Just two days apart, the national football team and the U19 national youth team lost to Thailand consecutively, causing public opinion to be in an uproar again. Although the China Cup and the Vietnam Youth Press Cup that the two teams participated in were friendly matches, and losing does not mean the sky is falling, the prospects seen by Guan Zhongguibao are still extremely worrying.
In recent years, the national brand has been humiliated by Thailand time and time again. After the elimination of China, the Football Association of Thailand announced that the national team coach Sirisak will be dismissed after playing in the China Cup. This is even more amazing. Now even all levels of the echelon have to suffer from Thailand. People I can’t help but wonder, in addition to not being able to enter the World Cup, will I have to miss the World Youth Championship and the World Junior Championship in the future?
U23: Olympics? I can’t even make it to the Asian Youth Championship!
The most exciting national brand news in recent days is naturally the Olympic team led by Hiddink got off to a great start, beating Laos 5-0. The National Olympics are currently participating in the qualifiers of the 2020 U23 Asian Cup. A total of 44 teams are divided into 11 groups. The host country Thailand also participates in the qualifiers. The first place in each group and the second best five teams advance to the finals. If Thailand fails After passing the qualifying round, the 2nd place in the group with the fifth best performance will be squeezed out of the finals. Only by finishing in the top three in the U23 Asian Cup in January next year will they be eligible to enter the Tokyo Olympics.
From this point of view, the victory in the National Olympics is actually just the first step in a long journey. If you want to enter the U23 Asian Cup, your number one opponent is Malaysia , the seed team in this group and hosting all the games in this group. The National Olympics must strive to continue to improve the goal difference against Philippines this afternoon, so that they can have the opportunity to qualify in the final round against Malaysia, which plays at home. Moreover, the second round of the National Olympics will debut at 4:30, and Malaysia will have to wait until 8:45 in the evening to play Laos. It is completely possible to score goals by watching the results of the National Olympics. If they have to win in the final round to overwhelm Malaysia, the National Olympics may just pray to be the best in the second place in the group.
Compared with previous editions, this Olympics is low-key. The most eye-catching National Olympics was naturally the 1985 generation who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The investment of manpower and material resources was unprecedented, but the result was only remembered by Tan Zu for defeating the enemy with one move. The 1989 generation invited the famous Croatian coach Blazevic to take charge. As a result, they failed to pass the first level of the qualifiers and were blocked from the Asian top 12. Starting from the 1993 generation, the U23 Asian Cup became the Asian qualifier for the Olympic Games. As a result, they finished last in the group stage after 3 games. This team has been in the army for a long time, but it has set an embarrassing record of not winning in official games for more than 1,000 consecutive days.
The U23 Asian Cup is a new event. It has only been held three times so far. The Chinese team's performance is very "stable". In 2013 and 2016, the group lost three games in a row and left. In January this year, the third edition opened as the host. They defeated Oman 3-0, and then lost two consecutive games and were eliminated from the group again. The qualifiers are currently in turmoil, and we can only pray that China's U23 qualifying for the main group for the first time will come earlier than missing the main competition for the first time.
U19/20: Memories of the World Youth Championship turn from sweet to pale
One age group below U23 is the U20 World Cup (commonly known as the World Youth Championship) in odd years and the U19 Asian Cup in even years. The latter is also the qualifier for the former. A total of 16 teams participated in the U19 Asian Cup, and the top 4 teams advanced to the World Youth Championship. In other words, as long as they get through one knockout round, they will be in heaven.
Our memories of the World Youth Championship are sweet, from the 1980s until the beginning of this season. The 1983 World Youth Championship was the first time that a national brand completed the feat of breaking out of Asia and entering the world. The National Youth Group Stage was in the same group with the world's top teams Argentina and Czechoslovakia. Although it failed to qualify with 1 win and 2 losses, Li Huayun faced off in the first round. Made in Argentina 4 times With a good opportunity, he scored against the Czechoslovak goal in the second round and was named one of the six promising stars of the competition. Mai Chao, Liu Haiguang, Guo Yijun, Duan Ju and other future pillars of the national football team also scored goals, especially in the final 3 games of the group. The 0-0 victory over Austria was quite encouraging.
Li Huayun, who shone in the 83rd World Youth Championship,
In 2001, Shen Xiangfu led the National Youth Team to compete with the eventual champion Argentina in the knockout round, but in the end they only lost 1-2.The opponent at that time was led by the godfather of the Argentine youth training Pekerman , and included Saviola, Maxi, D'Alessandro, Burdisso, Coloccini, Caballero. are all famous players in the future. Qu Bo, Dewey, Sun Xiang, An Qi and others in the National Youth Team have also grown into the backbone of Chinese football.
In 2005, German old man Krauchen led a group of young talents such as Feng Xiaoting, Zhao Xuri, Zhou Haibin, Dong Fangzhu, Chen Tao, Zhu Ting, Gao Lin, Hao Junmin, and won the World Youth Championship in Group 3. He advanced with a complete victory, and the knockout match against Germany went into overtime before losing 2-3. Chen Tao twice penetrated the ten fingers of future German goalkeeper Adler.
05 The World Youth Championship is still the most exciting memory for many Chinese fans.
However, our memory of the World Youth Championship has been pale since then, because the National Youth Championship has failed to break out of the Asian region and has been held for 7 consecutive years. In these seven U19 Asian Cups, the National Youth Team has participated, but their results have gone from bad to worse. In 2006, 2008, and 2010, they were able to win the first place in the group and qualify. After that, they failed in the group stage three times. In 2012 and 2016, they were at the bottom of the group. In 2012, they lost all three games, and their opponents were Including Thailand, why is it Thailand again...
