship. This team needs to at least get out of the group to complete the first task. There's no need to blow it just because they won this game. The talent of these players is clearly different compared to the players of 1995 Wei Shihao. Those players who could be the core of the national team now? Nope.
At least this win will put less pressure on the next men's national team at all levels, and it shows the national team at all levels how to have a chance to beat the strongest teams in Asia, i.e., the idea of an intensive defensive counterattack.
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These players are average in skill and not talented enough, but these players have the right tactics, defense is dense, then long passes and rushes, with speedy points up front and passing with the ball. That's basically the idea. With this kind of thinking, Saudi Arabia without a significant height and strength advantage is not prone to play a good game.
Then, after completing a couple of passes with speed, I plowed through my teammates and finished the scoring. Saudi Arabia did play the second half more because of the offense, obviously because the defense wasn't on the line and China took advantage. Same idea for the first game against Japan, but the Japanese players had more control of the field and were stronger.
So with bad technique, this is the best tactic for the current national team. This tactic will have two extremes, or it will be hard to attack. Kind of like the game between China and Japan, or you can seize the opportunity of counterattack and give more gap to the opponent, like against Saudi Arabia. But the match scenario must not be pretty.
As for the team's ability to get out of the group, it's too early to tell. Kyrgyzstan didn't concede a goal in Japan until the second half, are fit and have a chance to advance.
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The last game the opponents played poorly and only conceded in the second half to Japan, who really relied on penalties to open the deadlock. Kyrgyzstan's defense is still good and has good physical play. Some of China's strengths against Japan and Saudi Arabia are not easy to play at all, and both teams have intensive defensive counterattack ideas. There's always a team that wants to attack, so the attacking team needs to look at the forward line's ability to score goals. China's front line is not a pivot type center.
And with the offense let loose, the defense is prone to some problems, and the last group game won't be easy as China won't be able to play along the lines of the first two games.
One more thing, after winning this game and all that talk about which players Chinese soccer needs to rely on in the future, too much thinking.
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At least for the adult national team, there are basically very few Xinjiang players, as many of them have lost their physical strengths and play in a unique way, which is a problem in the adult team. And of those players, honestly, is anyone more talented than Wei Shihao? Wei Shihao was one of the last players to play in the Asian Youth Championship for this age group, when he led his team to a win over Japan with Takumi Minamino.
But Wei Shihao didn't play, so these national youth team players lost to Japan and Saudi Arabia, which doesn't mean the players will be successful in the future. The difference between the talent of the players now and before is too big. Practice slowly, at least now it looks like Li Hao is a bit like Wang Dalei. Usually look at this game win or lose, the youngsters' game, because of the inconsistency, almost every game will have a different feeling. But winning is good, at least in the short term people can stop criticizing the national football team and the team has a positive image.
