National Youth Team players celebrated their victory after the game. @Chinese Football Association official website
Guangzhou Daily (All-media reporter Zhang Zhe) Yesterday, Beijing time, the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers staged a focus event in Group G. The U16 National Youth Team, led by Yang Chen and , defeated the Cambodian team 9-0, and got a good start.
This year's U17 Asian Cup qualifiers, the U16 National Youth Team is in Group G with Cambodia, Northern Mariana Islands and Australia. The top spots in 10 groups and the second place with the best results will participate in next year's U17 Asian Cup with the host Bahrain team.
Yesterday’s first match against Cambodia, the U16 National Youth Team firmly controlled the situation on the field from the very beginning. In the first half, Zhang Junjie scored a low shot in the penalty area, so that the junior high school took the lead early, and then Huang Kaijun pushed the ball into the far corner to expand the score. Then, through a corner kick opportunity, Wang Yudong won another goal. Before the end of the half, Kuai Jiwen scored another goal, and the U16 National Youth Team led 4-0. In the second half, Kang Hua assisted Wang Yudong to score, and then Wang Yudong staged a personal hat trick. Afterwards, Wang Haobin made a substitute, and one minute later, Li Ming scored and entered stoppage time, Ouyang Jiaxin scored again. At the end of the game, the U16 National Youth Team defeated their opponent 9-0. It is worth mentioning that this Cambodian team is not a "bottom-squad" - at the Southeast Asian U16 Championship held in August this year, the Cambodian team defeated the host Australian team in Group G 4-2 with the original team that started yesterday.
This game is also the first time that Yang Chen has participated in an official competition since he took charge. He said that the national youth team should avoid interference from other factors, and its goal is to strive to be the first in the group.
According to the schedule, the U16 National Youth Team will face the Northern Mariana Islands in 2 days and the Australian team will face the 4 days.