The next U19 Asian Cup will not be until 2020, and the qualifiers will be held in the second half of this year. In response to this, the 01-year-old National Youth Team had formulated a European training plan early on, so the one who lost to Thailand in this warm-up match was actually the U19 National Youth B Team. Qu Bo, the trend-chasing boy who became famous in the World Youth Championship, now Even the coach of this B team may also become the scapegoat.
U16/17: The Asian Youth Championship has been absent for two consecutive years.
Similar to the U19/20 age group, the U16 Asian Cup in even years is also the qualifier for the U17 World Cup (commonly known as the World Junior Championship) in odd years. The same 16 teams participate. The top 4 advance to the World Junior Championships.
We also have sweet memories of the World Junior Championships. In 1985, the first World Junior Championship, or more commonly known as the Kodak Cup, was hosted by China. It won the first place in the group stage with 2 wins and 1 draw. Xie Yuxin and Cao Xiandong became famous in one battle. Unfortunately, they lost 2-4 in the quarter-finals. Enemy the final runner-up Germany.
In 2003, they were at the bottom of the group. In 2005, they had 1 win and 2 draws, beating Ghana and Peru to qualify. However, from then on, the national youth's memory of the World Junior Championship was equally pale. In the subsequent 7 U16 Asian Cups, the national junior failed to qualify again, which was in sync with the U19 National Youth Championship. Since 2008, the national youth team has failed to qualify for the U16 Asian Cup group again. In 2016 and 2018, it even missed the qualifying finals in a row.
In the most recent Asian Junior Championship qualifiers, the national junior team lost 0-4 to South Korea and missed the main match.
In order to prepare for the 2020 U16 Asian Cup qualifiers that will start in September this year, the 04-year-old national junior team participated in Tajona, Spain this month. A regional cup competition co-organized by the Spanish Professional League and the Chinese Football Association resulted in 3 matches, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking last among the 6 participating teams. Before departure, the national junior team had already been training for a month, but the results were still dismal. I wonder if they can end the shameful record in the qualifying rounds.
If the youth training is strong, the "European Chinese team" will also become stronger.
Chinese fans often nickname England as the "European national team" because the two countries have many similarities in football: the league is the most popular and richest in the continent, and the country The team's performance is far from matching the league's influence. However, even if we don’t mention the Three Lions World Cup semi-finals and the UEFA Nations League victory over Spain and Croatia to win the group top spot, just comparing the results of the youth team is enough to put China’s national brands at all levels to shame.
In 2017, the Young Lions won 23 championships in the World Junior Championship, World Youth Championship, and U19 European Youth Championship, and were runner-up in the U21 European Youth Championship. They also made it to the top four in the U17 European Youth Championship. The two events they did not win were all penalty shootouts. Out. Why did England's youth training suddenly become so strong? Because each club attaches great importance to it, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea have all been punished by different yamen (such as the Football Association and FIFA) for illegal operations to lure young players to join. The latest case is that Chelsea was fined No signings are allowed during the two transfer windows.
England youth training teams at all levels have performed well in world competitions
Contrasting with Chinese football, although the Football Association has repeatedly strengthened the U23 policy of the Chinese Super League, no one cares about the real foundation of youth training. U23 players can indeed be popular for two years, but just like many college students who are unemployed as soon as they graduate, they often suddenly fall out of favor in the team at a similar age. The fundamental reason is naturally lack of strength.
In fact, if the Football Association really wants to forcefully formulate youth training policies, it might as well stipulate that the weighted total points of the Chinese Super League, U21, U19, U17, U15, and U13 leagues will determine the season championship. The weight of the Chinese Super League is 5, and the weight of the rest is 1. This order As soon as it comes out, who dares not to pay attention to youth training? One day, the news we hear is that a certain team spent huge sums of money to illegally poach underage players and was punished, instead of a certain parent giving money to the coach in order to upgrade his children from the echelon. How could Chinese football not be saved?
Gold is found only when the waves are scouring the sand, don’t force the stone to shine.
Some people say that the U23 policy has its own reasons. Otherwise, what will happen if a good prospect cannot enter the competition? No need to worry, let’s look at the example of England first. Sancho was the core player for the Young Lions to win the World Junior Championship and the U17 European Youth Championship runner-up. However, it was impossible for him to play in Manchester City where there were many strong players, so he left for Dortmund. is now the most valuable player in the Bundesliga. players.
Sancho's success is the best example of England's talent export in recent years.
Sancho's double teammate in the Three Lions echelon and Manchester City's youth training, and World Junior Championship champion goalkeeper Curtis Anderson, has also traveled across the ocean recently. Charlotte Independent in the United States is not affiliated with the Major League Soccer League, but is a member of the United States Soccer League USL, which can be understood as the second level league. The purpose of Anderson's move is clear, which is to play football. It will not be too late to return to the Premier League in the future.
Coincidentally, when he was 18 years old, Guangzhou Evergrande's main goalkeeper Zeng Cheng was loaned to the Indonesian League because he couldn't play in Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower. It is gold that always shines. Therefore, the essence of grasping youth training is to find real gold in the big waves, rather than just picking up a few rocks and forcing them to shine.
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