October 7, 12:00 p.m., 20th U17, 2023
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
preliminary competition
The Group G Round 2 match between Northern Mariana Islands and China was played at the Shepperton Sports City Stadium in Australia. In the end, China's U16 National Junior League won 11-0 and achieved 2 consecutive victories. Head coach Yang Chen and Wang Yudong, who was selected as the best player of the match, attended the post-match press conference.
About this game, Yang Chen commented: "affected by the epidemic, to participate in the opportunity is rare, this I hope that some of the players who did not play before can get the opportunity to train, of course, the goal difference is also very important to us. I feel that the Northern Marianas team has made sufficient preparations, and today we played a difficult game, and the players played extremely hard. The last game against Australia is a real contest."
Asked if he was confident of defeating Australia, Yang Chen replied, "Everyone will be prepared for this match against Australia. Having watched the Australian team's match against Cambodia in an instant, there will be a more accurate evaluation of the Australian team."
Wang Yudong, who scored four goals in the second half of the alternate, was selected as the best player of the game, and was asked whether he was satisfied with his own performance, Wang Yudong said: "The coach asked to play faster and score more goals, and he was quite satisfied with his own performance, or to play well in every game."
