Undoubtedly, the recent performance of China's national junior team confirms this view. Recently, the U14 and U15 national teams went to Japan to start an intense training stretch. In Japan, the leader in Asian soccer training, our two national teams not only beat their Japanese opponents of the same age group and even one or two years older by an overwhelming margin, but also left a solid footprint in the cradle of Japanese soccer.
Dong Lu, a well-known Chinese soccer commentator and promoter of the sport in China, revealed that our 14-year-old soccer team will be expected to join hands with the youth camps of European soccer giants such as Manchester City, Inter Milan and Arsenal. In the Italian Cup, the 14-year-old soccer team experienced a record of one win, two draws and three losses, placing sixth out of seven teams. The exact scores were 0-0 Empoli, 1-2 Manchester City, 2-0 Hungarian Selection, 2-2 Inter Milan, 0-1 Benfica, and 0-3 Arsenal.
Despite failing to break out of the group, the Chinese soccer players continued to fight in the "Honor Group" of the Italian Cup. It is reported that this team of young players beat Liverpool 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Monchengladbach, and finally won the "Honor Group". Dong Lu said that the value of this exercise is self-evident for the Chinese soccer youth.
