On the afternoon of February 13, the Chinese Men's Asian Games team training in Sanshui, Foshan, played a warm-up match with Dandong Tengyue, the runner-up of last season's China B League. In the end, the two sides played 1 warm-up match: 1 draw, which is the first warm-up match for the 2023 Men's Asian Games. Next, they will travel to the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand for 10 warm-up matches.

not in good condition

Can't win against a Chinese B team

The men's soccer team assembled for the Asian Games on Feb. 4 in Foshan. In the first seven days, they had physical training and military training, and in the last three days, they had technical and tactical and positional ball training. This game was the only warm-up match scheduled before the men's soccer team trained abroad for the Asian Games.

Yankovic

Considering the slippery field and the upcoming expedition, the teams played 35 minutes in the first and second halves to avoid injuries. In the first half, the Men's Asian Games team was out of the starting lineup, and the Dandong Tengyue team fielded two outside backs. Liu Zhuyun's goal helped Men's Soccer Asian Games take a 1:0 lead. In the second half, Men's Asian Games head coach Jankovic replaced all 11 starters. Dandong Tengyue equalized in the 71st minute when Kang Shenglong was awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the penalty area.

So far, the 10-day training for the Foshan men's soccer team for the Asian Games has come to an end. "When the training was intense, when everyone felt tired, Coach Yankovic would yell and drive everyone. This spirit of biting the bullet made me feel very profound." Captain Zhu Chenjie said about this period of training.

fig. bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

There's ten more heat races.

In addition to the adult national soccer team, four national men's soccer teams, including the U17 national youth team, the U20 national youth team, and the Olympic and Asian Games teams, have begun training and will represent China in different competitions. Among them, the Asian Games is the most promising interest at the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September.

However, due to the epidemic, the men's Asian Games have only participated in last year's Dubai Cup and the East Asia Cup in the last three and a half years, but those two tournaments combined resulted in only seven matches. This lack of training for the games will now radically change.

On the 14th, the men's Asians will travel to the UAE for overseas training and will schedule eight matches in Dubai and two in New Zealand. The opponents include UAE, Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand. I believe that through this series of warm-up matches it will help to form the team line-up and become more competitive as soon as possible.

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