The first round of the east Asian Cup men's football match has ended not long ago, and the Chinese team has lost 0-3 to the South Korean team without suspense, and it has been hit by "three sticks" as soon as it came up. But the players didn't have much time to wrap up and review the match, as the next round was about to start soon, and our opponents in the second round were even stronger than the South Korean team!
This team is currently the second-ranked Japanese team in Asia, and fans who have watched this World Preliminary Tournament should not be unfamiliar with them. In the round of 12, the Chinese team and the Japanese team were divided into the same group, the national football team was tragically killed by the Japanese team in two rounds, the Chinese team lost 3 goals in 2 games but did not score a goal, and both offensive and defensive ends were destroyed by the opponent. In fact, don't say goals, the two games together, the Chinese team only had a pitiful 5 shots on goal, and none of them hit the goal range, from this data alone, you can see how big the gap between the Chinese team and the Japanese team is!
Although the Japanese team did not recruit players from Europe to participate in the East Asian Cup this time, there are many rotating players who participated in the World Preliminary Tournament with the team in the Japanese team, so the strength is still unquestionable. Considering that the national football team is playing with U23 players as the team this time, the gap between the strength of the two sides will only be greater, so what the Chinese team has to do in this game is to strive to do a good job of defense and not be humiliated by the opponent's big score.
Looking back at the history of the confrontation between Chinese and Japanese football, the national football team is undoubtedly in an absolute disadvantage. The last time China was able to defeat Japan was in the distant 1998, also in the East Asian Cup, the national football team defeated the Japanese team 2-0 with two goals from high school striker Li Bing. But the fans at that time must not have thought that since then, the Chinese team has never tasted the taste of victory on the Japanese team in the international A-level competition, and it has been 24 years since the finger pinch! The domestic media often hype "Korean phobia", in fact, unconsciously, the Japanese team has long been far behind the national football team, want to defeat them, for the current national football team, it is nothing more than a fool's dream.
Considering the huge gap in strength between the two sides, the Chinese fans are completely "lying flat" this time, and some fans said that if the Chinese team can only concede 3 goals in this game and lose the game 0-3, the performance will be considered a pass. After all, the Japanese team won 6-0 against the Chinese Hong Kong team in the first round, and whether the current national football team can beat Hong Kong is a big unknown.
According to the schedule, this Sino-Japanese war will start at 18:20 Beijing time on July 24. CCTV5 also released a program preview, and they will still broadcast this focus showdown live. I hope that the Chinese team can play at its own level, even if it loses, let everyone see a little hope.