It's not just the U19s that are worrying
the Chinese national team
Serious shortfalls in real-world workouts. Since April 2019, when the team participated in the Four-Nation Invitational Tournament of the Weinan Huashan Cup in Shaanxi, the team has not participated in an international tournament for more than three years. In that time, with the exception of a handful of players representing respectively
Shandong Taishan prefecture level city in Shandong
or Guangzhou team to play in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, most of the players lack of experience in international tournaments, which undoubtedly becomes a major shortcoming of the team's competition.
Meanwhile, with the U19
the Chinese national team
The Saudi U19s in the same group, however, won back-to-back Arab Cup U20 Youth Championships in 2021 and 2022, and participated in the West Asia U20 Youth Championships during the same period.In 2021, the Saudi U19s also traveled to Croatia and Slovenia for training, and participated in the Toulon Cup in May this year. As the U19
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The first opponent of this qualifier, Myanmar U19 team, first participated in the Southeast Asia U19 Youth Championship, then went to Vietnam to participate in the Youth Newspaper Cup four-nation tournament, and before going to Saudi Arabia to participate in the country's second tier league, so the strength of this opponent should not be underestimated.
However, against all odds, the U19
the Chinese national team
Shoulder the heavy responsibility, "out of the line" has become the team's only pursuit of the goal. In fact, before the 2000, 2001, 2002 age group national youth team has been in the U19 Asian Youth Championship, U16 Asian Junior Qualifiers (U20/U17 Asian Cup predecessor) in a row of losses, "00" will become the national football team for the next period of time, "collapse of the generation"? The generation of the future period of the national football team? This has touched the hearts of all fans and people who care about the national soccer team. The reason why CFA hired a Spanish coach
Anthony (name)
Au as 2003 age group U19
male stepchildren
The skipper, organizing former international player Shao Jiayi as the leader and doing his best to assist the team in organizing the overseas training is precisely the hope that this team can break the embarrassing record of the national youth army and get a breakthrough.
It is understood that despite Saudi Arabia being recognized as the favourites to finish in Group A, U19
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The U19s are not going to give up on the "toughness" of this team. Beating the Saudis and trying to top the group is still the U19's favorite.
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The goal of choice for this trip. Of course, even if they can't beat Saudi Arabia, China will need to score enough points against their other opponents in the same group (except for Uzbekistan, who don't count in the rankings) to ensure that they advance with at least five goals.
It is understood that on September 5, local time, the U19
the Chinese national team
A warm-up match against the Qatar U19s, who were also preparing in Saudi Arabia, resulted in a 0-2 loss for the team. Despite this, the U19
the Chinese national team
Still, through a series of warm-up matches to understand the recent situation of the Asian soccer world's strongest players, the players in the physical and psychological level is also ready for the upcoming competition. The coaching team has also recently supplemented several technical analysis courses for the players with video footage of their opponents in the same group. Some necessary pre-match psychological counseling has also been carried out as planned.
In a pre-game press conference held at 9 local time, coach
Anthony (name)
O said, "The tournament is coming up and it will energize our team. We know the game won't be easy and hopefully the lads will be proud of their performance at the end." Talking about the pre-tournament preparations, the
Anthony (name)
O said, "We have been in Saudi Arabia for a few days now and have played some warm-up matches beforehand as planned and are well prepared for the upcoming matches."
