This September, the one-year postponed Hangzhou Asian Games is coming up. As one of the most interesting programs in the Asian Games, men's soccer has undoubtedly attracted the attention of many fans. As the host of this year's Asian Games, the Chinese men's soccer team naturally doesn't want to lose face at home, so the Chinese U23 men's soccer team has been quietly preparing for the game under the leadership of foreign coach Jankovic early in the morning. Not long ago, they played a warm-up match against the West Asian Dubai Football Academy team. After conceding a goal first, the Chinese U23 men's soccer team made four goals in a row to complete a big turnaround and succeeded in winning their first victory in 2023!
In the past few Asian Games, the Chinese men's soccer team has been playing the role of learning alongside the prince. Even if they managed to break through in the group stage, they failed to make it to the first knockout stage. However, since the Asian Games were held in Hangzhou, the Chinese men's soccer team couldn't feel ashamed in front of their parents back home. As early as the beginning of last year, Jankovic led the team's preparation. Not long ago, he led the team to fly to West Asia again to start a new round of overseas training.
In order to test the results of the training, the Chinese U23 men's soccer team played a warm-up match with the Dubai Football Academy team. This team is a semi-professional team in the fourth level of the UAE, and there is still a clear gap between its strength and that of China U23. But the Dubai Football Academy team was the first to score. They entered the national soccer team's penalty area through a quick counterattack by a winger, and the subsequent players took a 1-0 lead over Dubai Football Academy. Trailing, the Chinese team launched a frantic counterattack, with Xu Yue and Zhang Wei scoring to turn the score to 2-1 before halftime!
At the change of ends, head coach Jankovic made a big rotation of the lineup, replacing all 11 players in the starting lineup. However, China's offense was not affected at all. Liu Zhuyun and Sun Qinhan seized the opportunity to score goals to make the score 4-1, and finally, China defeated their opponents 4-1 to win their first victory in 2023!
I'm sure this win will give the players a lot of confidence as well. Because this is their foreign victory after one year, although the opponent is only the fourth local team, the result is always good. Considering that the team's absolute star Dai Weijun was absent due to injury and the U23 national soccer team is not the main force, their performance is still satisfactory.
It is hoped that China's U23 men's soccer team can break through and win medals for Chinese soccer at this year's Asian Games!
