Starting from March 24, Beijing time, the national football team and the U23 national football team will take turns to usher in multiple games within a week. The national football team will play against Saudi Arabia and Oman at 23:00 on March 24 and 00:00 on March 30, respectively, and start the last two rounds of the first 12 games; the U23 national football team will start the Dubai Cup. It will face the UAE U23 at 00:00 Beijing time on March 24 and the Thai U23 at 20:00 Beijing time. It will usher in the qualifying round on March 29 (the opponent and the specific start time are to be determined).
U23 National Football Team's Dubai Cup has attracted a lot of attention. Even though the Dubai Cup Organizing Committee issued a high broadcast fee, CCTV did not give up on live broadcasting. Well-known reporter Ma Dexing revealed that CCTV successfully obtained the broadcast rights of the event through many efforts and bargaining, and confirmed that it would broadcast the next three games of the U23 national football team. Tonight, U23, the host of U23 national football PK, UAE U23, appeared. CCTV 5 confirmed that the game will be broadcast live.
Yang Shuai Yankovic convened in this training is basically the strongest team. Only school-age players who are injured or stay abroad or reused by national football teams will not return to the team for training, and all other major players will be put on the list. Therefore, they have high expectations for the Dubai Cup. The team must show their form and mental outlook to support their matches on Asian Games in September. At that time, the U23 national football team will participate in the Asian Games as the host, and there will be a lot of pressure.
Before the UAE U23 team match, Yankovic showed his starting lineup and tied the UAE's strongest team 1-1 with the quasi-strongest lineup in the warm-up match. Chen Guokang scored a goal for the U23 national football team and tied the score. Fang Hao's performance is very eye-catching. He shot three consecutively. After hitting the post, Chen Guokang scored with a shot. The top 11 players of the U23 national football team in this game are Fang Hao, Chen Guokang, He Yupeng, Tao Qianglong , Dili Yimiti, Xu Yue, Wu Shaocong , Jiang Shenglong, young players surnamed Ye Lijiang and Han Jiaqi. Since this group of starters is basically the strongest person in all positions training, the 11 starting players of the PK UAE U23 will also be used.
It is worth mentioning that Jankovic began to reuse the Invitational Championship team. Among these players, several major players represented the National Day team and won the Panda Cup in 2018, including Tao Qianglong, Jiang Shenglong and Xu Yue. Now in the U23 national football team, they also have the opportunity to create good results. After all, they have been a relatively good group of young players in recent years. During the Asian Games, outstanding school-age players such as Guo Tianyu, David Jun, Dan Huanhuan , and Zhu Chenjie will also return to the team.
Unlike other foreign coaches, Jankovic really wants to lead the U23 national football team and infect players with his own self-discipline. For the past three years, he has been learning Chinese culture and insists on running 10 kilometers every day. He also has an extremely healthy diet and has maintained almost the super high quality of a professional player as a coach. Jankovic urged his team members to be strict with themselves. His goal for the U23 national football team is that at the Asian Games, the body fat rate should not exceed 9%, otherwise he will not be arranged to participate in the competition. He believes that if his body does not meet the standards, it is impossible to play a high-level game. He believes that these players can play a good mental outlook and competitive state.
