After three years of absence from world tournaments, the players of our U19 national youth team are in dire need of sharpening their skills on the international stage. Currently, this team is under the Spanish coach
Anthony (name)
The team, under the guidance of renowned player Shao Jiayi, is led by a team composed mainly of players born in 2003, four of whom have gone overseas to further their studies. Guangzhou's forward, Efirdin, is a key player on the offensive end of the team.
The team has not been able to participate in intercontinental tournaments for 40 months due to the epidemic, with the last official participation coming in April 2019 at the Huashan Cup four-nation invitational tournament. In preparation for the upcoming U20
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
, the team has three training sessions scheduled for this year, yet head coach
Anthony (name)
Due to the inability to enter our country from Spain, the heavy responsibility of leading the team fell on the shoulders of domestic coach Shao Jiayi and others.
In the face of the epidemic, our
soccer league
It is not a negative response, but actively create opportunities for a number of national teams, take the initiative to go out of the country for the world training, broaden the horizons of the players, enhance the strength of the team.U19 national youth team went to Serbia, Croatia and Bahrain, respectively, to carry out a number of warm-up matches, the whole team believes that these warm-up matches are of great significance to the accumulation of valuable experience.
Although the short 50 days of world training can not completely make up for the gap of the past three years without tournaments, but more or less can help the players find the rhythm of high-level tournaments. Under the epidemic, the U19 National Youth Football Team, which lacks experience in major tournaments, can stand on the Asian stage itself is not easy.
Myanmar team becomes mysterious opponent
2023 U20
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
soccer competition
preliminary competition
To be held from September 10 to 18, 2022, the U19 national youth team is making final preparations in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and in the early hours of September 11, Beijing time, they will welcome their first opponent in the group stage, Myanmar.
This year's U20
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
preliminary competition
Divided into 10 groups, the top two teams from each group and the second of the five best-performing groups will advance to the main tournament. Together with the hosts, a total of 16 teams will participate in the February 2023 tournament in Uzbekistan
finals (of a competition)
Phase of the competition. In comparing the second place finishers in each group, the second place finishers in the four groups with five teams do not count towards the results of the competition with the fifth-placed team in the same group.
The U19 National Youth Football Team was placed in Group 1 with hosts Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Maldives and Uzbekistan. As Uzbekistan is a member of the 2023 U20
Asian cup (e.g. soccer)
finals (of a competition)
The host of the stage of the tournament, the team's participation does not count towards the results, so our team's main rival remains the hosts Saudi Arabia.
At 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, the U19 National Youth Football Team will face the Myanmar National Youth Football Team. Although the opponents have not played in the world tournament in the last two years, the team has been performing quite well in the domestic second division league, and the U19 National Youth Team can't take it lightly. It is reported that our
soccer league
The requirement for the U19 national youth team is to try to advance.
Earlier, our national team lost to Vietnam in the World Preliminary Round 12 and fell to an all-time low; the U21 national youth team is practicing in Croatia, and the team's goal is to hit the 2024 Paris
the Olympics
advancement
Qualification, but the outlook is not optimistic; U19 National Youth Football Team's initial team goal is to impact the qualification of the World Youth Championship, this Asian Cup is the first task is to enter the main round, in order to look to the future.
China's group schedule and kickoff time (Beijing time):
September 11 2:30 Myanmar vs. my country
September 15 2:30 China vs Maldives
September 16 23:15 China vs. Uzbekistan
September 19 2:00 Saudi Arabia vs. my country
