Just over half a month ago, our national youth team in the
Asian youth league
The qualifiers have emerged as successful
advancement
The main event. Now, China's U16 National Junior Team (U16), which is gathering in Australia, will also embark on the journey, marking the beginning of the Chinese
male stepchildren
The national team is once again on the international stage. This time, the National Junior Team has a clear objective, which is to strive for a breakthrough with a view to
advancement
The coming year's AFC regular season.
Yang Chen hangs up his hat and goes on the warpath
The National Junior Team is led by the former Korea-Japan
World Cup
of former international soccer player Yang Chen. Although the team has received little attention from the domestic media, one highlight is that the players are uniformly sporting slate hairstyles and traveling with a full sense of refinement.
For this tournament, the National Junior Team was placed in Group G with hosts Australia, Cambodia and the Northern Mariana Islands. According to the official rules, the top teams of the 10 groups and the six second-best finishing teams will be
advancement
Asian Junior Championships main event.
Analyzing the situation of Group G, China's national junior team if they want to
advancement
, who must try to beat top seed Australia to top the group
beyond the pale
.. If they are unable to overpower the Australians, the National Junior Team will have to work hard to secure a better goal difference in addition to securing second place in the group.
Timor-Leste's withdrawal leaves only three teams in Group H, so the results of the other groups and the last-place team in the group will not be included in the standings. The Northern Marianas could have used the "gift" of the Northern Marianas for goal difference, but this unexpected situation directly improves the team's chances of winning the game.
beyond the pale
The Challenge.
Similar to the National Youth Team, this National Junior Team has not participated in any international matches in the last two years. During their time in the country, the team spent time in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, to build up their fitness. After a planned training trip to Japan was hindered by the epidemic, the national junior team traveled to Sydney, Australia to prepare for the tournament from early September.
During the month of preparation in Sydney, the National Junior Team played four warm-up matches with local youth teams, with a record of one win, one draw and two losses. The team found the sense of the game through the actual battle, the warm-up goal has been achieved.
Striving for the top of the group
beyond the pale
About a month later, the team was transferred from Sydney to Shepperton, the venue of the tournament, and stayed in the hotel designated by the organizing committee, where the team was making the final sprint for the first match against Cambodia in the last two days.
commander-in-chief
Yang Chen said in an interview that the goal of the national junior team is to top the group
beyond the pale
From the outside, the Cambodian team seems to be an underdog, but it actually has some character, with Japanese nationals in the
commander-in-chief
The team, under the leadership of the National Junior Team, had defeated the substitute Australia team 4-2 in August this year. However, it was a crucial game for the national junior team to win or lose.
"Australia is the strongest team in the group and we are very confident. Cambodia is not to be underestimated either. We are confident that we can
beyond the pale
, one step at a time, steadily." Yang Chen said.
The team will announce its 23-man roster for the opening match today, and the performance of Guangzhou City player Huang Shenghao is highly anticipated.
Currently, Australia is in the transition from winter to spring, with relatively low temperatures. The organizing committee has arranged for all three matches of the National Junior Team to be played at 15:00 local time, which is exactly 12:00 noon Beijing time.
It is reported that the main Asian Junior Championships will be held next year, but Bahrain has given up hosting the tournament, and the venue of the tournament is yet to be finalized. Sources said that Oman, which also belongs to West Asia, is communicating with the AFC and is interested in hosting the tournament.
China National Junior Team this
preliminary competition
The race schedule is as follows:
Date Time Matchup
October 5, 12:00 China vs Cambodia
October 7, 12:00 Northern Mariana Islands vs. China
October 9, 12:00 Australia vs China
