In the AFC Champions League, Beijing, which is dominated by youth reserves
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The team, facing a strong Kawasaki Striker, met its Waterloo with a disastrous 0-7 score. Despite
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There was a clear gap between the strength of the team and its opponents, but the young players showed the courage to face up to the reality, and they did not fall flat on their faces against the top teams in Asia.
Due to the schedule.
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The team had to field a second-string squad for the AFC Champions League. The team consisted of 21 players, half of which were first-team and half of which were reserve team players, including four first-team players such as Guo Quanbo, Li Boshi, Xie Longfei and Jiang Wenhao. This young team, with an average age of only 20.9 years old, created the
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The smallest average age in team history to participate in the AFC Championship.
In this year's AFC Champions League group stage
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Split into the same group as Kawasaki, Daegu, and Union City. Kawasaki and Daegu are from Japan and South Korea respectively, while United City are from the Philippines, though not new to the AFC Champions League. In the 2 group games that have been completed.
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With a 1-1 draw against Union City, a 0-7 defeat against Kawasaki, and one draw and one loss without a win, the Japanese team's formidable strength has also taken domestic fans by surprise.
In fact.
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The team's two-game winless streak is not a complete surprise.
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The team's opponent in the first match, United City, is the champion of the Philippine League. Although it is the first time to enter the main round of the AFC Champions League, the team has entered the qualifying round of the AFC Champions League for the past three consecutive seasons, and has made it to the play-offs for many times, so the strength of the team cannot be underestimated.
United City's AFC Champions League roster not only includes three foreigners, but also four Filipino internationals who have participated in the Top 40. After a 1-1 draw against Union City in the first match, the
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The team collected their first points of the current AFC Champions League and also the first points for the BIG3 of the Chinese Super League. Liang Shaowen scored
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The first goal of this year's AFC Champions League and also the first goal of the Chinese Super League BIG3.
Last year Kawasaki swept the J-League, Emperor's Cup and Super Cup, becoming a true Triple Crown winner. This season, Kawasaki continues to perform strongly, with a 15-point lead over second-place Yokohama Marinos in the J-League, and is the only team in the J-League to remain undefeated so far. This year's AFC Champions League, Kawasaki is aiming to win the title.
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The team suffered a 0-7 defeat in their second match against Kawasaki. Although the scoreline is a bit hard to accept, even the first team may not be able to win considering that Kawasaki is now one of the strongest teams in Asia. Although Kawasaki started with as many as six players in the rotation, they followed the tradition of Japanese teams - there is no absolute distinction between starters and substitutes.
At the pre-game press conference.
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Jankovic, the team's head coach, made it clear: "The opponent, Kawasaki Striker, is one of the top teams in Asia. I'm afraid that even if our first team participates in the match, we are not sure that we can win against them." Judging from the results, Jankovic's words were not humble, but a harsh reality.
Against a solid United City and Kawasaki team.
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The performance of the young players was not without highlights, especially in the match against Kawasaki, Li Boshi and Duan Dezhi had chances to score, but the inexperience of the young players made them miss the good chances. In fact, this is the common problem of young players: lack of experience.
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The juniors were able to score and pick up points, which is already a very good result compared to the Harbor and Guangzhou teams. Facing the champion teams of Philippines and Japan.
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The "Doll Army" played with a full Chinese class and showed some strength.
Although most people talk about
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The team suffered a 0-7 defeat, but perhaps no one cared that the score of the other match in the same group was also 7-0 ......
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It is very rare for the players to be able to face up to the gap with Kawasaki. Losing to the best team in Asia is not a terrible thing.
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The juniors are still struggling. There are four more group games to go, and relative to their peers
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The juniors have had enough training and experience.
