When the Chinese Super League was in full swing, our U16 national youth went to Japan for a training match, and in the third game against Sinar Mas Osaka High School, they finally won the first game of training, defeating the opponent with a score of 3-2, and Yang Qiandong played well in this game, scoring 2 goals and becoming the key to the team's away win in Japan!
For many of our national teams, in the past year, many echelons have chosen to go to Japan to practice games, which seems to be looking for gaps, considering that Japanese football is indeed much more advanced than us, so this kind of training has great value. Of course, many fans think that the effect of going to Europe for training should also be good, but for young players, it is also very good to find gaps in Asian teams first.
This issue of the U16 national youth, a total of 25 players, they are also selected in the country, to stand out, the training time is about 10 days, in Osaka, Japan, the players will play against a number of Japanese teams, so as to prepare for the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers. In this qualifier, the national junior team was placed in Group C, and our strongest opponents in the same group were South Korea, as well as Bhutan, Maldives and Bahrain. Obviously, South Korea is our number one rival for qualifying.
Since coming to Japan, the U16 national youth has played three games, including the first two games, suffered consecutive defeats, which has dealt a big blow to the confidence of the players. However, in the third game, this team finally found the feeling of winning, facing Sinar Matai Osaka High School, our players played well, showed their own willpower, but also played a good match, in this game, Yang Qiandong scored 2 goals, and Lai Jiantao also scored 1 goal, in the end, we won the opponent with a score of 3-2, and finally won the first victory after coming to Japan.
Although the opponent is the school team, the Japanese team has strong technical and tactical ability, and we have a lot to gain from facing such a team. Players can also boost their self-confidence when they win on the pitch. Let's take a look at our national football team, in the draw for the round of 18, we met Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia, and the other two opponents are Indonesia and Bahrain, it is very difficult to qualify, but there is a chance to compete for the fourth place in the group and qualify for the play-offs!