When the Chinese U23 team won three consecutive games in the group stage at the Asian Games, many media people began to cheer again, as if these U23s were the saviors of Chinese football. The editor wrote an article with too many problems with U23 and was scolded a lot. Today, U23 was eliminated at the feet of Saudi U21, and the editor felt desolate. With these U23 players, China's 2022 World Cup qualifiers have no chance!
Many outsiders watch the fun and experts look at the tricks. This is why many football commentators are not lost because of the three consecutive wins of the Chinese U23 group. There are too many fatal problems with this U23 team. This is not a U23 team at the highest level. Especially the national team's midfielder , Yao Junsheng, and left-back Liu Yang, are the most fatal weaknesses. In this game, Saudi Arabia made full use of these two weaknesses of the Chinese team and made a lot of work, so there was no suspense in the game.
Yao Junsheng has distinct characteristics, strong offense and weak defense. As one of the double midfielders of 4231, such a player must have a large interception area and cannot allow the opponent's midfield to easily get the ball. Yao Junsheng is not in his position in the whole game, so he can only see He Chao alone interception? The interception of the back midfielder is not good, which completely exposes the central defender to the opponent's forward, resulting in chaos in the back defense. The central defender is responsible, but it is not as responsible as the back midfielder. After 80 minutes, I could only see Yao Junsheng. He did not use the "slow speed" to return to defense. The opponent had finished the attack and had not returned to his position. He had outstanding footwork and completed a free kick, but the first three goals were all related to him. When playing against a weak team, Yao Junsheng's ability cannot cause fatal damage. When facing a strong team, this interception ability is fatal. Careful fans can find that when facing a strong team, Yao Junsheng's lineup is basically lost. Yao Junsheng was the head coach's failure in the starting lineup, but who is better for Yao Junsheng to play in the midfield than Yao Junsheng? That is Zhang Xiuwei, who has just entered the national team. His ability has more advantages and has a larger blocking area.
left-back Liu Yang runs in a mess and often makes low-level technical and tactical mistakes. He concedes the fourth goal. He should have appeared at the position where he should have appeared. Wei Shihao actually arrived at the defensive position before him? Where did Liu Yang go? In the second half, Saudi Arabia will focus on the left side of the Chinese team. If it weren't for the deviant ability of the Saudi striker, it would not be a 4-0 fall, and it would be a miserable defeat of over five. A player is 23 years old and is in good age, has insufficient physical fitness and is not mature in basic technical and tactical qualities. Where do you think such a player will be in the future?
The editor has said before that this U23 team has few players with hope except Wei Shihao, Liu Yiming, Chen Binbin, , Zhang Yuning, , Gao Zhunyi, Huang Zichang, and He Chao. Even if these players do not have the U23 protection policy, they are capable of playing in the Super League, while others know that they are bad at a single bite. Why use the policy to protect them uselessly? Someone who praised the U23 protection policy before came out to say a few words! Since there is no need for protection, and no need for protection, and no need for protection can be protected, then what is the use of this policy?
Losing the game is not a big problem. Even if you lose, there are a few players who are still very good at abilities. Youth competition is a game where talents are discovered. However, Chinese football's youth training is not capable. In a time period, we can gather a super team. This is determined by our league level, youth training ability, and football population base. Several of these U23 players will join the national team and participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, but do you think there will be a miracle? The most urgent task is to naturalize several high-level foreign players in the Chinese Super League, and continue to focus on youth training to increase the football population. Time waits for no one, and it is another four years that have passed.
