In the first game of the new U22 national team, the U20 youngsters came off the bench

Reporter Chen Yong reports On the evening of March 20, on the eve of the battle between China and Saudi Arabia in the round of 18, at the Yancheng Four Nations Tournament, the new U22 national team that absorbed a number of U20 players drew 0-0 with Uzbekistan in the first game.

In this game, the starting lineup of the U22 national team (4231) is goalkeeper Kim Yong; defenders Wang Shiqin, Liu Haofan, Zhang Yixuan and Bao Shimeng; The double midfielders are Xu Bin and Nurzati; The two wing-backs are Bao Shengxin and Mu Ta Lifu, and the forward midfielder Li Zhenquan; The single striker is looking to the afterward. None of the nine Under-20s started but all made the squad, along with goalkeeper Li Hao, midfielder Chen Zhexuan and striker Eiffelding on the bench.

In the first half, the U22 national team still played the usual anti-counter-attacking tactics, but there were some changes, the midfielders passed more, of course, very concise, and then there will be a wide range of transfers, which is also the tactical routine practiced by coach Antonio in the previous U22 national team training.

Overall, the U22 national team has many problems in the process of switching from defense to attack, with poor passing ability and many mistakes. Of course, the U22 national team also maintained the side they did better in the last U20 Asian Cup qualifiers and main matches, that is, they fought fiercely, defended tenaciously, and dared to press on counterattacks.

Neither side had too many chances in the first half, and the Under-22s did not make any substitutions immediately after the start of the second half. In the 54th minute, the U22 national team played a very threatening attack, Bao Shengxin took the ball on the left side and crossed to the middle, and the middle was inserted to Yu Wang and Mutalifu, but unfortunately, under the interference of the goalkeeper, Xiang Yu Wang failed to seize this opportunity.

In the 64th minute, Eiffelding replaced Xiang Yuwang, and Yang Haoyu replaced Li Zhenquan; In the 74th minute, Chen Zeshi and Mao Wei were outstanding; In the 85th minute, Kuai Jiwen came out, he was a Yancheng player. At this point, the Under-20s have taken up the positions of midfielder, left midfielder, midfielder and right midfield, forming a new attacking line, with the Under-22 player Eiffelding up front. In the 90th minute, Kuai Jiwen took the ball on the left side and made a quick break and gave the ball to Eiffelding, who pushed the shot wide, and the slow motion showed that Eiffelding was offside.

On the whole, the tactics of the U22 national team have changed somewhat, but there has been no significant improvement, the defense is still tenacious, but the offensive organization is not good, and after the U20 youngsters appeared, the U22 national team has more vitality, especially Kuai Jiwen's excellent performance.

The Yancheng Four Nations Tournament, the opponents are all strong teams in Asia, Uzi U22 is the champion of the last U20 Asian Cup, South Korea U22 is the top four of the U20 World Cup, although Vietnam failed to break into the U20 Asian Cup quarterfinals, but in the group stage and Australia, Iran with 6 points, and also defeated Australia 1-0.

The next match schedule of the U22 national team is against South Korea at 15:30 on the 23rd and Vietnam at 19:35 on the 25th. With more minutes played by Uzi's Under-22s in the first game, Antonio is likely to use more Under-20s in the next two games.