On July 21st, the first round of the East Asian Cup was in full swing, and the Chinese national team unfortunately lost to the South Korean team with a score of 0-3. South Korea's well-known sports media "OSEN" commented on this, pointing out that the performance of the Chinese team is far worse than expected, even in the face of Hong Kong, China, also seems to be unable to do.
The Korean media headlined the match: "'College-level' Chinese team focused on defense, but accidentally made a fool of themselves." This team is mainly composed of U23 young players, many of whom are standing on the stage of the international A-level competition for the first time. Prior to the match, there was widespread skepticism about the Chinese team, with South Korea's winning percentage even 34 times that of China.
At the start of the match, the Chinese team's performance was below expectations, with the entire team of 10 playing full defense, while Korea's possession rate in the first half was as high as 74%, and the number of shots on goal was even leading by 9-0. The Chinese team, which originally intended to play solid defense, suffered an oolong goal in the 38th minute, when captain Zhu Chenjie's mistake broke the balance of the field. After that, China was forced to step up their offense, but were never able to pose a threat to Korea. On the other hand, Korea scored two more goals in the second half, and China was completely passive, and it was uncertain whether they could beat Hong Kong, China in the next match.
