Although the Football Association gave up hosting the East Asian Cup in July, but the event will not be suspended, the Japanese Football Association intends to undertake, because the scale of the East Asian Cup is small, so it will not occupy too much space and time resources, mainly the pressure of epidemic prevention, Ildong just held the Winter Olympics last year, but also accumulated the epidemic prevention experience of the competition, so from the perspective of ability, it is not difficult to hold the East Asian Cup, in addition, according to the plan, Japan should undertake the next East Asian Cup, which is also advanced, the next time can also be held by the Chinese Football Association, This negotiation is also not very difficult.
After the competition is finalized, the composition of the participating teams is very critical. Due to the need to prepare for the Qatar World Cup, so the South Korean national team has a heavier task, so before the South Korean side hoped to send the U23 national team to participate, Japan is also a national Olympic team to participate, in this case, the Chinese Football Association sent the national team to participate in the possible exercise value is limited, plus the Asian Games will be held in September this year, so after careful consideration, the Football Association still hopes to send the U23 national football team to participate, on the one hand, for the Asian Games to warm up in advance; the second is the same level of the team, the exercise value is relatively larger, and you can also be familiar with the opponent.
However, it is surprising that the South Korean side will not send a U23 national team before, according to the local football association sources, the South Korean national team will play in the East Asian Cup, and the specific participants will be delimited by the coach Bento. It seems that the South Korean side also attaches more importance to the East Asian Cup, and the strength of the national team is definitely stronger than the U23 national team. According to the latest rankings, the South Korean national team is ranked 29th in the world and 3rd in Asia, and the strength is far stronger than the Chinese men's football team, in this context, if the Football Association sends the U23 national football team to participate, the strength gap is even greater, the two sides are not equal in level, and may swallow a fiasco.
Of course, since the East Asian Cup is not played on international match days, South Korean players in Europe may not participate, such as Hwang Hee-chan and Son Heung-min, who have not played. Of course, even so, the South Korean team has won 3 consecutive championships in the East Asian Cup, which can be described as super strong, so the Chinese Football Association must also think twice, and the U23 national football team does have exercise value, but if it is a fiasco, it will actually cause a blow to the confidence of the players, but it may have a certain impact on the asian games later.