The Chinese men's national soccer team will be led by Jankovic in the upcoming international friendly matches to show the power of the nation. Meanwhile, the Chinese men's U17 team, under the guidance of coach Yang Chen, is preparing for the U17 Asian Cup finals with the goal of going through to the 2023 World Youth Championship.
A few months ago, Coach Yang Chen led the men's soccer team on an overseas journey to the United Arab Emirates and Spain, playing 14 warm-up matches with a record of 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. Despite the first three losses, the team gradually adjusted, and under Yang Chen's careful guidance, the young players did not show weakness against experienced opponents.
In the intense confrontation, Coach Yang Chen intentionally arranged the average age of the opponents to be higher than our players, so that the players can adapt to the high intensity of the game faster and accumulate practical experience. From the performance of the warm-up matches, the young players showed surprising potential, and Coach Yang Chen was very satisfied with this.
After returning to China, the team entered a rest period, originally planned to go to Japan for training, but for some reason adjusted the schedule and arrived in Thailand two weeks ahead of schedule on June 3, in order to adapt to the local heat and humidity. Many of the players felt uncomfortable at first, but as time went on, everyone's condition gradually improved.
Considering that the players had not played for a month, the coaching staff was concerned about their form and contacted local teams for warm-up matches. Eventually, they found the Qatar U17 Boys' Football Team for a friendly match.
In this friendly match, Coach Yang Chen sent out his main players from last year's U17 Asian Cup qualifiers. Only two minutes into the match, Wang Yudong scored the first goal for the Chinese men's soccer team. Then, the other team scored two goals in a row to complete the comeback. In the second half, the Chinese men's soccer team made massive adjustments and finally beat Qatar 3-2.
As the main striker of the U17 national soccer team, Wang Yudong, known as the "domestic Ronaldo", is in hot form, scoring seven goals in overseas training. As long as he scores, the team will remain undefeated. Wang Yudong will be the key scorer for the Chinese Men's U17 Asian Cup in the coming matches and is expected to lead the team to an excellent result.
According to the schedule, the first match for the Chinese Men's U17 National Team will be Tajikistan, the previous runner-up, followed by matches against Australia and Saudi Arabia. This seemingly deadly group stage will be a tough test for head coach Yang Chen.
