Original title: the opening game was defeated by Japan in 21 years
On December 10, Beijing time, in the first game of the East Asia Cup, the national football selection team led by Li Tie met Japan. As a result, there was a gap in strength between the two sides. Suzuki Musashi broke the deadlock in the first half, Sanpu Xiantai headed to expand the score in the second half, Dong Xuesheng headed back to the city, and finally the Chinese team lost to Japan 1:2.
The 2019 East Asia Cup starts on the 10th. This is the first appearance of the 'post Lippi era' Chinese men's football team in the international arena. The performance of this national football selection team and coach Li Tie has attracted much attention. Due to the gap with Japan and South Korea, the team's more practical goal is to play spirit and sweep away the haze of Lippi's departure.
In the history of the East Asia Cup, the Chinese team won the championship twice, the second place twice and the third place three times, with a total record second only to South Korea. The national football team in the East Asia Cup is not the real national team, because only 6 people were selected into the list of 23 people in the battle of Syria in the top 40, and none of them is the main force. The Chinese Football Association positioned this team as a 'national football selection team'. In this East Asia Cup, the Japanese team takes the Olympic age players as the team, and the average age is only 22.91 years old. After beating Japan 2:0 in 1998, the national football team failed to beat its opponents in 21 years. In the East Asia Cup, the national football team drew 4 and lost 3 in 7 games against Japan.
The defeat of this game also extended the invincible time of the Chinese team against Japan to 21 years. The last time the Chinese team beat the opponent was the top four in East Asia in 1998. At that time, the event was also called 'Danas Cup'. The Chinese team beat Japan 2:0 with Li Bing's Meikai. Since then, the two teams have played many times in the East Asia Cup (East Asia top four). Because the Japanese team only investigates the players for the purpose of this event, it is difficult to see the real gap between China and Japan, but even if the opponent is not the strongest lineup, it is difficult for the Chinese team to win.
5 draws and 7 losses, which is the result of the national football team against Japan since 1998, of which the most impressive is undoubtedly the two Asian Cup games. In the semi-final of the Asian Cup in 2000, Yang Chen used a long-distance attack to surpass the score for the national football team, but unfortunately, the national football team lost 2:3 in the end; The 2004 Asian Cup was held in China. The national football team reached the finals all the way, but fell at the foot of the Japanese team again. The handball goal of hiroji Nakata made the national football team miss the championship.
Nowadays, the national football selection team has been playing in the Chinese League for many years. In the face of most Japanese players of U23 age, they are all backward in terms of personal ability, skills and tactics.
After the game, Li Tie, head coach of the Chinese team, said: 'our players did their best, but they were a little nervous, which I can understand. Many players didn't adapt to the competition for the first time, and then let go. Japan had a strong ball control. We lost two goals, but we were still trying to attack until the end. All the players have fully demonstrated the spirit of not giving up and I thank them in the dressing room. I am generally satisfied with the game. "
Talking about the feeling of playing as the head coach of the national team for the first time, Li Tie said: "as the head coach of the national team for the first time, I also want to win very much. We all want to win very much."